Far North Snapshot: Eight companies active in Canada’s Far North
The daunting task of exploring for minerals and developing mines in Canada’s Far North hasn’t dissuaded global mining companies from seeking riches in these underexplored…
Volume 105 Number 9 April 29 – May 12, 2019
Editorial: Copper prices remain moribund
A common feature of mining industry gatherings over the past couple of years is a general bullishness on copper’s future, with talk quickly turning to…
Mountain Province improves resource at Faraday 2
In early April 2019, Mountain Province Diamonds (TSX: MPVD; NASDAQ; MPVD) updated the resource estimate for its Faraday 2 kimberlite — one of several kimberlites…
TSX mixed, April 15-19: Euro Copper, Taseko, Largo
Canada’s benchmark index rose 0.8% to 16,612.81. The S&P/TSX Global Mining Index fell 2.5% to 76.22 and the S&P/TSX Global Gold Index fell 3.5% to…
TSX Venture slips, April 15-19: Millennial Lithium, Novo, Superior Gold
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index fell 1.5% to 609.21, continuing its steady April decline. Shares of Millennial Lithium rose 18¢ to $1.75, after the company…
US markets mixed, April 15-19
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.56% to finish the trading week at 26,559.54, and the S&P 500 Index lost 0.08% to end the week…
White Gold expands footprint in the Yukon
With four discoveries in the Yukon last year, a property purchase this year, and financial and technical backing from partners Agnico Eagle Mines (TSX: AEM;…
Facts and Figures: Global silver demand rises 4% in 2018, says Silver Institute
The following is a release by the Silver Institute relating to the publication of the 29th edition of its World Silver Survey, which was independently…
Agnico Eagle forecasts record production in 2019
Agnico Eagle Mines (TSX: AEM; NYSE: AEM) forecasts record production this year, with the start of two gold mines at Meliadine and Amaruq in Canada’s…
Lundin Mining to buy Yamana’s Chapada mine in Brazil
Lundin Mining’s (TSX: LUN; NASDAQ: LUMI) proposed acquisition of Yamana Gold’s (TSX: YRI; NYSE: AUY) Chapada copper-gold mine in Brazil for US$800 million in cash…
American Pacific signs JV with OceanaGold
In its fourth joint-venture deal in Nevada over the last six months, OceanaGold (TSX: OGC; ASX: OGC) will invest US$4 million for the next four…
Thor secures US$78M for Segilola in Nigeria
Thor Explorations (TSXV: THX) estimated in a definitive feasibility study two months ago that pre-production capital expense to build an open-pit mine at its Segilola…