Last year was a busy one in Canada with respect to shareholder activism. There were high-profile proxy battles, such as those at TELUS and Canadian Pacific Railway, as well as several lower profile ones in the junior mining sector. These…
The fickle nature of the gold market was on show in late February, as Wall Street powerhouse Goldman Sachs dramatically revised downward its 2013 gold price forecast on Feb. 25 to US$1,600 per oz. from US$1,810 per oz., citing the recent drop…
Semafo (SMF-T) discovered the Siou gold mineralized sector in the southern sector of its Mana property in Burkina Faso during the third quarter of 2012, and has lost little time carving out an initial inferred resource. If advanced to…
VANCOUVER — Last year, GoGold Resources (GGD-T) issued millions of shares and worked for months to acquire Absolute Gold Holdings for its Parral project in Mexico, home to a huge heap of tailings left behind after 300 years of operations…
Over the last 40 years, Klaus Zeitler has financed, built and managed base metal and gold mines in Europe, Africa, North and South America and the Pacific.
Delays to drill programs will translate into a weak first half of 2013 for drilling companies, CIBC analysts forecast in a new report.
If you manage a mining company with assets abroad, sooner or later you will have to consider whether you are going to staff the key positions with local nationals, or send someone from the home office.
Companies need to continually reframe business practices in order to survive as markets, technology and expectations change. More specifically, miners need to consider the many other complexities driving the widespread and growing criticism of…
Montreal-based explorer Colt Resources (GTP-V) tumbled to a 52-week low after announcing it received two experimental mining licences that allowed it to advance its tungsten and gold exploration projects in Portugal. It likely wasn’t the…
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index dropped 3.5%, or 40.97 points, during the trading period before closing out the week at 1,144.68, while declining commodity prices put downward pressure on Canadian markets.
SAN LUIS POTOSI, MEXICO — Cylindrical brick stacks poking out of the barren hillsides can be seen from miles away. But curiously, they don’t attach at the base to any grand warehouse or factory.
Osisko Mining (OSK-T) foresees better days ahead at its flagship 100%-owned Canadian Malartic gold mine in the town of Malartic, west of Val-d’Or, Que.
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