Cameco scores victory over CRA
The Tax Court of Canada has ruled in favour of Cameco (TSX: CCO; NYSE: CCJ) in the company’s decade-long dispute with the Canada Revenue Agency over tax reassessments for the…
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Blockade halts Trevali’s Santander mine
Operations at Trevali Mining’s (TTSX: TV; US-OTC: TREVF) Santander zinc mine in Peru were temporarily halted after a “small group of community members and other persons not affiliated with the…
Precious Metals Summit 2018: Portfolio managers weigh in on future for gold
BEAVER CREEK, COLORADO — Precious Metals Summit Conferences wrapped up its annual three-day event in fine form this year in Beaver Creek, Colorado. The eighth consecutive Summit ran from Sept. 20 to…
Copper Mountain leverages existing assets in New Ingerbelle PEA
Copper Mountain Mining (TSX: CMMC; US-OTC: CPPMF) recently tabled a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for its New Ingerbelle copper project, just 1 km away from its producing Copper Mountain mine…
Quebec Snapshot: Eight companies pushing projects towards production
There’s been a buzz of activity in La Belle Province throughout 2018, with junior and mid-level gold explorers and developers taking the lead. Here is a look at eight companies…
Mason Graphite’s Lac Guéret leads the field in Quebec
If graphite mining has a home in Canada, it is surely in Quebec. The earliest known producing graphite mine in the province, and possibly the country, was the Miller mine,…
Glencore expands and extends share buy-back program
Glencore (LON: GLEN) is increasing its share buy-back program by up to an additional US$1 billion. The commodities giant has already purchased 230.2 million of its own shares valued at…
First Cobalt tables initial resource at Iron Creek in Idaho
First Cobalt (TSXV: FCC; US-OTC: FTSSF) has tabled its first resource estimate for its 100%-owned Iron Creek cobalt project in Idaho. The project contains 29.6 million tonnes grading 0.08% cobalt…
Editorial: Barrick-Randgold merger full of promise and possible pitfalls
The merger between Barrick Gold and Randgold Resources announced Sept. 25 is the most fascinating development in the gold-mining sector since 2006, when Barrick Gold took over rival Placer Dome…
TSX Venture inches higher, Sept. 17-21
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index rose 0.66% to 719.91. Shares of White Gold rose 65% to $1.07. The company released strong drill assays from the Vertigo target on its JP…
US markets up, Sept. 17-21
The Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped 2.25% to 26,743.50 and the S&P 500 Index rose 0.85% to 2,929.67. New York spot gold increased 0.47% to US$1,198.70 per oz. gold. Rio…
Barrick, Randgold to forge world’s biggest gold miner
In one of the biggest and most surprising deals the gold industry has seen in more than a decade, Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: ABX) is combining with Randgold Resources (LON: RRS; NASDAQ: GOLD)…