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TSX Venture Exchange
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index managed a 20.36-point gain in the period to end at 1,211.35 after two days of gains and two days of losses. The climb came despite low volumes and averaged 59 million shares traded daily. The drop in…
Technical analysis report: Uranium stocks show signs of life
Ever since the great bull run in uranium prices leading into 2008, investors have been waiting for the second leg up.The macro story, after all, didn’t change after the 2008 crisis subsided: a surge in nuclear reactor construction in…
Banro faces delay during Twangiza ramp-up
Just days after taking the keys from contract mine developer Banlaw Afrique, Canadian miner Banro (BAA-T, BAA-X) has run into delays while comissioning its 100%-owned Twangiza open-pit gold mine, 45 km southwest of Bukavu in the Democractic…
Mixed results for Ethos Gold’s first pass at Betty
The first drill program on Ethos Gold’s (ECC-V) Betty project in the Yukon has yielded encouraging gold discoveries, and numerous blanks.The first half of a phase-one drill program includes results for 22 reverse-circulation drill…
Western Potash takes novel approach
When Western Potash (WPX-T) starts commercial production at its Milestone potash mine in Saskatchewan in 2016, it will draw much of its water from treated sewage effluent from the city of Regina, about 30 km away.As much as 60,000 cubic metres…
Rio Tinto opens wallet wide for asset upgrades
Rio Tinto (RIO-N, RIO-L, RIO-A) will spend billions of dollars to advance and upgrade some of its highest-profile assets.At its sprawling Pilbara iron-ore operation Western Australia, the company has committed US$3.7 billion to boost capacity,…
Oil Can’s iron ore lifts Champion Minerals
Champion Minerals (CHM-T) has traded higher on news that its 100%-owned Oil Can iron ore deposit, 6 km north of its flagship Fire Lake North project in the southern end of the Labrador trough, contains nearly 1 billion tonnes of…
Alexandria finds new gold in old stomping grounds
In the gold business, some places never go out of style.While Canadian juniors continue to pursue gold in far-flung locales, Alexandria Minerals (AZX-V) is proving that one of Canada’s most well-worn gold-hunting grounds has plenty…
Kivalliq eyeing new uranium district in Nunavut
Kivalliq Energy (KIV-V) is cashed-up and moving forward with an ambitious exploration program on its 1,000-sq.-km Angilak property in Nunavut, just as the Nunavut government has formalized its uranium policy.The company completed an…
Barkerville’s 10.6-million-oz. resource more bark than bite?
Barkerville Gold Mines’ (BGM-V) share price climbed more than 50% after the company put out a 10.6-million-oz.-gold resource estimate for its Cow Mountain deposit in central B.C., but questions have been raised about the accuracy of the…
Metals, mining and money markets
SPOT PRICESCourtesy of ScotiaBankTuesday, July 10, 2012 Precious MetalsPrice…