Hopes of further injections of liquidity from the U.S. Federal Reserve following a speech Aug. 31 by Chairman Ben Bernanke sent gold prices higher and helped stem losses on U.S. equity markets. Bernanke’s remarks that the central bank is…
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index climbed for a second week, up 18.46 points in the period to end at 1,251.88 points after four days of gains. Volume was fairly consistent and reached an average of 68 million shares traded daily.
Northern Tiger Resources (NTR-V) has renewed interest in the Sleeping Giant zone at the 3Ace project in southeast Yukon, with some encouraging sample results.
Rather than fuss with fickle equity and debt markets, Selwyn Resources (SWN-V) wants to raise some of the cash it needs from its own assets.
First Majestic Silver (FR-T) is busy building its Del Toro silver project, which is set to become its fifth producing silver mine in Mexico, with initial production expected by year-end.
SPOT PRICESCourtesy of ScotiaBankTuesday, August 7, 2012 Precious MetalsPrice…
The beleaguered uranium subsector got a bit of an indirect boost in late August. The world’s biggest miner, BHP Billiton, declared as part of its year-end results that the 800-pound radioactive gorilla in the room — a planned…
With all the hullabaloo swirling around Barkerville Gold Mines (BGM-V) and the new resource estimate for its Cow Mountain gold deposit in central B.C. that has led to a trading halt imposed on the stock by the B.C. Securities Commission…
Drill results from Sabina Gold & Silver’s (SBB-T, SGSVF-O) Back River project in southwestern Nunavut — 520 km northeast of Yellowknife, and 50 km southeast of Xstrata Zinc’s Hackett River silver-zinc project —…
It didn’t take long for Brazilian Gold (BGC-V) to get a resource on its recently discovered VG1 deposit in Brazil.
In late February the Fraser Institute published a survey that labelled New Brunswick the world’s most attractive jurisdiction for mineral exploration, and that sounds about right to Puma Exploration (PUM-V). The Rimouski, Que., based…
Rising costs and inconsistent downstream demand have taken a toll on potash and fertilizer producers during the first half of 2012, with volatile global markets now impacting the strategies of several mega miners in Saskatchewan’s…
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