VANCOUVER — Luna Gold (TSX: LGC; US-OTC: LGCUF) had a rocky start to the year at its flagship Aurizona gold mine in Brazil’s Maranhao state, but that didn’t stop streaming outfit Sandstorm Gold (TSX: SSL; NYSE-MKT: SAND)…
VANCOUVER — Since pioneering the stream financing model nearly a decade ago, Randy Smallwood and his team at Silver Wheaton (TSX: SLW; NYSE: SLW) have turned it into a multi-billion dollar business. It’s been around two years since…
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Mining in Latin America has had an outstanding period of growth in the last two decades, but is now facing many challenges. These challenges vary from country to country, as well as region to region within each country.
It’s a week and a half after the massive tailings spill at Imperial Metals’ Mount Polley copper–gold mine in B.C.’s Cariboo region, and many unclear aspects of the disaster are coming into better focus.
The S&P/TSX Composite Index tumbled during the shortened trading week, losing nearly 19 points to 15,196.31. The S&P/TSX Capped Diversified Metals & Mining Index fell 15.57 points to 903.70. But gold miners stayed strong, with the…
There have been several developments in the days since Imperial Metals (TSX: III; US-OTC: IPMLF) reported a disastrous tailings spill at its Mount Polley gold–copper mine, near the town of Likely, B.C., which sent nearly 15 million…
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite lost ground during the shortened trading sessions, dropping 3.16 points en route to a 997.47-point close. Investors seemed to favour safe-haven instruments like gold and government bonds. Statistics Canada…
U.S. equity indexes were down for most of the week, as Russia banned imports of some western foods and U.S. warplanes prepared to strike targets in Iraq for the first time since 2011. But markets edged higher on Friday after Russia’s…
Now that Cliffs Natural Resources has finally won a round in Ontario’s legal system, are they any closer to gaining access to their Ring of Fire chromite motherlode?
Newstrike Capital (TSXV: NES; US-OTC: NWSKF) president and CEO Richard Whittall is certain the upcoming preliminary economic assessment (PEA) on the company’s 2.25 million oz. Ana Paula gold project will prove it’s a…
Southern Copper (NYSE: SCCO) will start building its US$1.4-billion Tia Maria copper mine in Peru before the end of 2014, after having secured approval of the project’s environmental-impact assessment in early August. Production is…
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