Canadian mining industry rallies to support Afghanistan women scholars at risk
Some of the biggest names in Canadian mining have come together in an initiative that brought 10 women scholars from Afghanistan to pursue graduate studies…
Wheaton Precious Metals
Video: Wheaton Precious’s Smallwood on ‘most active deal-making year’
Wheaton Precious Metals (TSX: WPM; NYSE: WPM; LSE: WPM) is celebrating one of its most active deal-making years, clinching eight transactions with over US$1 billion…
Abitibi Metals drills 3.5% copper in Quebec
Abitibi Metals (CSE: AMQ; OTC: AMQFF) says its first two drill holes at the B26 polymetallic deposit in northern Quebec bode well to earn most…
Feds must force pensions to fund Canadian mining, Lassonde, Giustra say
Ottawa has to pressure pension funds to invest billions in Canadian mining, a radical change from their almost non-existent stakes, if the industry is ever…
Video: War threats will boost commodities, Wheaton Precious Metals says
The post-Cold War era is ending with a catharsis of global animosity that will benefit commodity producers before unifying us like World War II, Wheaton…
BMO cautions against excess gold sector royalty deals
A trend among gold developers to write royalties as a strategy to raise investor value amid a stifled financial market carries high risks, a new…
Vista Gold taps Wheaton for $20M royalty to advance Mt. Todd project in Australia
Wheaton Precious Metals (TSX: WPM, NYSE: WPM; LSE: WPM) is buying a 1% gross revenue royalty on Vista Gold’s (TSX: VGZ; NYSE-AM: VGZ) Mt. Todd…
Adventus buys Beaty-backed Luminex for Ecuador focus
Canadian junior Adventus Mining (TSX-V: ADZN; US-OTC: ADVZF) is acquiring cohort Luminex Resources (TSX-V: LR; US-OTC: LUMIF) in an all-stock deal to focus on copper…
CMS: Streaming could jump-start critical mineral finance, Smallwood says
The metals streaming finance model pioneered by Wheaton Precious Metals (TSX: WPM; NYSE: WPM) could be ideal for early-stage critical mineral developers to shore up…
Beaver Creek: Wide disconnect between equities and commodity prices offers buying opportunity
The discrepancy between mining company valuations and commodity prices is at its worst levels in decades, the Precious Metals Summit in Colorado heard this week….
NYSE posts mixed results for Aug. 7-11 as investors pause after strong rally this year
U.S. markets rose and fell modestly during the week following a strong AI-led rally this year that prompted some investors to pull back even as…
Generation Mining in US$400M debt deal to advance Marathon project
Generation Mining (TSX: GENM; OTC: GENMF) has arranged a senior finance facility of up to $540 million (US$400 million) for its 100%-owned Marathon palladium-copper project…