Mining’s future is up for sale
Streaming has moved far beyond its origins as a niche financing tool for cash-strapped miners, with multibillion-dollar deals and a growing secondary market turning rights to future metal production into…
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Barrick, Equinox among TD Cowen’s best stock picks
Precious-metals producers Barrick Mining (TSX: ABX; NYSE: B) and Equinox Gold (TSX, NYSE-A: EQX) are among the 24 Canadian stocks that offer the best prospects for outsized returns over the next few…
Top 10 US miners: Southern Copper, Newmont lead pack
Rising metals prices helped global miners Southern Copper (NYSE: SCCO), Newmont (NYSE: NEM) and Freeport-McMoRan (NYSE: FCX) extend their dominance of U.S. peers in terms of both market capitalization and earnings. Southern…
Altius raises C$182M after royalty buys
Altius Minerals (TSX: ALS; US-OTC: ATUSF) is raising $182 million (US$130 million) through a bought-deal share offering to strengthen its balance sheet following a series of royalty acquisitions. The St….
Macro forces driving metals jump still intact: Jefferies
Gold’s sharp pullback last week may have handed investors a new entry point into mining equities because wider economic forces driving the recent “metals melt-up” remain intact, Jefferies argues in…
Centerra rises on Mt Milligan copper-gold life boost
Centerra Gold (TSX: CG; NYSE: CGAU) gained the green light to extend operations until 2035 at its Mount Milligan copper-gold mine from British Columbia’s Environmental Assessment Office (EAO). Shares rose….
Centerra soars on Mt Milligan gold-copper plan
Centerra Gold (TSX: CG; NYSE: CGAU) shares jumped to their highest level in more than three years after it released a pre-feasibility study that extended the life of its Mount…
Arizona Sonoran stock soars on royalty trim, support
Arizona Sonoran Copper (TSX: ASCU; US-OTC: ASCUF) is pressing its Cactus copper project in Arizona toward an updated resource and prefeasibility study (PFS) by year-end while cutting project royalties and…
First Quantum scores $1B Royal Gold streaming deal
Canadian miner First Quantum Minerals (TSX: FM) has secured a $1-billion (C$1.38 billion) gold streaming deal with a subsidiary of Royal Gold (Nasdaq: RGLD), the companies announced Tuesday. The agreement…
Royal Gold to buy Sandstorm, Horizon for $3.7B
Royal Gold (Nasdaq: RGLD) is acquiring Canadian streaming and royalty firms Sandstorm Gold (TSX: SSL; NYSE: SAND) and Horizon Copper (TSXV: HCU) in deals worth a combined $3.7 billion (C$5.04…
Solaris lands $200M from Royal Gold
Canadian mining developer Solaris Resources (TSX: SLS; NYSE: SLSR) has secured a $200-million financing deal from streaming and royalty company Royal Gold (Nasdaq: RGLD) to advance its Warintza copper-gold project…
Top 10: Freeport-McMoRan, Southern Copper lead US miners in size, profits
Freeport-McMoRan (NYSE: FCX) and Southern Copper (NYSE: SCCO) top the list of U.S. mining companies by market capitalization and net income as two titans of the copper sector. Freeport-McMoRan is…