US stocks slip, April 4-8
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 1.2% to 17,576.96 and the S&P 500 Index dropped 1.2% to 2,047.60. Gold moved in the opposite direction. The…
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Canadian Zinc pushes Prairie Creek
That mines and mining projects get recycled from one company to the next isn’t new — it happens all the time. What makes the Prairie…
Falco to move Horne 5 from PEA straight to feasibility
Luc Lessard has worked on 11 open-pit and underground mine builds during his career as a mining engineer, including the Canadian Malartic gold mine, but…
Asanko hits commercial production
This year so far has been a great one for Asanko Gold (TSX: AKG; NYSE-MKT: AKG). In January, the company kicked off first production at…
Warke discusses NewCastle-Catalyst deal
VANCOUVER — The proposed merger of juniors NewCastle Gold (TSXV: NCA; US-OTC: CTMQF) and Catalyst Copper (TSXV: CCY; US-OTC: CATXF) is small in terms of cash and asset valuation, but the dealmakers…
Proxy battle engulfs Eastmain
VANCOUVER — Eastmain Resources (TSX: ER) is in the midst of a proxy fight, as dissident shareholder and junior explorer Columbus Gold (TSX: CGT; US-OTC: CBGDF)…
PDAC awards top mining talent
The Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) honoured its 2016 award winners at a gala evening ceremony during its annual convention in Toronto in…
Trevali nears commercial production at Caribou
Pure-play zinc producer Trevali Mining (TSX: TV; US-OTC: TREVF) expects to reach commercial production at its second zinc mine before July. The company is commissioning…
Editorial: Former Quebec cabmin Normandeau facing corruption charges
Former high-ranking Quebec politician Nathalie Normandeau was arrested by the province’s anti-corruption squad in mid-March — the first former natural resources minister in Canada to…
Denison tables promising PEA for Wheeler River
Denison Mines’ (TSX: DML; NYSE: DNN) preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for its flagship Wheeler River uranium project in northern Saskatchewan’s Athabasca basin has left a…
Netolitzky returns to first big score at Snip with Skeena
VANCOUVER — When Delaware Resources’ Ron Netolitzky cracked open a rock high in the Skeena Mountains of northwestern B.C. in 1986, the sound of his hammer…
Commentary: Gold in a world of negative interest rates
The following is an excerpt from the World Gold Council’s latest update “Gold in a world of negative interest rates.” For the full text including…