Endeavour Silver to acquire Oro Silver Resources
Endeavour Silver’s (TSX: EDR; NYSE: EXK) search for development opportunities to shore up its portfolio of three producing silver mines in Mexico has resulted in…
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Falco outlines $905M gold mine in Horne PEA
VANCOUVER — Falco Resources (TSXV: FPC; US-OTC: FPRGF) hopes to have the historic Horne gold complex in Quebec back in production by 2020. On May 9,…
Netolitzky’s Skeena raises expectations for Spectrum
VANCOUVER – Skeena Resources’ (TSXV: SKE; US-OTC: SKREF) first resource for its Spectrum gold project, 37 km west of Imperial Metals’ (TSX: III; US-OTC: IPMLF)…
Editorial: Taking stock of the wildfires that ravaged Fort McMurray
While there are no metals, minerals or coal in the nearby ground, the city of Fort McMurray, Alberta — as ground zero of Canada’s massive…
Intrepid closes West facility amid weak potash prices
Intrepid Potash (NYSE: IPI) is temporarily shutting its largest potash mine amid weak fundamentals, after swinging into a loss in the first quarter. On May…
Freeport to sell Tenke stake for US$2.7B
VANCOUVER — Freeport-McMoRan (NYSE: FCX) has been working to reduce its sky-high debt loads, and on May 9 it made the deepest cut to date. The…
Drilling pays off for Richmont at Island Gold
Richmont Mines (TSX: RIC; NYSE-MKT: RIC) shares got a boost after exploration drilling confirmed the Island Gold mine near Wawa, Ont., continues to grow in size….
TSX Venture eases down, May 2-6
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index edged down 0.2%, or 5.93 points, en route to a 668.94-point close, weakened by falling commodity prices. Spot gold dropped…
Wall Street slips, May 2–6
U.S. indexes continued in negative territory amid lower oil prices and a weak jobs report. The Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped nearly 0.2% to 17,740.63,…
TSX ends in the red, May 2–6
The Toronto stock market declined during the first week of May on the back of lower commodity prices and weak economic data. Statistics Canada reported…
The Northern Miner podcast – episode 11: Special guest Trish Saywell on Argentina
Join Matt and very special guest Trish Saywell as they discuss the political and investment climate in Argentina. Trish is our Senior Staff Writer from…
Commentary: New takeover bid rules take effect in Canada
As of May 9, new takeover bid rules took effect across Canada. These new rules will undoubtedly impact the Canadian mining sector, which accounts for…