U.S. markets fall during May 16-20 trading week
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 961.52 points or 3.1% to 31,261.90 over the week, with the S&P 500 retreating by 106.65 points or 2.7% to 3,901.36. Shares of Gold…
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TSXV edges higher over May 16-20
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index eked out a gain of 5.44 points over the May 16-20 trading week to end at 702.09. Los Andes Copper saw the biggest share price…
Skyharbour buys into Rio Tinto’s Russell Lake uranium project
Canadian explorer Skyharbour Resources (TSXV: SYH) has inked a cash and shares deal to acquire an initial 51% stake in Rio Tinto’s (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO; ASX: RIO) Russell Lake…
The view from England: Party time as resources soar
In the U.K., despite horrendous inflation and gloomy economic forecasts, we are preparing to party. To mark the beginning of a four-day Platinum Jubilee celebration, thousands of beacons are being…
OBITUARY: Graham Farquharson – the straight shooter who busted Bre-X and changed the industry
In May 1997, the editorial staff of The Northern Miner broke one of its own rules and bought an equity position in Bre-X Minerals. Journalists normally aren’t allowed to buy…
Banyan Gold CEO: AurMac could achieve Tier 1 status this fall
Banyan Gold (TSXV: BYN) has delivered a mineral resource update on its flagship AurMac property nestled in an emerging mining district of the Yukon between Alexco Resource Corp’s (TSX: AXU)…
TDG releases initial resource for former Shasta gold-silver mine in B.C.
TDG Gold (TSXV: TDG) has published an initial resource estimate for the former producing Shasta gold-silver mine in north-central B.C. following the conclusion of its 2021 drill program, which confirmed…
Trevali’s missing workers failed to reach Perkoa mine’s refuge chamber during floods
Trevali Mining (TSX: TV) said the eight missing miners, for whom rescuers have been searching since the company’s Perkoa mine in Burkina Faso was hit by flash floods last month,…
BHP to speed up Jansen potash mine as Ukraine war weighs on supplies
BHP’s (NYSE: BHP; ASX: BHP) chief executive Mike Henry wants to gear up on the company’s US$5.7 billion Jansen potash project in Canada as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has caused…
VRIC: US, Canadian companies set to soar on Russian uranium ban
U.S. and Canadian-based uranium companies are set to soar on a looming Russian production ban in the Western world, GoldSilver.com’s senior precious metals analyst, Jeff Clark, told an industry event…
VRIC: Metals scarcity could slow energy transition
While the movement to an electrified future is already picking up pace, it will be much slower than some of the optimistic projections in the market today, CPM Group founder…
VRIC: Quality companies are investors’ best bet when valuations get low
Virtually every mining stock in the market today, whether a major or a junior’s, has been off between 10% and 40% over the past few weeks, making anything one buys…