Downturn a chance for governments to craft competitive policies: World Bank
Like other regions, Latin America has seen a slowdown in mining investment owing to the global decline in commodities prices.
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TSX tumbles, March 9-13
Canada’s benchmark S&P/TSX Composite Index index fell during the trading week, losing 1.5% to close at 14,731.50 points. The S&P/TSX Global Gold Index dropped 1.8% to 157.90, as the spot price for gold gave back US$10 to end at…
Goldsource closes in on production at Eagle Mountain
VANCOUVER — It’s all about profitable ounces for junior Goldsource Mines (TSXV: GXS; US-OTC: GXSFF) at its fledgling Eagle Mountain project, 230 km southwest of Georgetown, Guyana.
MinEx’s Schodde: Canadian explorers still have their ‘mojo’
VANCOUVER — The recent decline in worldwide exploration activity has offered Richard Schodde, managing director of MinEx consulting, an opportunity to investigate just how well Canada’s mineral exploration industry has performed…
Northern Uranium’s Ulansky: ‘We’ve found the system’
With Chuck Fipke — the man who discovered the Ekati diamond mine — as a geological consultant, advisor and significant shareholder, and a recent run-up in the share price, Northern Uranium (TSXV: UNO; US-OTC: NOURF) is generating…
Bulk sample results boost diamond junior North Arrow
The initial results of a bulk sample from North Arrow Minerals’ (TSXV: NAR; US-OTC: NHAWF) Q1-4 kimberlite, at the Qilalugaq project in Nunavut, show that the yellow diamonds that were recovered in early sampling persist into larger…
Golden payoff in the Pilbara for Novo Resources
VANCOUVER — It’s easy pickings for Novo Resources (US-OTC: NSRPF) at its Beatons Creek paleoplacer gold deposit near the historic gold mining town of Nullagine in the eastern Pilbara region of Western Australia.
Cautious optimism surfaces at 2015 PDAC
This year’s Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) convention drew 23,578 attendees from over 100 countries. While the crowd for the world’s largest mining event, held at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, was…
Royal Nickel could be takeover target, analyst says
Royal Nickel (TSX: RNX; US-OTC: RNKLF) is an attractive takeover candidate, mining analyst Nik Rasskazovskiy of independent investment dealer Salman Partners contends in a recent research note.
Endeavour Silver adjusts to low silver prices
VANCOUVER — Silver prices are sitting around a five-year low after a precipitous fall. And that has changed the business environment for Endeavour Silver (TSX: EDR; NYSE: EXK) and other like-minded, mid-tier miners.
Tahoe steamrolls through 2015
There’s no slowing down for Tahoe Resources (TSX: THO; NYSE: TAHO).
Pershimco advances Cerro Quema in Panama
Pershimco Resources’ (TSXV: PRO; US-OTC: RSPRF) Cerro Quema gold project in southwestern Panama is on track to start production in late 2016, and in its first full year of operation, it could be the Central American country’s…