Goldeye rises on golden Weebigee results
VANCOUVER — Good gold results from a 22-hole program at the Weebigee project in Ontario have doubled Goldeye Explorations’ (TSXV: GGY; US-OTC: GEYEF) share price since the start of the year.
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BlackRock’s tips for raising money as a private firm
Six years ago Sean Cleary raised a million dollars from family and friends and acquired an iron–titanium–vanadium property, 30 km southeast of Chibougamau in northern Quebec.
TSX Venture loses ground, March 10-14
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index lost 9.35 points during weekly trading en route to a 1,033.64-point close. Reports out of China indicated growth rates across industrial sectors had dropped to multi-year lows, while markets also…
Murenbeeld ‘mildly bullish’ on gold in 2014
Martin Murenbeeld, chief economist at Dundee Capital Markets, says he’s “mildly bullish” about this year’s gold price.
Sweden, Finland, Alberta, atop Fraser Institute rankings
VANCOUVER — Canadian non-profit research group the Fraser Institute has released its annual Survey of Mining Companies, which gauges the geographic investment temperature by polling 690 exploration, development and other mining-related…
COO Burns on Goldcorp’s cost-cutting drive
VANCOUVER — In a climate of lower gold prices and rising costs, gold producers have been focusing on improving operations at established mines, and Vancouver-based Goldcorp (TSX: G; NYSE: GG) is no exception. The company’s…
Integra eyes low-cost underground mine at Lamaque
VANCOUVER — Integra Gold’s (TSXV: ICG; US-OTC: KALRF) efforts to advance its Lamaque gold project in Val-d’Or, Que., to production were just rewarded with a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) predicting a mine with a 38%…
PM Harper, BC’s Bennett on rejection of Taseko’s New Prosperity
VANCOUVER — There haven’t been many modern permitting processes in Canada that have cast as large a shadow as the federal government’s recent rejection on environmental grounds of Taseko Mines’ (TSX: TKO; NYSE-MKT:…
Production underway at Cameco, Areva’s Cigar Lake
Cameco’s (TSX: CCO; NYSE: CCJ) Cigar Lake — one of the most technically challenging mining projects in the world — has started production after years of delays and mine plan re-engineering.
Enexco jumps on uranium hit at Mann Lake
International Enexco (TSXV: IEC) saw its shares climb 23% after announcing the thickest and highest grade hit yet from its 30%-held Mann Lake uranium property in Saskatchewan’s prolific Athabasca basin.
Cigar Lake production shines spotlight on Denison Mines
The start of ore production at Cameco Corp.’s (TSX: CCO; NYSE: CCJ) Cigar Lake uranium mine is good news for Denison Mines (TSX: DML; NYSE-MKT: DNN), which owns 22.5% of the McClean Lake mill where all of Cigar Lake’s ore will be…
TSX Venture bounces back, Mar. 3-7
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index returned to the black during the week, as it posted a 1.7%, or 17.6-point gain, en route to a 1,043.01-point weekly close. The political turmoil in the Ukraine is fuelling market volatility, with…