Esaase prefeasibility puts Asanko on production path
VANCOUVER — With a new name and a new prefeasibility study for its flagship gold project in Ghana, Asanko Gold (AKG-T, AKG-N) is pushing towards production.
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Drilling returns more silver and gold at Fortuna’s mines
VANCOUVER — Gold and silver prices struggled in April, which meant most precious metal producers saw their share prices slide. For Fortuna Silver Mines (FVI-T, FSM-N), however, a slumping share price belies strong financials and promising…
Husky ready to make the Sunrise
There are an estimated 170 billion barrels of oil in Alberta’s oilsands, but getting them all out is proving to be a costly venture. As with the metal mining industry, mining for oil has been subjected to steep cost inflation over the…
Sunridge brightens Asmara’s economics
Sunridge Gold (SGC-V) has outlined stronger economics for its prized Asmara copper-zinc-gold project in Eritrea in a feasibility study that outshines last year’s prefeasibility study.
K+S teams up with NGO to help Ugandan farmers
Germany-based fertilizer giant K+S AG (SDF-F) has signed a co-operation agreement with Sasakawa Africa Association in an effort to help farmers in Uganda.
Xstrata directors sent packing at first Glencore Xstrata AGM
VANCOUVER – The merged Glencore Xstrata PLC (GLEN-L) was supposed to bear a board with directors from both predecessor companies, part of the attempt to portray the deal as a merger of equals instead of a takeover of Xstrata.
Canadian Natural on track with Horizon expansion
Canadian Natural Resources (CNQ-T) is moving along with its staged expansion at its prized Horizon oilsands project near Fort McMurray, Alberta, to boost the current production capacity to 250,000 barrels.
JV partners grow resource at Woodjam
In a little over a year, partners Consolidated Woodjam Copper (WCC-V) and Gold Fields (GFI-N) have grown the inferred resource at the Southeast zone on their Woodjam property in the Cariboo region of central British Columbia from 146.5 million…
Coeur’s revamp
Idaho-based silver producer Coeur d’Alene Mines (CDM-T, CDE-N) is charting a new course to thrive in the changing and turbulent market by optimizing assets and trimming costs, while still keeping an eye out for growth.
Metals, mining and money markets
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TSX Venture Exchange, May 6-10
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index treaded water during the trading period despite a rally across North American stock markets. The Venture gained 0.2%, or 2.05 points, en route to a 966.73-point close, as commodity prices stayed soft and…
Allied Nevada ponders scale-back
Allied Nevada Gold (ANV-T, ANV-N) is considering a more modest proposal for expanding its Hycroft mill in Nevada, and that has dismayed the markets.