Podcast: Brent Cook provides insight on the junior gold market
Brent Cook, a veteran mining analyst and editor of Exploration Insights, talks about the state of the junior gold market and shares his investment criteria and top stock picks.
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Short Position Report
Short positions outstanding at Sept.30/14 (with changes from Sept.15/14).
Podcast: Mickey Fulp explains what’s weighing down commodities
Mickey Fulp, the Mercenary Geologist, dissects the recent movements in the Venture market, the greenback and two metals he follows closely — gold and uranium.
Lundin produces concentrate at Eagle
With the start of concentrate production and the completion of mill commissioning ahead of schedule and under budget at Lundin Mining’s (TSX: LUN) high-grade Eagle mine in Michigan, the company is poised to start shipments of the first…
Precipitate Gold team talks discovery at Ginger Ridge
VANCOUVER — It took junior Precipitate Gold (TSXV: PRG; US-OTC: PREIF) two years of socio-political wrangling to get its drills turning, but only a fraction of that time to make a discovery at its 125 sq. km Juan de Herrera…
Monarques builds critical mass
Over the last 18 months, Monarques Resources (TSXV: MQR; US-OTC: MRQRF) has taken advantage of the depressed capital markets to accumulate 13 gold properties on the cheap in Val-d’Or, Que.
TSX Venture loses more ground, Sept. 22-26
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite had another rough week during the trading period after it lost 4.43%, or 42.30 points, en route to a 912.76-point close. Commodity futures struggled, while markets responded to reports out of China that…
Hudbay opens two mines
Hudbay Minerals’ Lalor and Reed mines officially opened on Sept. 16 in Manitoba.
Rising GDP drives consumer gold demand
The following is an edited summary from the U.K.-based World Gold Council about its report entitled: The growth dividend: How rising GDP lifts gold consumer demand. The full report can be found at www.gold.org.
RB Energy proposes sale of iodine mine, $80M financing
At press time in late September, shares in fledgling lithium miner RB Energy (TSX: RBI; US-OTC: RBEIF) had fallen by half since it proposed a $78-million to $88-million financing in mid-September.
Sean Roosen brings golden touch to Falco
The co-founder of Osisko Mining — who brought the $1-billion Canadian Malartic mine into production, and oversaw the sale of the company earlier this year to Agnico Eagle Mines (TSX: AEM; NYSE: AEM) and Yamana Gold (TSX: YRI; NYSE: AUY)…
China moves to restrict imports of low-quality coal
A week before the United Nations Climate Summit kicked off in New York, China’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) released a directive on coal stating that the country would restrict imports of low-quality coal in certain…