TSX Venture Exchange, Nov. 4-8
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index slid during the trading week, down 17.92 points, or 1.8% to 937.41, despite strong jobs data.
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Commentary: Miners turn to private equity for help
A few weeks ago Patricia Mohr, Scotiabank’s vice-president of economics and a commodity market specialist, participated in a panel discussion in Vancouver organized by the British Columbia Securities Commission. The subject was financing…
Short Position Report
TSX Short Positions Short positions outstanding at Oct. 31/13 (with changes from Oct. 15/13)….
Letter to the editor: SEG and IQ
Your report on the SEG conference is a service to the science and practice of geology and its role in the discovery of ore bodies.
Golden Star rises on resource update, Q3 earnings
Shares of Golden Star Resources (TSX: GSC; AMEX: GSS) have gained some shine after the miner posted a third-quarter earnings beat followed by a resource update at its Wassa gold mine in Ghana.
Dalradian seeks to optimize Curraghinalt
Metallurgical test work at the small but high-grade Curraghinalt gold deposit in Northern Ireland suggests that Dalradian Resources (TSX: DNA) can achieve higher recoveries using a sequential gravity flotation circuit rather than whole-ore…
Nemaska has a patented edge at Whabouchi
Nemaska Lithium’s (TSXV: NMX; US-OTC: NMKEF) Whabouchi deposit has always had the grade, but now it’s looking to marry nature’s gift with a patented extraction process that could offer a market advantage.
Editorial: Is Pretium petering out?
The Pretium saga brings to mind the old joke about the ever-optimistic geologist seeing that the glass is half full, while the mining engineer sees only that the glass should be reduced in size by 50%.
Neita looks good for Unigold
Unigold (TSXV: UGD; US-OTC: UGDIF) may have more on its hands with its Neita property in the Dominican Republic than first believed.
The battle continues at Taseko’s New Prosperity
VANCOUVER — The permitting saga has lasted nearly four years for B.C.-based copper producer Taseko Mines (TSX: TKO; NYSE-MKT: TGB) and its New Prosperity copper-gold project, 125 km southwest of Williams Lake, but the proposed…
Toronto Stock Exchange, Oct. 28 – Nov. 1
The S&P/TSX Composite Index was down 65 points to 13,337.46 for the period, with a weak gold sector contributing to the slump.
Metals, mining and money markets
Spot pricesCourtesy of ScotiabankTuesday, November 5, 2013Precious MetalsPrice…