True Gold making Karma a reality in Burkina Faso
True Gold Mining (TSXV:TGM) is gaining market momentum, as it gears up to build its flagship Karma gold mine project in north–central Burkina Faso.
Volume 100 Number 16 Jun 2 - 8, 2014
Metals, mining and money markets
Spot pricesCourtesy of ScotiabankTuesday, May 27 2014 Precious MetalsPrice…
Are the clouds parting for juniors?
Junior gold explorer Novo Resources (CNSX: NVO) checks all the boxes: it’s led by a well-known, connected and respected geologist; it has several prospective gold projects (one of which has an inferred resource) in the low-risk…
Editorial: Barclays fined again, this time over gold
For gold bugs, a less pithy corollary of Joseph Heller’s dictum “just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t after you,” could be: Just because you imagine gold-price suppression in every corner of the gold…
TSX Venture bounces back, May 20-23
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index recovered from a four-month low during the shortened trading period, gaining 1.2%, or 11.40 points, en route to a 987.95-point weekly close. Markets were bolstered by strong quarterly earnings from the…
U.S. stock markets continue to roll, May 19-23
U.S. stock markets shunned the bears and rewarded the bulls — while dismissing the old adage to ‘sell in May and go away.’ With stronger-than-expected manufacturing numbers out of Asia pointing to resilience in global growth,…
TSX accelerates, May 19-23
Energy and banking stocks helped drive the S&P/TSX Composite Index higher, while Canada’s main stock index also got a lift from reassuring comments mid-week in the U.S. from the Federal Reserve that it remains committed to withdrawing…
TriMetals Mining rises from the ashes of Bolivia
In the nearly half-century he has worked in the mining industry, Ralph Fitch has pretty much seen it all.
Mining’s slow march towards workforce diversity
VANCOUVER — Glencore Xstrata (LSE: GLEN) will appoint a woman to its board by year-end, a move that will end its stance as the only British blue-chip company with an all-male board.
Tahoe posts profitable Q1
After reaching commercial production on Jan. 14, the Escobal silver mine in Guatemala enjoyed a profitable first quarter, Tahoe Resources (TSX: THO; NYSE: TAHO) reports.
Rio Alto to buy Sulliden Gold for $300M
Gold producer Rio Alto Mining (TSX: RIO; NYSE: RIOM) is acquiring developer Sulliden Gold (TSX: SUE, US-OTC: SDDDF) in a friendly $300-million, all-share deal to create a new mid-tier gold firm with low-cost operations in Peru.
Dominion Diamond’s sparkling start in fiscal 2015
Toronto-based Dominion Diamond (TSX: DDC; NYSE: DDC) reported a strong operational start to the year, with higher-than-expected diamond production, sales and average prices for its first quarter of fiscal 2015.