TSX posts marginal gain, June 10-14: Serabi, Avesoro, Stornoway
The S&P/TSX Composite Index rose 0.44% to 16,301.91. The S&P/TSX Global Mining Index increased 3.44% to 75.85, and the S&P/TSX Global Base Metals Index was up 3.52% to 109.49. Spot…
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TSX Venture falls, June 10-14: Alexandria, Bonterra, Great Bear, Eagle Graphite
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index fell 1.46% to 587.84 during the trading week. An unsolicited takeover offer for Alexandria Minerals from Agnico Eagle Mines sent the junior’s shares up 66.7%…
US markets move higher, June 10-14: Rio Tinto, Alamos Gold, Osisko Gold Royalties
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.41% to finish at 26,089.61, and the S&P 500 Index moved up 0.47% to 2,886.98. Spot gold rose 0.01% to US$1,341.10 per oz. gold….
Roxgold has strong quarter at Yaramoko in Burkina Faso
Roxgold’s (TSX: ROXG; US-OTC: ROGFF) Yaramoko gold mine in southwestern Burkina Faso churned out 33,652 oz. gold in the first quarter, delivering a 16% return on equity for the company…
Barrick boosts investment in Midas Gold
Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: ABX) is taking part in a bought-deal offering by Midas Gold (TSX: MAX; US-OTC: MDRPF) to keep its pro rata interest in the junior exploration…
Semafo delivers maiden resource for Bantou
Semafo (TSX: SMF; US-OTC: SEMFF) kicked off the year by delivering an inferred resource of 2.1 million tonnes grading 5.35 grams gold per tonne for 361,000 contained oz. gold for…
Sandspring fine-tunes strategy at Toroparu in Guyana
When American businessmen Rich Munson and John Adams made their first trip to Guyana as private investors in 1999 and picked up the rights to the 626 sq. km Toroparu…
Transcript: Iamgold’s Letwin, Yamana’s Marrone on future of mid-tier gold miners
At The Northern Miner’s Canadian Mining Symposium, held at Canada House in London, U.K., Iamgold (TSX: IMG; NYSE: IAG) president and CEO Steve Letwin and Yamana Gold (TSX: YRI) executive…
RNC uncovers bonanza grades at Beta Hunt
RNC Minerals (TSX: RNX) has found an estimated 987 oz. gold in 238 kilograms of rock from veins on level 16 of its Beta Hunt gold mine, just 25 metres…
The Northern Miner Podcast – episode 141: Iamgold’s Letwin, Yamana’s Marrone on future of mid-tier gold miners
We have a treat for gold investors this episode, with a moderated conversation between two deep-thinkers who are executives of leading, Canadian intermediate gold miners: Steve Letwin, president and CEO…
Amex Exploration drills high-grade gold at Perron
After setting up Sulliden Exploration in 1995 and opening an office in Lima in 1996, Jacques Trottier wrote a personal cheque in 2002 to acquire a gold property from a…
Editorial: Top gold mining CEOs Bristow, Letwin and Marrone weigh in on consolidation
With The Northern Miner’s Canadian Mining Symposium held at Canada House in London, U.K., in May, attendees were treated to contrasting visions for the gold mining industry put forward by…