TSX Venture down with commodities, May 1-5
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index shed 25.05 points to a 781.72-point close over the trading week, as spot gold prices plunged US$40.27 to US$1,228.01 per oz., and Comex copper prices…
Mexico and Central America
Riverside, Centerra see promise at Glor in Sonora
VANCOUVER — Prospect generator Riverside Resources (TSXV: RRI) has launched into a 2,000-metre drill campaign with partner Centerra Gold (TSX: CG; US-OTC: CAGDF) at their Glor gold project, 8 km west of…
TNM Data Miner: Trends in Canadian equity finance and investment
The Northern Miner has joined forces again with sister company Infomine to leverage the powerful Intelligence Mine database to outline trends in equity financing for Canadian mining during the most recent market downturn….
TSX Venture eases up, April 3-7
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index gained 8.5 points to an 824.7-point close over the trading week, as spot gold prices gained US$6.10 to US$1,257.3 per oz., and Comex copper prices…
Endeavour Silver green-lights construction at El Compas
Endeavour Silver (TSX: EDR; NYSE: EXK) plans to add a fourth mine to its Mexican operations, after an encouraging preliminary economic assessment (PEA) at its El Compas gold-silver project in…
Leagold to buy Goldcorp’s Los Filos
VANCOUVER — Leagold Mining (TSXV: LMC) envisions itself as the next intermediate gold producer in Latin America, and that journey is now underway with a US$350-million deal in early 2017 to acquire Goldcorp’s…
Central American and Caribbean Snapshot
Four intrepid juniors on the hunt for riches in the middle Americas: ASCENDANT RESOURCES Toronto-based junior Ascendant Resources (TSXV: ASND) picked up the venerable El Mochito underground zinc-lead-silver mine and…
Prefontaine hopes to duplicate La India success at Cerro Quema
As president and CEO of Grayd Resource, geologist Marc Prefontaine and his team discovered the La India gold deposit, 200 km east of Hermosillo in Sonora, Mexico, selling it to…
Agnico Eagle buys 15% of GoldQuest for $23M
GoldQuest Mining (TSXV: GQC) shares got a welcome boost after reports that Agnico Eagle Mines (TSX: AEM; NYSE: AEM) is buying 15% of the company for $23 million. This marks…
Gold junior snapshot: 7 companies with active programs
Make no mistake, despite the recent rise in the prices of most mined commodities, it’s still gold that attracts the most interest and financing among the juniors. The following are…
SolGold adds weight to Cascabel
VANCOUVER — Sitting quietly behind a table in Australian explorer SolGold’s (LON-AIM: SOLG; US-OTC: SLGGF) booth at this year’s Association for Mineral Exploration Roundup convention in Vancouver, a 10-year-old girl…
Goldcorp entering ‘harvest mode,’ CEO Garofalo says
Goldcorp (TSX: G; NYSE: GG) has outlined an ambitious five-year growth plan, targeting a 20% increase in both gold reserves and annual production, plus a 20% reduction in all-in sustaining…