Bullman Minerals completes first resource in Guinea
Bullman Minerals (TSXV: FUL) believes it’s off to a good start in West Africa where it has two projects on the Birimian Gold Belt in northeastern Guinea.
2014
Venture loses ground, March 24-28
The rally that has carried the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index for most of 2014 took a breather in the last week of March. Instead, the index saw double-digit losses in three out of five days to end the week at 989.75, down 45.01 points,…
Editorial: Barrick rejigs exec pay
Businessman and Bay Street veteran Peter Crossgrove, the one-time Placer Dome CEO and long-time Barrick Gold director, published his memoirs last year, and it makes for some lively and insightful reading, especially in light of Barrick’s…
Gold miners weigh on TSX, March 24-28
Weaker gold prices and slumping tech stocks outweighed signs of an improving economy south of the border, and the S&P/TSX Composite Index fell 100 points to 14,178.84 points for the period.
Commentary: Coal down but not out
The following is an edited excerpt of a speech about the global outlook for coal by Dean Dalla Valle, president of BHP Billiton Coal, at the CEDA Energy and Resources series in Brisbane, Australia, where BHP has consolidated its metallurgical…
Why building a mine on budget is so rare
There is an established history of capital-cost overruns in the mining industry stretching back at least 50 years, mining analyst Christopher Haubrich told the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) conference in Toronto in…
Victoria Gold’s mission: Build Yukon’s first major gold mine
MAYO, YUKON — To prospectors, Yukon and gold are almost synonymous, an equivalence the territory earned by churning out 20 million oz. placer gold. It is odd to think, then, that Yukon has never been home to a significant hard-rock gold…
PE firm Denham Capital takes people-first approach
Private equity firm Denham Capital has invested in four mining ventures in South America and Africa since 2008, and is close to signing a fifth deal, this one with a team in Australia.
Dow Jones rises and S&P 500 falls, March 24-28
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…
Yamana to partner up with Osisko, outbids Goldcorp
Osisko Mining (TSX: OSK; US-OTC: OSKFF) has worked out a deal with Yamana Gold (TSX: YRI; NYSE: AUY) to retain control of its Quebec-based Canadian Malartic gold mine while trumping Goldcorp’s (TSX: G; NYSE: GG) hostile bid.
More strong results for Premier’s Hardrock
Premier Gold Mines (TSX: PG; US-OTC: PIRGF) is almost finished a 60,000-metre infill drilling program at its Hardrock deposit in the Geraldton–Beardmore district of northern Ontario, and it’s on track to incorporate the…
Metals, mining and money markets
Spot pricesCourtesy of ScotiabankTuesday, April 1, 2014Precious MetalsPrice…