TSX up for July 26-30
The TSX Composite Index finished the July 26-30 period up 20 points at 11,746.8 joining in the global market r…
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Venture rises in last week of July
Vancouver – The S&P-TSX Venture Composite Index gained four out of five days during the last week of July …
US equity markets quiet, July 26-30
The week of July 26-30 was a fairly moderate one for U.S. equities. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 0.4%…
North Country rises 45% on Nunavut gold hits
VANCOUVER — When the first results from the first drill program of a newly-listed company include hits like 42 metres of 5.88 grams gold per tonne, the market usually responds. And that is exactly wh…
AQM, Teck re-jig Zafranal deal
VANCOUVER — The long copper hits coming out of the Zafranal project in southern Peru are starting to define a sizable zone of mineralization and the success has prompted its owners AQM Copper (AQM-V)…
Sage Gold explores Nevada, Timmins
Three years ago Sage Gold (SGX-V) had a market capitalization of about $40 million. Today the figure stands at about $6 million but the junior’s president and chief executive Nigel Lees believes that’…
Kinross Gold sells Diavik stake
Diamonds have been kind to Kinross Gold (K-T, KGC-N).
Aurizon Mines gets busy in July
July has been a busy month at Aurizon Mines (ARZ-T, AZK-N). On July 5, the Vancouver-based gold producer unveiled that it had significantly updated its resource for the Hosco gold deposit on its Joann…
Molycorp to raise $240M in IPO for REE mine
Molycorp, owner of the Mountain Pass rare earth element (REE) mine in California, is going ahead with an initial public offering (IPO) topping US$420 million so it can ramp up North America’s only cur…
New Gold produces 90,000 oz. in Q2 (August 02, 2010)
New Gold (NGD-T, NGD-X) shares were up nearly 5% to $5.25 apiece on July 20 on news the company was able to increase gold production by 62% in the second quarter, due mostly to its Mesquite gold mine …
Goldcorp invests $15.6M in Evolving Gold
Although the Evolving Gold (EVG-V) team consists of several former Newmont Mining (NMC-T, NEM-N) people, it’s Goldcorp (G-T, GG-N) that has decided to invest $15.6 million in the junior gold explorer.
Talison, Salares Lithium to merge
VANCOUVER — Australian producer Talison Minerals and Vancouver- based Salares Lithium (LIT-V) are joining forces to create the world’s largest publicly traded lithium production and exploration compa…