Kevin Thomson is a senior partner at Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg and one of Canada’s leading mergers and acquisitions lawyers. He has acted for bidders and target companies in a large number of solicited and unsolicited takeover…
Spot pricesCourtesy of ScotiabankTuesday, November 6, 2012Precious MetalsPrice…
During the trading period, investors paid close attention to U.S. lawmakers negotiating a budget deal to avoid the approaching “fiscal cliff,” or automatic tax hikes and government spending cuts set to start on Jan. 1, 2013. If a…
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index fell 38.1 points, or 3%, before closing the week at 1,220.90. Global economic news was mixed, with ongoing negotiations over the U.S. fiscal cliff and uncertainty surrounding a eurozone recovery limiting…
Investors remained cautious about the outlook for negotiations to avoid the “fiscal cliff” in the U.S., but a strong earnings season for Canadian banks helped lift the S&P/TSX Composite Index 26.12 points, or 0.21%, to finish at…
It has been a busy year for Vancouver-based El Nino Ventures (ELN-V). The company released results from a US$3-million, 18,500-metre drill program on its Murray Brook polymetallic massive sulphide project, 60 km outside of Bathurst, N.B., with…
In its annual report on mining trends, financial consulting firm Deloitte has a message for industry players: don’t sacrifice future growth in the name of short-term capital savings. Deloitte further runs down its picks as the top-10…
After surviving a moribund market, junior miners can look forward to a less stressful 2013, says John Gravelle, mining leader for the Americas at PwC.
It is my view at SilverPriceAdvisor.com that the outlook for silver prices in 2013 is simply higher. I say “simply higher” because the trend for silver prices in 2013 will be higher as the year moves on. More importantly, I say…
While 2011 was a “spectacular year” for base metals and featured a big rally in gold to an all-time nominal high over US$1,920 per oz., 2012, in contrast, has seen commodity prices sink.
Denial and defiance came first. It seemed inconceivable for miners that a New Democratic Party government could take the reins following a B.C. election in May 2013. But as political tides swell in favour of NDP leader Adrian Dix — and a…
Lima-based gold miner Minera IRL (IRL-T, MIRL-L) has completed a definitive feasibility study on its wholly owned Ollachea gold project in southeastern Peru that shows strong potential for a robust underground mine that could produce 113,000…
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