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TSX takes a break, June 30-July 4

Trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange was on the downbeat during the Canada Day shortened week, with the S&P/TSX Composite Index losing nearly 69 points to finish at 15,214.96.  The spot price for gold retreated US$7.91 per oz. to…


The field camp at Belo Sun Mining's Volta Grande gold project in Brazil. Credit: Belo Sun Mining

Sun Valley Gold loads up on shares of Belo Sun Mining

Privately held hedge fund Sun Valley Gold has added to its shareholding in Belo Sun Mining (TSX: BSX) with the purchase of 7 million shares at 19¢, bringing its total stake to 12.4% in the Brazil-focused gold explorer.


Coeur Mining's Palmarejo silver-gold operation, located in Chihuahua, Mexico. Credit: Coeur Mining.

Coeur rejigs stream agreement with Franco-Nevada

An amended royalty agreement with Franco-Nevada (TSX: FNV; NYSE: FNV) has given Coeur Mining (NYSE: CDE) the breathing room it needs to consider com­plet­ing the Guadalupe underground mine at its Palmarejo silver–gold complex in…


Capstone Mining's Santo Domingo iron oxide-copper-gold project in Chile's Atacama region, 130 km northeast of Copiapo in 2014. Credit: Capstone Mining

Capstone’s Santo Domingo feasibility shows potential

Capstone Mining (TSX: CS; US-OTC: CSFFF) has published a promising feasibility study for its Santo Domingo iron oxide–copper–gold project in Chile’s Region III, showing it could churn out an average 248 million lb. copper in…


An aerial view of a camp under construction at Guyana Goldfields' Aurora gold project in Guyana. Credit: Guyana Goldfields

Guyana Goldfields fully funds Aurora

Guyana Goldfields (TSX: GUY) has secured financing to bring its Aurora gold project in Guyana into production by mid-2015. The good news came in the form of approvals by a group of lenders to provide US$185 million in debt financing to cover…



A drill crew at the Cangrejos gold-copper porphyry project in Ecuador's El Oro province at the foot of the Ecuadorian Andes. Credit: Odin Mining.

Ross Beaty to invest in Odin Mining

Fresh on the heels of the $470 million sale of Lumina Copper (TSXV: LCC) and its Taca Taca project in Argentina to First Quantum Metals (TSX: FM; LSE: FM) earlier this month, Lumina’s founder and largest shareholder, Ross Beaty, is making…


TSX soars, June 9-13

The Toronto Stock Exchange climbed near the record high it reached six years ago, with the S&P/TSX Composite Index adding 163 points to end at 15,001.61, slightly below the record close of 15,073 set in June 2008 before the recession.


The crushing facility at Sierra Metals' Yauricocha mine in Peru.

Sierra Metals unleashes Yauricocha’s full potential

LIMA, PERU — Sierra Metals (TSX: SMT; BVL: SMT) is proving up the underground potential of its Yauricocha silver–lead–copper–zinc–gold mine in west-central Peru. The low-cost underground mine is the company’s…


Workers at a drill site at GoldQuest Mining's Romero gold-copper project in the Dominican Republic. Credit: Gold Quest Mining

GoldQuest’s PEA on Romero a ‘good start’

GoldQuest Mining (TSXV: GQC; US-OTC: GDQMF) has tabled a positive preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for its flagship project, consisting of the Romero and Romero South gold–copper deposits, two years after discovering the main deposit…


Trevali Mining's Santander zinc-lead-silver mine in Peru, 200 km northeast of Lima.  Credit: Trevali Mining

Trevali finds two new zones at Santander

Shares in Trevali Mining (TSX: TV; US-OTC: TREVF) got a little boost after the Vancouver-based firm reported two new zones of high-grade polymetallic mineralization at its Santander zinc–lead–silver underground mine in Peru.


Calibre Mining president and CEO Greg Smith (left) and senior geologist Marc Cianci at the Eastern Borosi gold-silver project in northeast Nicaragua. Credit: Calibre Mining

Iamgold becomes Calibre’s third partner in Nicaragua

Calibre Mining (TSXV: CXB; US-OTC: CXBMF) saw its shares surge 43% after reporting that Iamgold (TSX: IMG; NYSE: IAG) had signed an option to spend US$10.9 million to earn up to 70% of the junior’s Eastern Borosi gold–silver project…


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