High grades, good execution keeps Klondex shining
Salman Partners’ analyst Derek Macpherson has recently initiated coverage on Klondex Mines (TSX: KDX; NYSE-MKT: KLDX), with a “buy” rating and a one-year, $5-per-share price target.
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Oban capitalizes on downturn, buys more ground
With $70 million in cash and equivalents, Oban Mining (TSX: OBM) is quietly consolidating ground in the Abitibi by acquiring junior companies and properties in Ontario and Quebec.
Discovery Ventures lays groundwork for production at Willa in BC
VANCOUVER — Discovery Ventures (TSXV: DVN) is eager to develop its Willa gold-copper-silver deposit, located 8 km south of Silverton, southeast B.C., now that the company has secured complete ownership of the Max mine and mill complex,…
Fission eyes ‘landmark’ deal with China’s CGN Mining
VANCOUVER — It was a stormy 2015 for explorer Fission Uranium (TSX: FCU; US-OTC: FCUUF) marked by a failed merger, struggling uranium prices and the brief threat of a proxy battle from retail shareholders.
Patricia Mohr names lithium as one of top picks for 2016
Most mined commodities declined in price this year, but spot prices in China for lithium carbonate actually increased, rising 15% year-on-year to as high as US$7,500 per tonne, making it one of Patricia Mohr’s top picks for 2016.
Blue sky for NGEx at Filo del Sol
NGEx Resources (TSX: NGQ; US-OTC: NGQRF) has bulked up the resource at its Filo del Sol silver-copper-gold deposit, located in Argentina’s San Juan province, and is taking a step back to evaluate how to expand the epithermal system’s…
SilverCrest Metals aims to repeat success in Mexico
VANCOUVER — The ink has now dried on a $154-million agreement that has seen First Majestic Silver (TSX: FR; NYSE: AG) snap up and merge with SilverCrest Mines and its Santa Elena silver-gold operation in Sonora, Mexico, but president and…
Anglo American’s radical rethink
VANCOUVER — Anglo American (US-OTC: AAUKY; LSE: AAL) intends to shrink the number of its employees by 63%, suspend its dividend, and close, sell or mothball its cash-flow negative assets to adapt to deteriorating market conditions.
TSX dips below 13,000 mark, Dec. 4-10
Tumbling oil prices sent the energy-heavy S&P/TSX Composite Index below 13,000 for the first time since 2013, before finishing at 13,016.59, down 2.3%. Brent crude closed at US$39.73 per barrel on Dec. 10 — less than half of the…
Site Visit: Persistence pays off for INV Metals at Loma Larga
CUENCA, ECUADOR — Richard Spencer likes to think that there is a fine line between tenacity and stupidity in the exploration business.
Commentary: The Paris Agreement is a historic climate deal
Why should you care? The outcome of the 2015 Paris Climate Conference is of great interest to anybody in the energy, industrial and environmental sectors, as the international community has finally reached an agreement showing global intention…
Pilot rediscovers a Carlin-style gold trend in Utah
It’s not every day that a junior exploration company takes a step outside the well-trodden Carlin and Cortez districts of Nevada to look for Carlin-style gold deposits, but Pilot Gold (TSX: PLG; US-OTC: PLGTF) is proving to be the…