Paramount Gold and Silver (PZG-T, PZG-X) has bulked-up its Mexican resources in a serious way. The company released an updated resource estimate for its wholly owned San Miguel project in the country, boosting indicated gold resources by 547%,…
The Yukon government has extended a mineral-staking ban in the Peel watershed until May 4, 2013, while it develops a land-use plan for the region. The ban was set to expire on Sept. 4.
EXCHANGE RATES CANADIAN/U.S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate) Date Sept 10 Sept 7 Sept 6 Sept 5 Sept 4 US$ in C 0.9762 0.9778 0.9825 0.9902 0.9863 …
Rainy River Resources’ (RR-T) updated preliminary economic assessment (PEA) proposes a smaller, higher-grade and lower-cost gold mine at its namesake project in northwestern Ontario. Given the current negative market conditions, the…
Silver Wheaton (SLW-T, SLW-N) has come a long way in a short time. Formed in 2004 out of Wheaton River Mineral’s silver assets, the company is now the biggest silver-streaming company in the world.
A little over two decades ago Roger Steininger made a major gold discovery in Nevada by bucking conventional wisdom. Today he’s trying to do it again.Steininger has found himself chief operations officer and a director at Nevada-focused…
On Aug. 16, 2012, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) published CSA Staff Notice 43-307 Mining Technical Reports — Preliminary Economic Assessments, which sets out staff’s position on several issues regarding the use and…
The S&P/TSX Composite Index gained during the trading week to close at 12,268.01, up 319 points from where it began.The lift followed two major announcements, including the European Central Bank’s plan to buy government bonds from…
The TSX Venture Exchange collected itself and resumed its forward march. After falling four straight days the week before, the holiday shortened period saw the index climb 31 points to 1,276.71 points, on the back of renewed enthusiasm for…
Hope for more stimulus from the U.S. Federal Reserve after disappointing jobs data in August; the Chinese government announcing a US$150-billion infrastructure-building program; and news that the European Central Bank plans to buy more…
SPOT PRICESCourtesy of ScotiaBankTuesday, September 11, 2012 Precious MetalsPrice…
TSX Short Positions Short positions outstanding at Aug 31/12 (with changes from Aug 15/12). Largest Short Positions Security Ticker Total Short Change Lundin Mining LUN 44646706 476706…
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