Newly minted NovaCopper (NCQ-T, NCQ-X) has grand ambitions for its Upper Kobuk project in Alaska’s prolific Ambler mining district, and the company is off to a quick start with a US$16.5-million exploration program and an inaugural…
Shares of Augusta Resource (AZC-T, AZC-X) closed 7.8% lower at $1.66 per share following an updated feasibility study release that estimated higher capital and operating costs for its Rosemont copper project near Tucson, Ariz.Total initial…
VANCOUVER — It is not the best time to be in the molybdenum business, as U.S.-based developer General Moly (GMO-T, GMO-X) finds itself coping with rising costs at its flagship Mt. Hope development in central Nevada, along with…
Second-quarter earnings season hasn’t been a picnic for most companies but Molycorp’s (MCP-N) US$67.6 million loss or US$0.71 per share in the quarter compared to a profit of US$47.8 million or US$0.53 per share in the second…
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index slipped 5.55 points during the period to end at 1,190.64 points after two days of losses outweighed three days of gains. Volume was down considerably, coming in 20 million shares lower than the week…
The Dow Jones Industrial Average surpassed the 13,000 level for the first time since early May, rallying 253 points to end the week up 2% at 13,075.66. This upward trend was seen in other major indexes during the period. The S&P 500 Index…
SPOT PRICESCourtesy of ScotiaBankTuesday, July 31, 2012 Precious MetalsPrice…
TSX Short Positions Short positions outstanding at July 15/12 (with changes from June 30/12). Largest Short Positions Security Ticker Total…
EXCHANGE RATES CANADIAN/U.S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate) Date July 30 July 27 July 26 July 25 July 24 US$ in C 1.0033 1.0060 1.0101 1.0181 1.0208 …
The best-laid schemes o’ the mining industry’s mice an’ men gang aft agley an awful lot these days, leaving investors with nothing but “grief an’ pain, for promis’d joy!”Yea, the inability of mining…
Canamex Resources’ (CSQ-V) shares soared to new heights after the company released the best hole to date from its Bruner gold-silver project in central Nevada. On July 18 the junior reported the monstrous hole returned 118…
In yet another sign that M&A continues to pick up steam Hecla Mining (HL-N) is seeking to derail a merger agreement reached last month between U.S. Silver (USA-T) and RX Gold & Silver (RXEXF-O), and scoop up U.S. Silver for itself in an…
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