VANCOUVER — Vancouver-based producer New Gold (NGD-T, NGD-X) has suffered similar market devaluation to its peers in recent months, with its shares dropping 40% or $4.44 since early January as gold prices have declined. However, the…
VANCOUVER — For mining companies pursuing growth, it is a good time to buy. Several years of depressed base metal prices combined with a recent downturn in the gold price means junior miners and explorers are generally cheap, which is the…
Peru may be best known for its rich endowment of gold and silver deposits, but the South American nation could also become a player in producing phosphates, Focus Ventures (FCV-V) believes.
VANCOUVER — As the world’s largest copper producer and a top-five producer of molybdenum and silver, Chile is a mining powerhouse. And with more than $70 billion in mining investment expected to lift copper production by 45% over…
U.S. markets were closed for the Memorial Day holiday on May 27, and when trading resumed equities were volatile for the rest of the week, rising one day only to fall the next on mixed news. Markets initially rose on Tuesday after Japanese and…
The S&P/TSX Composite Index slipped during the trading week, losing 16.8 points to 12,650.42, as investors considered the bleak economic data coming out of Europe and the U.S.
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index continued to mount a bit of a rally during the trading sessions, posting a 14.09-point, or 1.5% increase, en route to a 962.41 weekly close. The index was boosted by stronger-than-expected economic…
Spot pricesCourtesy of ScotiabankTuesday, June 4, 2013 Precious MetalsPrice…
VANCOUVER — Scorpio Mining (SPM-T) has faced more than a few challenges over the last year, starting with the need to downsize the resource at its Nuestra Senora deposit when mining revealed more geologic variations than expected. Soon…
VANCOUVER — The soup has gotten a lot thinner for many companies in recent months, with falling metal prices and skittish investors driving equity valuations down across the board. And that reality set in for newly minted Canadian…
The story “Geoscience B.C. lures stakers to North Vancouver Island” (T.N.M., June 3–9/13) incorrectly stated the mineral resource for NorthIsle Copper and Gold’s Hushamu deposit. In fact, Hushamu contains an indicated…
VANCOUVER — Copper explorer NGEx Resources (NGQ-T) capped off a busy drill season in April, with the Vancouver-based company completing 44,000 metres over a promising property package that straddles the Chile-Argentina border, southeast…
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