Shares in little known junior explorer Aura Silver Resources (TSXV: AUU; US-OTC: AUSVF) have been on the rise since Agnico Eagle Mines (TSX:AEM; NYSE:AEM) agreed to option into its 100%-owned Greyhound gold-silver project in Nunavut.
The Toronto Stock Exchange climbed near the record high it reached six years ago, with the S&P/TSX Composite Index adding 163 points to end at 15,001.61, slightly below the record close of 15,073 set in June 2008 before the recession.
An insurgency by a radical Islamist group in Iraq and renewed tensions in the Ukraine put downward pressure on U.S. equity markets during the week, but pushed oil and gold prices up, lifting the fortunes of many precious metal companies. The…
It was a tough week for the Toronto Stock Exchange. The S&P/TSX Composite Index dropped 103.94 points, or 0.71%, to end the trading week at 14,604.16, while the S&P/TSX Capped Diversified Metals & Mining Index fell 33.82 points, or…
Agnico Eagle Mines (TSX: AEM; NYSE: AEM) wrapped up a strong first quarter, with profits of US$109 million, ahead of the US$24 million earned in the same period last year.
The Toronto stock market had a strong trading week, helped by decent corporate earnings and better-than-expected jobs data from the U.S., with the S&P/TSX Composite Index gaining 232 points to 14,765.15.
Not everyone is sitting on the piles of cash that Agnico Eagle Mines (TSX: AEM; NYSE: AEM), Yamana Gold (TSX: YRI; NYSE: AUY) are contemplating spending to acquire Osisko Mining’s (TSX: OSK; US-OTC: OSKFF)…
U.S. markets bounced back over the holiday shortened period after two straight periods of giving up ground. A modest surprise to the upside in China’s growth domestic product drove gains for the Dow Jones Industrial Average, which…
The fight for Osisko Mining (TSX: OSK; US-OTC: OSKFF) has heated up, with Agnico Eagle Mines (TSX: AEM; NYSE: AEM) entering the ring with Yamana Gold (TSX: YRI; NYSE: AUY) to launch a joint friendly takeover bid to beat Goldcorp’s…
Comments from Chinese Premier Li Keqiang that China would likely invest in infrastructure to bolster economic growth while the U.S. shows a strengthening economy — with consumer spending rising 0.3% in February after a 0.2% gain in…
Agnico Eagle Mines (TSX: AEM; NYSE: AEM) kept its shares in the green after revealing strong operational results in the fourth quarter and full-year 2013, despite swallowing a huge impairment charge that weighed on earnings.
VANCOUVER — Gold’s sliding price has forced mining majors to cancel new mines, shutter or sell high-cost operations, shelve expansion plans and dramatically write down asset valuations. Now gold’s price decline is cutting into…
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