Scoping study updated on Brazauro’s Tocantinzinho
Brazauro Resources’ (BZO-V) flagship Tocantinzinho property in the heart of north-central Brazil’s remot…
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Commentary: Stop buying and selling blood diamonds
Severe human rights violations, including murder, rape and forced labor, have taken place in the diamond fie…
Commentary: Zimbabwe abuses require urgent attention
For more than a year, the World Diamond Council (WDC) has voiced its concerns regarding allegations of human…
Potash Corp.’s financial results “below potential”
Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan’s (POT-T, POT-N) sales volumes of potash last year were the lowest since it…
Canadian Mining Hall Of Fame Welcomes Five Inductees
The Canadian Mining Hall of Fame marked its 22nd anniversary by inducting a cast of five bona fide mining heavyweights at a cere m o ny at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel in Toronto in mid-January.
Red Hill To Combine Forces With Prophecy
The boards of juniors Red Hill Energy (RH-V) and Prophecy Resource (PCY-V) have unanimously given the thumbs up to a friendly merger that will see the new company holding a diversified portfolio of th…
Toronto Stock Exchange -Jan. 19-25
Miners helped drag down the TSX composite index over the Jan. 19-25 trading period in a serious way. The TSX itself fell 3.3%, or 396.03 points, to 11,354.51 points while the Capped Metals and Mining …
TSX Venture Exchange -Jan. 19-25
A week of losses all but erased the gains the S&P TSX Venture composite index had made in the first two weeks of the new year — over the Jan. 19-25 trading period the board lost 58.87 points to c…
U.S. Markets -Jan. 19-25
The Jan. 19-25 trading period was one many investors in U.S.-listed equities probably would like to forget. The Dow Jones industrial average sank 528.57 points or 4.93% to finish at 10,196.86, while t…
Great Basin Sees Big Future In Nevada
SITE VISIT ELKO, NEVADA — In the dry, rolling hills of southeast Nevada, Great Basin Gold (GBG-X) has sought out epithermal expertise and underground experience to develop a profitable, safe gold mine, chasing narrow, high-grade veins into…
Evolving Gold Explores Wyoming’s Rattlesnake Hills
SITE VISIT NATRONA COUNTY, WYOMING — Two questions spring to mind at first mention of Evolving Gold’s (EVG-V) Rattlesnake Hills gold project, located 70 km west of Casper. First, are there any rattlesnakes here? Oh, yes. Second, and perhaps…
Citibank Weighs In On Long-Term Pricing
Rising structural costs, limited projects, riskier geographies and infrastructure bottlenecks will all put “upside pressure” on long-term commodity prices, Citigroup Global Markets asserts in a Jan. 1…