Best gold stocks on TSX in 2016
While the gold price erased most of the headway it made in early 2016, it still exited the year up 8.5% at US$1,150.90 per oz., snapping three years of consecutive…
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Turkish gov’t delivers forestry permit for Alamos Gold’s Kirazli
Shares of Alamos Gold (TSX: AGI; NYSE: AGI) listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange jumped 14%, or $1.43, to $11.57, after the company reported that it had received a key…
UBC, Terra CO2 team up for US$7.5M tailings research prize
VANCOUVER — Lee Groat, a mineralogist and professor from the University of British Columbia, may have just cracked one of mining’s biggest environmental problems — acid rock drainage (ARD) —…
Great Panther to buy Coricancha from Nyrstar
VANCOUVER — Silver miner Great Panther Silver (TSX: GPR; NYSE-MKT: GPL) has struck a deal with Nyrstar to acquire the European smelting giant’s shuttered Coricancha polymetallic mine complex, 90 km…
Yamana’s spin-out of Brio Gold draws limited interest
VANCOUVER — Yamana Gold’s (TSX: YRI; NYSE: AUY) efforts to monetize most of its stake in newly public Brio Gold (TSX: BRIO) have, once again, failed to generate much market interest. The company has been…
Torex Gold reports more high grade
Torex Gold Resources (TSX: TXG) kicked off the new year with encouraging results from a drill program exploring the El Limon Sill on the company’s 290 sq. km Morelos gold…
14 of 100 highest paid Canadian CEOs are miners, study says
A study on executive compensation by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives says the 100 highest-paid CEOS working at companies listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange in 2015 earned the…
Editorial: Leadership crisis averted in DRC as Kabila to step down
We come out of the holiday period with good news out of the Democratic Republic of the Congo: the deep and increasingly violent divisions over the transfer of presidential power…
TSX Venture closes up sharply, Dec. 27-30
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index gained 34.24 points, or 4.7%, to a 762.37-point close on strengthening gold prices. Spot gold prices rose US$14.2 per oz. gold to $1,147.5, while Comex…
TSX slips, Dec. 27–30
The S&P/TSX Composite Index slipped 0.3% to 15,287.59 during the last week of 2016. While Canada’s benchmark index exited the year on a soft note, it gained 17.5% since the…
US markets move lower, Dec. 27-30
Revisions to gross domestic product growth in the third quarter of 2016 showed the U.S. economy grew at a pace of 3.5%, rather than the previously reported 3.2%, and double…
Site visit: Antioquia Gold pushes Cisneros to production
MEDELLIN, COLOMBIA — It’s full steam ahead for Antioquia Gold (TSXV: AGD; US-OTC: AGDFX) at its Cisneros high-grade gold mine under construction 2 km east of the town of Cisneros…