Osisko realizing Canadian Malartic’s potential
Osisko Mining (TSX: OSK; US-OTC: OSKFF) has released third-quarter results that it believes should dispel any remaining doubts about its Canadian Malartic gold mine in Quebec.
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Toronto Stock Exchange, Nov. 4-8
The S&P/TSX Composite Index was up 17 points to 13,378.33 for the period, as jobs data in Canada and the U.S. beat expectations and bolstered investor confidence. The loonie fell 0.27 of a cent to US95.32¢, after Statistics Canada…
MBAC shows Santana’s feasibility
MBAC Fertilizer (TSX: MBC; US-OTC: MBCFF) is de-risking its Santana phosphate project in Brazil, with a feasibility study showing that the company could, for US$427 million, build a 32-year operation producing 500,000 tonnes of granulated…
CEO: Feasibility shows Arianne’s Lac Paul is a ‘world-class asset’
Arianne Phosphate’s (TSXV: DAN; US-OTC: DRRSF) Lac à Paul phosphate-rock project in Quebec could be built for US$1.2 billion, a feasibility study shows. Of that amount, US$982.5 million (less US$73.9 million, set aside as…
Torex readies the shovels at Morelos
Torex Gold Resources (TSX: TXG; US-OTC: TORXF) is set to break ground on its Morelos gold mine in Mexico.
Detour Gold slumps on weak 2014 outlook
Detour Gold (TSX: DGC; US-OTC: DRGDF) took a beating after publishing its first commercial earnings at the Detour Lake gold mine in northeastern Ontario, with its shares plunging 20% to a yearly low of $6.16, before closing at $6.35. But that…
Quest unveils prefeasibility study for Strange Lake
With an anticipated capex of more than $2 billion and the high degree of uncertainty and risk that financial markets associate with producing rare-earth elements outside of China, Peter Cashin knew that unless a prefeasibility study on the…
Hudbay sells Back Forty stake, Constancia’s gold
With seven projects in the Great Lakes area, Aquila Resources (TSX: AQA; US-OTC: AQARF) is carving out something of a reputation as a junior explorer to watch in this region of North America. That reputation grew two sizes in early November,…
Commentary – CETA to benefit PDAC members: Joe Oliver
Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources, Joe Oliver, met with the full board of the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada in Toronto on Nov. 12. The following is an excerpt of his prepared speech, as it relates to…
Mosaic spends US$1.4B for CF Industries’ assets
Mosaic’s (NYSE: MOS) proposed acquisition of CF Industries Holdings’ (NYSE: CF) phosphate business will give it enough product to meet expected demand growth, mostly in North and South America; brings earnings accretion; and exceeds…
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Pretium responds: Brucejack an ‘exceptional high-grade’ gold project
Regarding your Nov. 6 editorial, “Is Pretium petering out?”, the Valley of the Kings bulk sample program at the Brucejack project in B.C. was designed to incorporate both a sampling program with the sample tower, and the results…