Vancouver – The S&P TSX Venture Composite Index finished off the December 5 to 9 period at 1,547.31 points, down 9.57 points after dropping on four days and rallying on the fifth. Volume was up slightly at an average of 93.7 million shares…
U.S. equities ended the week marginally higher as leaders in the European Union-with the exception of Great Britain-agreed in principal to draft a new treaty to form a closer fiscal union in the Euro zone. But skepticism about whether Europe…
London, U.K. – The Serious Fraud Office (SFO), an independent department of the British government that investigates and prosecutes serious or complex financial fraud and corruption, is looking into allegations of unlawful activity at Eurasian…
Hermosillo, Mexico – Ongoing exploration for a cash-strapped junior is hard to do in a turbulent market, but one that could reap handsome rewards. The possibility of a huge pay off is keeping First Mexican Gold’s (FMG-V) president and…
Deep drilling at Continental Gold’s (CNL-T) wholly-owned Buritica gold project in Colombia’s Antioquia department shows that high-grade mineralization runs deeper than previously thought.
A mudslide proved a blessing for Colombian Mines (CMJ-V) at its El Dovio polymetallic project in Colombia.
Despite analysts facing some of the most difficult markets in years, Patricia Mohr, economics and commodity market specialist with the Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS-T, BNS-N), agreed to delve into the difficult job of predicting where metal…
After recent trips to China and India, Glenn Ives, the Toronto-based chairman of Deloitte, is more convinced than ever that the urbanization and modernization taking place in Asia will continue to drive demand for metals, while dwindling…
Analysts from Goldman Sachs (GS-N) have forecast that commodity prices will increase by 15% in 2012, with the influential investment bank maintaining an “overweight” recommendation on commodities for the coming 12 months.
Over the last 25 years, Vancouver-based mining entrepreneur Ross Beaty has started 12 public companies and sold eight of them, converting about $1 billion of investment capital into shareholder wealth that exceeds $5 billion. Mr. Beaty…
Results of an initial scoping study on metallurgy at the Borden Lake gold project near Chapleau, Ont., are encouraging for Probe Mines (PRB-V).
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