Editorial: Price drop catches gold investors off guard
As 2016 wore on, gold miners and investors were getting pretty comfortable assuming that spot gold prices would hold firmly above US$1,300 per oz. for the foreseeable future, and that…
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Tom Caldwell: ‘Regulatory strangulation’ is killing economic strength
The following is a condensed and edited transcript of a speech given by Thomas S. Caldwell at the Mines and Money Americas conference in Toronto in late September on the health…
TSX Venture retreats, Oct. 3-7
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index dropped 19.43 points to a 780.8-point close over the period, as gold hit a four-month low on the prospect of a U.S. interest rate hike…
TSX falls, Oct. 3-7
Canada’s benchmark index fell ahead of the Thanksgiving long weekend, dropping 1.08% to 14,566.26, despite positive jobs data. The S&P/TSX Global Mining Index slumped 5.5% to 61.45, while the S&P/TSX…
US markets slide, Oct. 3-7
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.37% to 18,240.49 and the S&P 500 dropped 0.67% to 2,153.75. Gold fell below US$1,300 per oz., hitting a post-Brexit-vote low of US$1,255.20 per…
TNM Video: Interview with Atac Resources CEO Graham Downs at Rackla
Western Editor Matthew Keevil touches down at Atac Resources’ (TSXV: ATC; US-OTC: ATADF) Rackla gold project 55 km northeast of Keno City in the central Yukon, to interview Atac president…
Productivity, cost concerns weigh on Chile’s miners
Productivity concerns, high costs and unmet landowner expectations are some of the problems foreign mining companies face in Chile — a country responsible for a third of the world’s copper…
MAG Silver’s low-risk Juanicipio gets wider at depth
George Paspalas has spent the last 30 years building and operating complex open-pit and underground mines in South Africa, Tanzania, Australia, South America and Canada for the likes of Placer…
TNM Video: Interview with Goldcorp executive VP Brent Bergeron at Coffee
Western Editor Matthew Keevil visits Goldcorp’s (TSX: G; NYSE:GG) recently-acquired Coffee gold project 130 km south of Dawson City in the Yukon Territory. We meet up with Goldcorp’s executive vice-president…
Azure finds silver deposit on top of a hill in Mexico
BEAVER CREEK, COLORADO — When Azure Minerals (ASX: AZS) picked up an option on the Alacran project in Mexico’s northern Sonora state, 12 km south of Grupo Mexico’s Cananea copper…
Goldcorp fine-tunes Éléonore mine
As the Éléonore gold mine ramps up towards full production in 2018, its owner Goldcorp (TSX: G; NYSE: GG) appears well on its way to solve problems that popped up…
Silver Wheaton turns to internal growth
VANCOUVER — Industry stalwart Silver Wheaton (TSX: SLW; NYSE: SLW) has enjoyed a meteoric rise over the past decade. The pioneer of providing stream financing has mobilized over US$8 billion in…