Site visit: Alexco hopes Bermingham will drive Keno Hill revival
KENO CITY, YUKON — Rolling into Alexco Resource’s (TSX: AXR; NYSE-MKT: AXU) Keno Hill silver camp outside of the long-standing — though now sparsely populated — mining hamlet of Keno…
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Facts ‘n’ Figures: Silver market to record fourth straight deficit in 2016
The following are highlights from The Silver Institute’s 2016 Interim Silver Market Review. For more information, please visit www.silverinstitute.org. The silver market is expected to be in an annual physical…
Abitibi Snapshot: Five companies to watch
The renewed strength in gold prices this year has reinvigorated the historic mining camps throughout the Abitibi region of Ontario and Quebec. Here’s a look at what a few Canadian…
TSX Venture plummets, Nov. 7-11
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index dove 34.07 points, or 4.5%, to a 727.91-point close over the Nov. 7-11 trading period in the aftermath of the U.S. presidential election. The spot…
TSX rises, Nov. 7-11
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index dove 34.07 points, or 4.5%, to a 727.91-point close in the aftermath of the U.S. presidential election. Spot gold prices dropped US$77.42 to US$1,227.64 per…
Prairie snapshots: Eight companies to watch
The compelling geology, excellent infrastructure and mining friendly business environment of Canada’s Prairie provinces have helped a lively mining scene flourish, with companies large and small on the hunt for…
Wall Street retreats, Oct. 31-Nov. 4
U.S. equities fell into negative territory on concerns about the U.S. presidential election and weakening oil prices. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gave back 1.5% to close at 17,888.28, while…
TSX falls, Oct. 31-Nov. 4
News that Canada’s gross domestic product expanded 0.2% in August after a 0.4% increase in July, and unease about the outcome of the U.S. presidential race, sent the S&P/TSX Composite…
Sandspring drills Sona Hill anomaly near Toroparu
A year ago, Sandspring Resources (TSXV: SSP; US-OTC: SSPXF) “couldn’t beg, buy or steal money,” CEO Richard Munson says, “and there was a period of time when I was lending…
US markets post mixed results, Oct. 24-28
Real gross domestic product in the third quarter increased at a 2.9% annual rate, according to an advance estimate by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. Real GDP in the…
Callinex CEO discusses VMS discovery at Pine Bay
VANCOUVER — Callinex Mines (TSXV: CNX; US-OTC: CLLXF) has caught the market’s attention with a deep discovery at its flagship Pine Bay polymetallic project in Manitoba’s historic Flin Flon mining…
Premier picks up land from Goldcorp, Kinross
In an interview in September, Ewan Downie, Premier Gold Mines’ (TSX: PG; US-OTC: PIRGF) president and CEO, said his management team is “always on the lookout for an opportunity,” and…