News


Venture down in June 11-15 period

VANCOUVER — The S&P TSX Venture Composite Index dropped 41.91 points after four days of losses outweighed one day of gains in the June 11-15 period, ending at 1,251.02 points. Volume was also down for most of the period, but a spike…



U.S. markets move higher, June 11-15

U.S. factory output contracted in May for the second time in three months and consumer prices fell 0.3 percent, but news late in the week that major central banks were prepared to take collective action to provide liquidity and prevent a credit…


SMI can’t touch the copper-gold pie at Tampakan

On the Philippine island of Mindanao, advancement of the Tampakan project — encompassing one of the planet’s largest undeveloped copper-gold deposits — remains in limbo following months of environmental opposition to a planned…


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…


Geologist Waisale Kuruisaravi with core samples at Lion One Metals' Tuvatu gold project in Fiji. Photo by Lion One Metals

Lion One’s defining year in Fiji’s gold fields

While many juniors find current market conditions difficult to bear, Lion One Metals (LIO-V) is brimming with optimism and bracing itself for a bountiful year.Such bullishness can be attributed to the company’s enviable position…


Kinross grapples with Tasiast

Unpopular mergers are behind some tough news for two of Canada’s largest gold miners.On the same day that Barrick Gold’s (ABX-T, ABX-N) top manager was ousted partly for his role in a share-price-depressing takeover,…


Second- and third-stage crushers assembled at McEwen Mining's El Gallo silver-gold project in Sinaloa, Mexico. Photo by McEwen Mining

McEwen Mining grows El Gallo

The first phase of production at McEwen Mining’s (MAQ-T, MUX-N) El Gallo deposit in Sinaloa, Mexico, is scheduled to start during the third quarter, but in the meantime the Toronto-headquartered company has grown the measured, indicated…


The headframe at Alexis Minerals' Snow Lake gold mine project in west-central Manitoba. Photo by Alexis Minerals

Alexis promises a turnaround

Alexis Minerals (AMC-T) is looking to redeem itself by restarting the Snow Lake gold mine in Manitoba, with the help of a conditional financing.Credit Suisse has agreed to provide the junior US$45 million to revive the past-producing mine…


Exchange rates

EXCHANGE RATES CANADIAN/U.S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate) Date June 11 June 8 June 7 June 6 June 5   US$ in C 1.0283 1.0332 1.0244 1.0297 1.0414  …


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…


By continuing to browse you agree to our use of cookies. To learn more, click more information

Dear user, please be aware that we use cookies to help users navigate our website content and to help us understand how we can improve the user experience. If you have ideas for how we can improve our services, we’d love to hear from you. Click here to email us. By continuing to browse you agree to our use of cookies. Please see our Privacy & Cookie Usage Policy to learn more.

Close