Sierra Metals (TSX: SMT) shares gained momentum after the company outlined its commitment to increase high-grade tonnage at its Yauricocha polymetallic mine in Peru, and Bolivar and Cusi mines in…
VANCOUVER — The geology of eastern Canada largely owes itself to a series of events that began 480 million years ago, when the Iapetus Ocean (analogous to today’s Atlantic Ocean) closed…
Wall Street set a record on Aug. 11, after stronger oil prices and better corporate earnings from several large retailers. The last time its three major indexes touched record levels…
During the second week of August, Canada’s benchmark index touched a 13-month high, contributing to a 0.7% weekly gain to close at 14,747.45. The index has been one of the…
Excellon Resources (TSX: EXN) is back in the black, after more than two years of losses. The operator of the high-grade Platosa silver-lead-zinc mine in Mexico reported a second-quarter adjusted…
Tahoe Resources (TSX: THO; NYSE: TAHO) shares rose nearly 6% on the back of solid second-quarter earnings, leaving investors and analysts cheering. The Reno, Nev.-based producer with operations in Guatemala,…
VANCOUVER — In a hallway at the Sprott Natural Resource Symposium in Vancouver in July, Mirasol Resources (TSXV: MRZ) president and CEO Stephen Nano thumbs through a number of geological and…
Disappointing employment numbers and a widening trade gap kept Canada’s benchmark index relatively flat at 14,648.77, up just 0.5% from the previous trading week. Statistics Canada reported that the country’s…
U.S. equities gained during the first week of August, helped by a positive jobs report, as companies reported earnings with mixed results. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.6% to…
Silver Wheaton (TSX: SLW; NYSE: SLW) is offering a subsidiary of Vale (NYSE: VALE) US$800 million to buy another 25% gold stream from the Salobo copper-gold mine in Brazil. Vancouver-based…
Premier Gold Mines (TSX: PG; US-OTC: PIRGF) has offered to buy Yamana Gold’s (TSX: YRI; NYSE: AUY) Mercedes mine in Mexico’s Sonora state for US$140 million, in a move that…
The early history of hard rock mining in Ontario is essentially the story of the discovery of silver in Cobalt in 1903. It wasn’t long before the Cobalt mines became…
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