Since the commodities downturn started four years ago, gold companies have sought ways to reduce costs and push ahead. The spot gold price ended 2015 at US$1,061 per oz., down 10% for the year and 36% since closing 2012 at US$1,664 per oz….
KENO CITY, YUKON — There’s a wealth of history in the Yukon’s Keno Hill mining district, and Alexco Resource (TSX: AXR; NYSE-MKT: AXU) is out to prove there’s a lot of silver left to discover across its large land…
VANCOUVER — It’s been a busy 12 months for Almaden Minerals (TSX: AMM; NYSE-MKT: AAU), and it wrapped up the year with an option agreement for mill infrastructure that will drop development capital requirements at its Ixtaca…
U.S. equities closed lower, despite receiving a boost after the Federal Reserve raised interest rates. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.5% to 17,495.84, while the S&P 500 Index lost 0.5% to close at 2,041.89. The Nasdaq dipped 0.8%…
Salman Partners’ analyst Derek Macpherson has recently initiated coverage on Klondex Mines (TSX: KDX; NYSE-MKT: KLDX), with a “buy” rating and a one-year, $5-per-share price target.
Raymond James analyst Phil Russo has reviewed 67 mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the gold space since 2010 to determine how many are viable producing, developing and streaming deals. He has found that 40% of transactions would not recoup…
CUENCA, ECUADOR — Richard Spencer likes to think that there is a fine line between tenacity and stupidity in the exploration business.
VANCOUVER — The ink has now dried on a $154-million agreement that has seen First Majestic Silver (TSX: FR; NYSE: AG) snap up and merge with SilverCrest Mines and its Santa Elena silver-gold operation in Sonora, Mexico, but president and…
VANCOUVER — As traditional forms of equity and debt finance become harder to obtain for mining companies, there’s been a rise in stream agreements, which offer miners access to cash for a percent of future by-product metal…
Canada’s main stock index closed lower, with the S&P/TSX Composite Index slipping 0.8% to 13,324.67. The S&P/TSX Capped Diversified Metals & Mining Index fell 2.4% to 348.96. The S&P/TSX Global Gold Index, however, gained…
Kinross Gold (TSX: K; NYSE: KGC) is working on a two-phase, alternative expansion plan at its Tasiast gold mine in Mauritania to turn the asset into a profitable operation.
Timmins Gold (TSX: TMM; NYSE-MKT: TGD) is now planning to suspend mining in mid-2016 at its only operating asset — the San Francisco heap-leach gold mine in Mexico’s Sonora state — moving up the date from 2022 in response to…
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