US markets fell during Nov. 28 – Dec. 2 trading week
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 404.67 points, or 1.2%, to 33,942.36, and the S&P 500 lost 30.31 points or 0.8%, over the week to 3,995.81. Leading value gainer for…
Metals and Minerals Markets
EPA in ‘regulatory overreach’ with renewed Pebble project veto, says proponent
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Thursday veto of the contentious Pebble copper-gold project in Alaska has again irked the proponent Northern Dynasty Minerals (TSX: NDM; NYSE American: NAK). In…
Global Exploration Snapshot: Eight companies to watch
While the search for new gold deposits across the world never lets up, explorers are picking up the pace seeking out critical minerals. Here’s a glimpse of eight companies exploring for precious and…
CMS 2022: Agnico Eagle banks on Canadian production upside
The largest producer of Canadian gold, Agnico Eagle Mines (TSX: AEM; NYSE: AEM), is banking on its soon-to-be-consolidated in-country portfolio to underpin its near and long-term production growth profile, executive…
Mayfair Gold shares climb on Fenn-Gib drilling
Mayfair Gold (TSXV: MFG; US-OTC: MFGCF) shares rose this morning on the latest drill results from the company’s flagship Fenn-Gib project in northeast Ontario, as it works toward a prefeasibility…
Strategic Metals reports high-grade copper, cobalt and gold mineralization in Yukon
Strategic Metals (TSXV: SMD) has announced high-grade results from its Batt property in southwestern Yukon. Its wholly-owned site covers volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) and overprinting epigenetic vein and fracture hosted,…
Fireweed Metals increases Lundin-backed financing, stock hits 52-week high
Due to strong investor interest, Yukon-focused critical minerals explorer Fireweed Metals‘ (TSXV: FWZ; OTC: FWEDF) says it will increase its previously announced financing to about $35 million. Earlier in the…
Fate of Barrick’s US$7B project in Pakistan to be decided next week
Barrick Gold (NYSE: GOLD; TSX: ABX) will hear next week whether it can proceed with its US$7-billion Reko Diq copper-gold project in Pakistan, close to the borders of Iran and…
Endeavour updates Ity resource as more discoveries beckon
Endeavour Mining (EDV; LSE: EDV; US-OTQX: EDVMF) says it is likely to discover 3.5 to 4.5 million indicated oz. gold at the cornerstone Ity mine in Côte d’Ivoire by 2025….
Eloro’s Iska Iska silver-tin drilling points to likely resource growth
Eloro Resources (TSXV: ELO; US-OTCQX: ELRRF) might be looking at a giant “bonanza style” polymetallic discovery at its Iska Iska silver-tin deposit in southern Bolivia, the company said on Tuesday….
Cassiar Gold drilling returns promising grades, thickness at Taurus
The latest results from drilling at Cassiar Gold’s (TSXV: GLDC; US-OTCQX: CHLCF) Taurus deposit in the Cassiar North area of northern B.C., confirm the project’s bulk-tonnage potential, the Calgary, Alta.-based…
Murchison shares surge on best results yet from central Quebec nickel project
Shares in Murchison Minerals (TSXV: MUR; US-OTC: MURMF) shot up 50% Tuesday on near-surface, high-grade drill results from its Haut-Plateau de la Manicouagan (HPM) nickel property in Quebec. The explorer…