Roxgold advances Yaramoko
Pierre Vaillancourt of Macquarie Equities Research has initiated coverage of Roxgold (ROG-V) with an outperform rating and a 12-month target price of $1.50 per share—200% higher than its current trading price of 50¢.
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SilverCrest bulks up Santa Elena
SilverCrest Mines (SVL-V, SVLC-X) has increased probable reserves of silver by 103% and of gold by 50% at its flagship Santa Elena mine, 150 km northeast of Hermosillo in Sonora, Mexico. Indicated resources of silver have grown by 127% and gold…
TSX Venture Exchange, May 20-24
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index inched upwards in the four-day week following the Victoria Day long weekend, adding 13.64 points, or 1.5%, to end at 948.32. Trading volumes for the period were down, averaging 53.5 million trades per…
Geoscience BC lures stakers to North Vancouver Island
In an effort to spur mineral exploration and economic development, Geoscience BC and the Island Coastal Economic Trust (ICET) have released the results of a regional geochemical sampling and reanalysis program conducted on North Vancouver…
Editorial: HD on its feet after a tumble
Another chapter closed in the HD Mining International saga, with HD celebrating a win in the federal courts against two B.C. unions who had tried to thwart the junior developer’s efforts to import Chinese workers to take a bulk…
Kootenay adds gold to Promontorio resource
VANCOUVER — Kootenay Silver (KTN-V) always knew there was gold alongside the silver at its flagship Promontorio project in Sonora, Mexico, but without proof the gold was economically recoverable, the company had to exclude the yellow…
Ivanplats advances projects in Copperbelt, Bushveld
Ivanplats’ (IVP-T) shares lost 7% after the company updated the market on its three large precious and base metal projects in Africa.
Solvista rises on long gold-copper intercept at Caramanta
VANCOUVER — The intercept returned a great set of numbers: 457 metres averaging 1.01 grams gold per tonne, 0.21% copper and 2.3 grams silver per tonne, starting at surface. For the team at Solvista Gold (SVV-V), however, the real buzz…
Q1 global gold demand buoyed by jewellery sales in China, India
The following is an edited excerpt from the World Gold Council’s summary of its report, Gold Demand Trends Q1 2013. The full report can be found at www.gold.org.
Centerra hits another roadblock at Kumtor
A swarm of protestors have blocked the only road leading to Centerra Gold’s (CG-T) Kumtor gold mine in Kyrgyzstan in a move to pressure the government to cancel the 2009 Kumtor agreement it signed with the miner.
Paladin waits for fundamentals to take hold
The supply and demand fundamentals arguing for a lift in the uranium price are plain to see, but the market remains moribund.
Another hill to climb for Copper Mountain
Operational issues at the Copper Mountain mine in B.C. are hounding Copper Mountain Mining (CUM-T).