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,…
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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%,…
Kirkland shines as a multi-asset gold producer in Ontario
Kirkland Lake Gold’s (TSX: KGI; US-OTC: KGILF) vision of becoming an intermediate, multi-asset gold producer after an operational turnaround at its high-grade Macassa gold mine in northeastern Ontario is turning into…
The Northern Miner podcast – episode 8: Exploration spotlight and proxy battle supreme
Lesley Stokes returns from Kamloops Exploration Group’s conference (KEG) with plenty of updates on B.C. exploration. Meanwhile, discussion on the showdown between Eastmain Resources (TSX: ER; US-OTC: EANRF) and Columbus Gold…
Peregrine Diamonds on cusp of PEA
Like many junior exploration companies, Peregrine Diamonds (TSX: PGD) has had its share of hard knocks, and its shareholders have had to exercise patience over many years. The company found…
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…
Empire Rock to investigate lithium brine in Alberta gas fields
Lisa Chapman hopes lithium production in the oil patch will help diversify Alberta’s economy. The president and CEO of Empire Rock Minerals (TSXV: EPR) is steering the junior explorer into…
TMAC targets commercial production at Hope Bay in 2017
TMAC Resources (TSX: TMR) aims to get its flagship Hope Bay gold project in Nunavut into commercial production in early 2017. Located in the Kitikmeot region, 125 km southwest of Cambridge…
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…
Asiamet defines BKM in Indonesia
Asiamet Resources (TSXV: ARS) hasn’t let changes to Indonesia’s mining law in 2014 impact its vision for an open-pit, heap-leachable copper mine at its Beruang Kanan Main (BKM) deposit, 180…
Copper market to flatline through 2017: ICSG
The following is an edited summary released by the International Copper Study Group (ICSG), which met in Lisbon in March. The group includes delegates and advisors from the world’s major…
Editorial: What happened to the copper rally?
With Cesco Week’s World Copper Summit — the world’s largest annual gathering of copper miners and traders — coming to a close on April 3 in Santiago, Chile, attendees have…