Prairie Snapshot: Eight companies looking for uranium and gold
While mineral production has been hard hit in Canada’s Prairie Provinces in line with the extended downturns in potash and uranium prices, the junior and…
Volume 104 Number 23 November 12 – 25, 2018
Editorial: Kamoto halt highlights cobalt’s unpredictability
Anyone needing a reminder of the tenuousness of the global cobalt market — which plays a major role in underpinning the global boom in electric…
Gold demand steady through Q3, World Gold Council says
The following is an edited summary from the World Gold Council, based on its Gold Demand Trends Q3 2018 report. To access the full report,…
Rockcliff to begin Kinross-funded drill program at Laguna
Rockcliff Metals (TSXV: RCLF; US-OTC: SVVZD) is set to drill its Laguna gold property in Snow Lake, Man. — the first drilling the property has…
Dow Jones and S&P 500 move higher, Oct. 29-Nov. 2
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 2.36% to 25,270.83 and the S&P 500 Index increased 2.42% to 2,723.06. New York spot gold fell US60¢ to…
Uranium reversal may be close, Purepoint says
In one of the few exploration projects it is funding next year, Cameco (TSX: CCO; NYSE: CCJ) and its joint-venture partners Orano Canada and Purepoint…
TSX Venture rises, Oct. 29-Nov. 2
Shares of Cantex Mine Development soared 389% on drill results from its North Rackla silver-lead-zinc project in Yukon. The company had drilled nine holes on…
TSX posts gains, Oct. 29-Nov. 2
After falling as low as 14,639.70 in October 2018, Canada’s benchmark index rebounded to end the trading week up 1.55% to 15,119.28. The S&P/TSX Global…
Malmyzh sale brings EMX Royalty US$65M windfall
Seven years ago, EMX Royalty (TSXV: EMX; NYSE-AM: EMX) identified privately held IG Copper and its Malmyzh copper-gold porphyry project in Russia as a strategic…
Group Eleven advances on three fronts in Ireland
Ireland hosts two prospective horizons for zinc-lead mineralization: the Waulsortian limestone zone, and the deeper Pale Beds, also known as the Navan Beds. Group Eleven…
Almaden nears feasibility at Ixtaca in Mexico
In 2010, Almaden Minerals (TSX: AMM; NYSE-AM: AAU) drilled the discovery hole at its Ixtaca gold-silver project in Puebla State, Mexico. It was found on…
Guyana Goldfields cuts production guidance at Aurora
Shares of Guyana Goldfields (TSX: GUY; US-OTC: GUYFF) plunged 46% to $1.62, on news that the company has cut its 2018 production guidance and launched…