Aureus looks to put Liberia on the production map
Liberia is getting close to getting its first modern commercial gold mine.
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Iron ore outlooks turn gloomy
VANCOUVER – Goldman Sachs has cut its iron ore price forecasts and downgraded its Rio Tinto (RTP-N, RIO-L) recommendation from Neutral to Sell. The reason? More than 90% of the company’s 2012 earnings came from iron ore, a sector…
Patricia Mohr talks copper
Last month Scotiabank’s Vice President of Economics and Commodity Market Specialist, Patricia Mohr, received the 2012 Metal Bulletin Apex awards for the top gold and overall precious metals price forecasts. Mohr received top honors for her…
A changing landscape for growing copper producers
VANCOUVER — With the US$5.1-billion hostile takeover of Toronto-based Inmet Mining (IMN-T) by large-cap peer First Quantum Minerals (FM-T, FQM-L) looking all but wrapped up, it seems an opportune time to take a look at the shifting…
Tintina grows Black Butte copper count
VANCOUVER – With an upgraded resource estimate for a second deposit at its Black Butte project in Montana now in hand, Tintina Resources (TAU-V) is ready to revamp the project’s recent economic assessment while it awaits permission to…
Fission and Alpha emerge as newest players to watch in Athabasca
The discovery of a high grade boulder field outside the southern boundary of the Athabasca Basin in Saskatchewan is shaping into a significant find for joint venture partners Fission Energy (FIS-V) and Alpha Minerals (AMW-V).
Copper Mountain contemplates secondary crusher
Despite several mill maintenance shutdowns last year and difficulties with variability in ore hardness and fragmentation entering the SAG mill from the operation’s different open-pit locations, Copper Mountain Mining (CUM-T) posted gross…
Short Position Report
Short positions outstanding at Mar. 15/13 (with changes from Feb. 28/13).
Editorial: Theories of devolution in the NWT
The transfer of power from the federal government to the Northwest Territories government has been going on in stages for decades as the territory’s population and economic base has steadily grown and matured. With Yellowknife established…
Getting a social licence: not easy, but necessary
When more than 30,000 miners, investors and mining executives gathered at the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) convention in Toronto earlier this month, there was lots of talk about the tough time they now have in…
PDAC celebrates 2013 award winners
The Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) handed out its annual awards at a gala during its eighty-first annual convention in Toronto this month. Award recipients were honoured for outstanding contributions and excellence in…
Toronto Stock Exchange, March 11 – 15
The S&P/TSX Composite Index was down nearly 6 points to end the week at 12,830.03 points, thanks to a 1%, or 134-point decline, on March 13.