Tahoe posts profitable Q1
After reaching commercial production on Jan. 14, the Escobal silver mine in Guatemala enjoyed a profitable first quarter, Tahoe Resources (TSX: THO; NYSE: TAHO) reports.
Volume 100 Number 16 Jun 2 - 8, 2014
Balmoral shares surge on Bug Lake results
Shares of Balmoral Resources (TSX: BAR; US-OTC: BALMF) surged 21% to $1.04, with 4.6 million shares trading hands after the junior reported an intercept of 1,138 grams gold per tonne over 4.9 metres, including 9,710 grams gold over 0.57 metre…
RTG Mining has big plans in the Philippines
The former management team of CGA Mining, which redeveloped and opened the Masbate gold mine in the Philippines and then merged last year with B2 Gold (TSX: BTO; NYSE-MKT: BTG) in a deal worth US$1.1 billion, is hoping to repeat some of that…
Mining’s slow march towards workforce diversity
VANCOUVER — Glencore Xstrata (LSE: GLEN) will appoint a woman to its board by year-end, a move that will end its stance as the only British blue-chip company with an all-male board.
TriMetals Mining rises from the ashes of Bolivia
In the nearly half-century he has worked in the mining industry, Ralph Fitch has pretty much seen it all.
TSX accelerates, May 19-23
Energy and banking stocks helped drive the S&P/TSX Composite Index higher, while Canada’s main stock index also got a lift from reassuring comments mid-week in the U.S. from the Federal Reserve that it remains committed to withdrawing…
U.S. stock markets continue to roll, May 19-23
U.S. stock markets shunned the bears and rewarded the bulls — while dismissing the old adage to ‘sell in May and go away.’ With stronger-than-expected manufacturing numbers out of Asia pointing to resilience in global growth,…
TSX Venture bounces back, May 20-23
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index recovered from a four-month low during the shortened trading period, gaining 1.2%, or 11.40 points, en route to a 987.95-point weekly close. Markets were bolstered by strong quarterly earnings from the…
Are the clouds parting for juniors?
Junior gold explorer Novo Resources (CNSX: NVO) checks all the boxes: it’s led by a well-known, connected and respected geologist; it has several prospective gold projects (one of which has an inferred resource) in the low-risk…
Resource grows at Continental’s Buritic in Colombia
Continental Gold (TSX: CNL; US-OTC: CGOOF) has updated the resource estimate for the two major vein systems at its Buritica gold project in Colombia. Both systems are characterized by multiple, steeply dipping veins and broader, more…
Barrick’s Arturo project gets go ahead from BLM
It took nearly five years, but the Bureau of Land Management has issued a positive record of decision (ROD) on the final environmental impact statement (EIS) allowing Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: ABX) to restart and expand a past-producing…
Arianne Phosphate grows Lac Paul
Arianne Phosphate (TSXV: DAN; US-OTC: DRRSF) says one of the world’s largest greenfield phosphate-rock projects has just gotten bigger, with near-surface inferred resources added from the Lac à Paul deposit’s Nicole zone in…