Back in 2004 I attended an annual general meeting for a client that had acquired a gold-silver mine in Mexico. It was one of many Canadian juniors at the time who had managed to acquire small-scale mines with good expansion possibilities and,…
VANCOUVER — Canadian diamond miner Harry Winston (HW-T, HWD-N) has released a much-anticipated mine plan update for its joint-venture Diavik diamond operation 300 km northeast of Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. Harry Winston owns…
Shares of Atac Resources (ATC-V) climbed nearly 10% after the prominent Yukon explorer released more results from its wholly-owned Rackla gold project, 55 km northeast of Keno City.
Shares of Balmoral Resources (BAR-V, BALMF-O) surged nearly 40% in the three trading days after the junior explorer reported results on Aug. 16 from its summer drill program at its flagship Martiniere property in Quebec.
VANCOUVER — In a highly-anticipated move, base-metal producer Inmet Mining (IMN-T) has closed a financing deal with streaming company Franco-Nevada (FNV-T, FNV-N) worth US$1 billion in a bid to cover a funding shortfall at its…
Technical and infrastructure challenges at Great Basin Gold’s (GBG-T, GBG-N) two principal projects hammered its revenues in the second quarter and the company says it faces a near-term liquidity crisis. A strategic review has been…
Endeavour Mining (EDV-T) plans to buy Avion Gold (AVR-T) in a $389-million all-stock deal to increase its foothold in West Africa, and expand its annual production to over 450,000 oz. gold in 2015. Endeavour will provide a US$20-million loan to…
Colt Resources (GTP-V, COLTF-O) has lofty plans to bring the next gold and tungsten mines to Portugal, a country perhaps best known for its fortified wines. The junior’s motto is “A gold company created by investors for…
When equity and debt markets freeze up, cash-hungry mine developers are forced to find alternate financing options. And that means business is looking good for those in the precious metal streaming and royalty game.Big-time players like Royal…
In the grand scheme of things Canada isn’t known as a great power in the iron ore business, but a group of forward-thinking mining companies have come together with the Canadian National Railway (CNR-T, CNI-N) to explore igniting a true…
Construction of the $1.5-billion Constancia copper mine in southern Peru is a go, and Hudbay Minerals (HBM-T, HBM-N) has signed a streaming agreement with Silver Wheaton (SLW-T, SLW-N) to help foot the bill.Under the first streaming agreement…
In an exploration update, Premier Gold Mines (PG-T, PIRGF-O) says it continues to intersect and expand on several horizons at its Trans-Canada gold project in northwestern Ontario, while hitting multiple high-grade intercepts. A bulk of the…
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