The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index closed in the green, rising 1.6%, or 10.84 points, en route to a 681.43-point close. Gains were underpinned by rising commodity futures, while Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen said the U.S. central bank…
The recent annual convention in Toronto of the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada saw a diverse group of mining personnel scoop up this year’s awards.
Retail investors, historically the “lifeblood” of the junior mining sector, are largely gone from the picture, but need to return for the sector to survive the current downturn, John Kaiser argues.
VANCOUVER — Royalty and streaming leader Silver Wheaton (TSX: SLW; NYSE: SLW) has been increasing its presence in the gold space recently, and according to president and CEO Randy Smallwood that trend could continue, with many of the…
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index edged up 1%, or 6 points, en route to a 670.60-point close. Gold, copper and energy futures benefitted from weakness in the U.S. dollar, while Statistics Canada reported that the inflation rate held…
Gold-focused royalty and streaming company Sandstorm Gold (TSX: SSL; NYSE: SAND) has branched out into diamonds.
VANCOUVER — Toronto-based junior Noront Resources (TSX: NOT; US-OTC: NOSOF) has emerged as a leader in Ontario’s controversial Ring of Fire mineral belt over the past eight years, and on March 23 the company solidified itself as the…
Like other regions, Latin America has seen a slowdown in mining investment owing to the global decline in commodities prices.
Sprott US Holdings chairman Rick Rule says the current bear market will be remembered as “the good old days.”
VANCOUVER — The past two years have been a story of redemption for producer Kirkland Lake Gold (TSX: KGI; US-OTC: KGILF) at its Macassa mine and South Mine Complex in the prolific the Southern Abitibi gold belt, 46 km southeast of…
Newsletter writer Greg McCoach of the Mining Speculator is sharing a number of quality names that he believes are worth looking at, despite the current downturn in the resource market, in part due to the strong U.S. dollar.
Canada’s benchmark S&P/TSX Composite Index index fell during the trading week, losing 1.5% to close at 14,731.50 points. The S&P/TSX Global Gold Index dropped 1.8% to 157.90, as the spot price for gold gave back US$10 to end at…
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