US markets slip, Dec. 7-11
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.57% to finish the trading week at 30,046.37 and the S&P 500 declined by 0.96% to 3,663.46. Spot gold dropped US$24.50 per oz., or…
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TSX mixed, Dec. 7-11
The S&P/TSX Composite Index rose 0.16% to 17,548.92 during the Dec. 7-11 trading week. The S&P/TSX Global Mining Index fell 0.08% to 99.28, and the S&P/TSX Global Base Metals Index…
TSX Venture rises, Dec. 7-11
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index rose 1.46% (11.19 points) to finish the Dec. 7-11 trading week at 780.30. Spot gold dropped US$24.50 per oz. (1.31%) to US$1,839.50 per ounce. Shares…
Rockcliff releases combined PEA for Tower and Rail in Manitoba
Rockcliff Metals (CSE: RCLF) has released the results from a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for its 100%-owned Tower and Rail projects in the Flin Flon-Snow Lake greenstone belt in central Manitoba….
Wheaton pays $150M for share of silver output from Capstone’s Cozamin
Wheaton Precious Metals (TSX:WPM) and Capstone Mining (TSX:CS) have struck a deal whereby the streaming company will pay US$150 million for a share of the silver output from Capstone’s Cozamin…
NorZinc drilling at Prairie Creek hits high grade silver, zinc
NorZinc (TSX:NXC; OTCQB:NORZF) has received the final assays from surface drill hole PC-20-225, and the results indicate high grades of both silver and zinc. Beginning at a depth of 525.6…
Clean Air Metals brings ‘fresh set of eyes’ to Thunder Bay North
Since listing on the TSX Venture exchange in May, PGM-focused Clean Air Metals has drilled over 19,000 metres at its wholly owned 30-sq.-km Thunder Bay North project, 50 km northeast…
Kirkland Lake sets 1.3-1.4 moz production target for 2021
Kirkland Lake is planning its largest exploration program at Fosterville since 2016.
Base metals prices forecast to rise sharply in 2021, less so in 2022
As the world’s economies start to pick up following the impacts from the Covid-19 pandemic, CPM Group’s director of commodities and asset management Carlos Sanchez expects base metals markets to return…
Roskill forecasts demand for cobalt to double by 2030
Cobalt watchers can expect demand for the blue metal to double by 2030, says Ying Lu, senior analyst at Roskill. The forecast comes even as this year saw a significant shift…
Precious metals and PGM prices forecast to rise next year
Although a change in the U.S. government is unlikely to ease tensions between Washington and Beijing, says CPM Group vice-president of research Rohit Savant, incoming president Biden’s approach to negotiations with China…
Alamos expects Young-Davidson to drive gold output higher next year
Next year, producer Alamos Gold expects the Young-Davidson underground mine in Ontario, where a lower mine expansion was completed in July, to drive a 17% production increase over 2020 levels,…