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TSX Venture Exchange

The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index was virtually unchanged in the period, ending up a little over a point at 1,292.93. Volume also saw little change in-line with recent weeks, at a daily average of 69 million shares traded.Aurcana was the…


US Markets

U.S. equities rallied late in the trading week as markets anticipated that Spain would ask eurozone deputy finance ministers for a bailout for its troubled banks, which it did over the weekend. The Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P…



Editorial: Gold pivots on Wisconsin vote

The first week of June was a watershed moment in U.S. politics that will likely spill over into how the greenback and gold are valued. On June 5, public-sector unions suffered a major defeat at the ballot box in lefty Wisconsin, of all places…



Mineral Mountain Resources president Nelson Baker (third from left) and VP of exploration Wally Rayner (fourth from left) with colleagues at the Holy Terror gold project in South Dakota, in which Mineral Mountain can earn up to a 75% stake from Holy Terror Mining. Photo by Mineral Mountain Resources

Mineral Mountain strikes deal with Holy Terror

Mineral Mountain Resources (MMV-V) is betting that the legendary Homestake gold belt has some life left in it.The company has signed an option agreement to earn up to 75% of a property held by the privately owned and 120-year-old Holy…


Thompson Creek Metals' Mount Milligan copper-gold project northeast of Smithers, British Columbia. Photo by Ernest Von Rosen

Thompson Creek CEO gives lowdown on Mt. Milligan

Denver-based molybdenum miner Thompson Creek Metals (TCM-T, TC-N) is bulling through a major expansion despite falling moly prices, temperamental equity markets and rising costs in a bid to diversify its commodity basket and provide long-term…





Exchange rates

EXCHANGE RATES CANADIAN/U.S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate) Date June 4 June 1 May 31 May 30 May 29   US$ in C 1.0418 1.0380 1.0349 1.0286 1.0253  …


Corvus hits more high grade at new Bullfrog target

The latest drill hole from the Yellow Jacket target at Corvus Gold’s (KOR-T) North Bullfrog gold-silver project in southern Nevada has returned more evidence of a high-grade feeder zone.The standout interval in hole 12-138 was 5 metres…


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