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A Nautilus owned ship suspends underwater drilling equipment in the air. Source: Nautilus Minerals

Nautilus targets 2018 for undersea mining

VANCOUVER — It’s been a bounce-back 12 months for junior Nautilus Minerals (TSX: NUS; US-OTC: NSUMF), which has overcome a major sociopolitical hurdle to get back on track to develop the world’s first undersea mining operation…


The processing plant at SilverCrest Mines' Santa Elena silver-gold mine, 150 km northeast of Hermosillo, Mexico. Credit: Silvercrest Mines

SilverCrest sketches out Santa Elena’s future

VANCOUVER — It’s been a challenging twelve months for SilverCrest Mines (TSX: SVL; NYSE-MKT: SVLC), but the producer has adapted to lower metal prices at its Santa Elena epithermal silver-gold mine, 150 km northeast of Hermosillo,…


[Update] SilverCrest sketches out Santa Elena’s future

VANCOUVER — It’s been a challenging twelve months for SilverCrest Mines (TSX: SVL; NYSE-MKT: SVLC), but the producer has adapted to lower metal prices at its Santa Elena epithermal silver-gold mine, 150 km northeast of…


New Mines Minister Javier Cordova (left) with Coordinating Minister for Strategic Sectors Rafael Poveda during Ecuador Day at the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada convention.

Ecuador pushes for mining investment at PDAC

Ecuador’s new mines minister Javier Cordova has only been on the job since February, but he knows that the country’s infamous windfall profits tax is unpopular with miners.


TSX falls on higher oil, gold prices, March 23-27

Canadian stocks fell for a third straight week, following bleak U.S. economic data and rising tensions in the Middle East. Oil and gold prices spiked after Saudi Arabia and its allies launched airstrikes against Houthi rebels in Yemen, who are…


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.






TSX tumbles, March 9-13

Canada’s benchmark S&P/TSX Composite Index index fell during the trading week, losing 1.5% to close at 14,731.50 points. The S&P/TSX Global Gold Index dropped 1.8% to 157.90, as the spot price for gold gave back US$10 to end at…


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