TSX Venture edges up, May 11-15
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index eked out a 4.16-point gain over the trading session to close at 695.31. The index has been stuck at late-2008 levels of 700 points and below since November.
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Focus Ventures keeps busy at Bayovar 12 in Peru
Focus Ventures (TSXV: FCV) has made progress in a short time at its Bayovar 12 phosphate project in northern Peru — but it wasn’t always focused on phosphate.
TSX slides, May 4-8
Poor jobs data and a decline in energy stocks after the New Democratic Party majority win in Alberta sent the S&P/TSX Composite Index down 1.1% to 15,170.02. The S&P/TSX Capped Diversified Metals & Mining Index fell 2.8% to 805.08,…
Eastmain resource turns heads
When RBC Capital Markets recently screened for undeveloped open-pit gold projects in North America with a resource of more than 500,000 oz. gold in the measured and indicated category and a grade of greater than 1.5 grams gold per tonne, it…
Editorial: Not all pleased with Ring of Fire sale
The final week of April saw the closing of Noront Resources’ acquisition of Cliffs Natural Resources’ chromite assets in northern Ontario’s Ring of Fire region. The deal saw a last-minute bump-up in the price to US$27.5…
Mega Precious hits regional targets at Monument Bay
VANCOUVER — Explorer Mega Precious Metals (TSXV: MGP) is sitting on a multi-million ounce gold-tungsten deposit at its Monument Bay project, and it sees a lot more upside across the 338 sq. km property, 340 km southeast of Thompson, Man….
Metals commentary: Worldsteel predicts slow growth ahead
The following is an edited report from the Brussels-based World Steel Assosciation entitled Short Range Outlook for 2015 and 2016. For more information, please visit www.worldsteel.org
Wall Street marches higher, April 6-10
U.S. stocks rose for a second straight week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced 294.41 points to 18,057.65 and the S&P 500 Index gained 35.1 points to finish at 2,102.06. Both indexes were up 1.7%. The Nasdaq Composite rose 2.2% to…
Ontario gov’t funds graphite research for Zenyatta
The Ontario government is spending $500,000 to help Thunder Bay-based graphite explorer Zenyatta Ventures (TSXV: ZEN; US-OTC: ZENYF) test samples from its Albany project near the town of Hearst.
Pele Mountain moves monazite processing plan ahead
When Pele Mountain Resources (TSXV: GEM; US-OTC: GOLDF) announced a strategy in October 2014 to extract and separate rare earth elements from monazite concentrate imported from overseas at its Eco Ridge project in Elliott Lake, the plan caught…
US equities jump, March 16-20
U.S. stocks rose on a declining dollar and higher gold prices at a slower-than-expected pace, which pushed up the main indexes.
Almonty voices interest in Ormonde
Almonty Industries (TSXV: ALL), a Toronto-headquartered company that describes itself as a specialist in acquiring distressed and underperforming tungsten assets, is turning its sights on Dublin-based Ormonde Mining (LSE: ORM).