Global Mining and Exploration Snapshot: Gold, silver remain most sought targets worldwide
With metal prices strong through 2017 and into 2018, there has been resurgence in activity amongst junior explorers and developers, with an emphasis on gold…
Volume 104 Number 5 March 5 – 18, 2018
Facts ‘n’ Figures: Silver market poised for eventful year
The following is an edited release by the Washington, D.C.-based Silver Institute on silver market trends in 2018. Visit www.silverinstitute.org for more information. Of all…
Gold & Silver Snapshot: Gold attracts seekers across Canada
There’s no doubt the gold sector is hot this year, and with Canada offering a stable jurisdiction, we’re seeing a strong uptick in gold exploration…
Base & Technology Metals Snapshot: Long-forgotten cobalt takes centre stage in high-tech rush
The year 2016 may have been the year for zinc, but 2017 and 2018 appear to be the year for more obscure technology metals and…
Global copper mine output shrinks 2.4% in first 11 months of 2017: ICSG
The following is an edited release from the International Copper Study Group (ICSG) showing world copper supply and demand for the first 11 months of…
Facts ‘n’ figures: Global lead, zinc production soars in first 11 months of 2017
The following is an edited release by the International Lead and Zinc Study Group (ILZSG) of preliminary data for world lead and zinc supply and…
Do Canadian disclosure obligations apply to your mineral project?
Canadian securities laws impose a variety of disclosure obligations on companies in the mining industry that issue securities in Canada, both public and private. The…
Commentary: Prepping for the upcoming AGM and proxy season
Every year, reporting issuers are faced with the task of tailoring the disclosure for their annual general meeting (AGM) to ever-evolving securities laws, updates to…
Commentary: A review of executive pay in the mining sector
We provide compensation advice to the mining industry and during the recent downturn we had been encouraging our clients not to undertake comparisons of pay…
Agnico Eagle’s Sean Boyd is TNM’s Mining Person of the Year
As we look back at the career so far of Sean Boyd — Agnico Eagle Mines’ vice-chairman and CEO, and The Northern Miner’s Mining Person…
TSX Venture Exchange slips, Feb. 19-23
Cobalt 27 Capital jumped $1.86 to $13.32 per share. The company has acquired a 1.75% net smelter return royalty on production from the Dumont nickel-cobalt…
Canada’s benchmark index posts slight increase, Feb. 19-23
The S&P/TSX Composite Index rose 1.20% to 15,638.45. The S&P/TSX Global Mining Index fell 0.56% to 72.96. A rising U.S. dollar put pressure on the…