MAC supports carbon pricing
In April, the Mining Association of Canada (MAC) released the position paper Principles for Climate Change Policy Design. MAC’s membership includes many of Canada’s prominent mining companies and suppliers. For…
Volume 102 Number 11 Apr 25 - May 1, 2016
TSX Venture blazes higher, April 11-15
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index moved up 4.95%, or 29.90 points, to a 633.84-point close, boosted by gains in commodity prices. Spot gold edged up US$6.70, or 0.5%, to a…
Barkerville’s Cow Mountain back in the spotlight
VANCOUVER — Junior explorer and past-producer Barkerville Gold Mines (TSXV: BGM) has three drills lined up at the Cow Mountain gold deposit, outside the historic placer gold mining town of…
Integra diffuses proxy battle between Columbus, Eastmain
VANCOUVER — Integra Gold (TSXV: ICG; US-OTC: ICGQF) is making a $6-million strategic equity investment for a 9.9% stake in Quebec-focused gold explorer Eastmain Resources (TSX: ER), and is shaking…
Editorial: NDP one Leap from electoral oblivion
Canada’s left-leaning federal New Democratic Party has long been the home for unions representing Canada’s miners. But the embrace of deep-green environmentalism by half the delegates at the NDP’s national…
US equities climb, April 11–15
The Dow Jones Industrial Average registered a 1.8% gain to close at 17,897.46, in its best week since March 18. The S&P 500 Index rose 1.6% to finish at 2,080.73,…
TSX posts strong gain, April 11-15
The Bank of Canada announced mid-week that it would keep its overnight interest rate at half a percent, and projected real gross domestic product growth this year would be 1.7%,…
Harte Gold sends first ore to Barrick’s Hemlo mill
Harte Gold (TSX: HRT; US-OTC: HRTFF) has shipped the first ore from a 70,000-tonne, bulk-sample mining program to Barrick Gold’s (TSX: ABX; NYSE: ABX) Hemlo mill on Lake Superior’s North…
Pilot Gold’s new CEO Everett drawn to upside at Goldstrike
VANCOUVER — Pilot Gold (TSX: PLG; US-OTC: PLGTF) has a new look after a management change and a sharpened focus on sediment-hosted gold systems in the mining heartlands of the…
Cordoba, HPX move San Matias forward
When Mario Stifano found himself alone in an elevator with mine-finder Robert Friedland at the end of a long day of presentations at the BMO Conference, the stars just seemed…
Asanko hits commercial production
This year so far has been a great one for Asanko Gold (TSX: AKG; NYSE-MKT: AKG). In January, the company kicked off first production at its namesake gold mine in…
Denison tables promising PEA for Wheeler River
Denison Mines’ (TSX: DML; NYSE: DNN) preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for its flagship Wheeler River uranium project in northern Saskatchewan’s Athabasca basin has left a good first impression on analysts….