TSX posts marginal gain, June 10-14: Serabi, Avesoro, Stornoway
The S&P/TSX Composite Index rose 0.44% to 16,301.91. The S&P/TSX Global Mining Index increased 3.44% to 75.85, and the S&P/TSX Global Base Metals Index was up 3.52% to 109.49. Spot…
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TSX Venture falls, June 10-14: Alexandria, Bonterra, Great Bear, Eagle Graphite
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index fell 1.46% to 587.84 during the trading week. An unsolicited takeover offer for Alexandria Minerals from Agnico Eagle Mines sent the junior’s shares up 66.7%…
US markets move higher, June 10-14: Rio Tinto, Alamos Gold, Osisko Gold Royalties
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.41% to finish at 26,089.61, and the S&P 500 Index moved up 0.47% to 2,886.98. Spot gold rose 0.01% to US$1,341.10 per oz. gold….
GoviEx prepares Madaouela for higher uranium prices
GoviEx Uranium (TSXV: GXU; US-OTC: GVXXF) received the permits needed to build its flagship Madaouela project in Niger three years ago, but lagging uranium prices have kept development in check….
Facts ‘n’ Figures: World copper mine production falls 1.8% in early 2019, ICSG says
The following is an edited release from the International Copper Study Group (ICSG) showing preliminary data for world copper supply and demand for February 2019. For more detailed information, visit www.icsg.org….
Roxgold has strong quarter at Yaramoko in Burkina Faso
Roxgold’s (TSX: ROXG; US-OTC: ROGFF) Yaramoko gold mine in southwestern Burkina Faso churned out 33,652 oz. gold in the first quarter, delivering a 16% return on equity for the company…
Los Andes Copper envisions big project at Vizcachitas
Los Andes Copper (TSXV: LA) says its Vizcachitas project — a copper-molybdenum porphyry deposit 150 km northeast of Santiago, in central Chile — will be the South American country’s next…
Barrick boosts investment in Midas Gold
Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: ABX) is taking part in a bought-deal offering by Midas Gold (TSX: MAX; US-OTC: MDRPF) to keep its pro rata interest in the junior exploration…
Semafo delivers maiden resource for Bantou
Semafo (TSX: SMF; US-OTC: SEMFF) kicked off the year by delivering an inferred resource of 2.1 million tonnes grading 5.35 grams gold per tonne for 361,000 contained oz. gold for…
Sandspring fine-tunes strategy at Toroparu in Guyana
When American businessmen Rich Munson and John Adams made their first trip to Guyana as private investors in 1999 and picked up the rights to the 626 sq. km Toroparu…
Transcript: Iamgold’s Letwin, Yamana’s Marrone on future of mid-tier gold miners
At The Northern Miner’s Canadian Mining Symposium, held at Canada House in London, U.K., Iamgold (TSX: IMG; NYSE: IAG) president and CEO Steve Letwin and Yamana Gold (TSX: YRI) executive…
Odds ‘n’ Sods: My project in Pakistan went ‘boom’
Half a day south of the N40 highway in Pakistan, the main road heading west to Iran through the Balochistan desert, lies the Ras Koh mountain range. Steep, rugged mountains…