Platinum Group Metals raises $175M
Shares of Platinum Group Metals (TSX: PTM; NYSE-MKT: PLG) got a boost on the final trading day of 2013 after the company announced that it had completed a $175-million equity raise at $1.18 per share.
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ITH names new CEO, cuts staff to lower costs
Vancouver-based International Tower Hill Mines (TSX: ITH; NYSE-MKT: THM) is shuffling its senior management while trimming its workforce, to conserve cash while advancing its rather expensive Livengood gold project near Fairbanks,…
Metals, mining and money markets
Spot pricesCourtesy of ScotiabankTuesday, January 14, 2014 Precious MetalsPrice…
Randgold’s Mark Bristow on mining in Africa
The raw facts of the Randgold Resources (LSE: RRS; NASDAQ: GOLD) story are impressive. It has found five world-class deposits since the company was founded 17 years ago, and all of them are located on big geological anomalies. In every mine…
Hudbay unveils financing, 2014 guidance
Hudbay Minerals (TSX: HBM; NYSE: HBM) was among the first off the starting blocks this year with news of a $1-billion capital budget for 2014 — the lion’s share of which is earmarked for growth initiatives — and a $150-million…
Editorial: Takeover bids, real and imagined
It’s been a tough couple of years for the gold-mining industry, so some much-needed comic relief came along at just the right time in mid-January in the form of a purported unsolicited, all-cash, $7.50-per-share bid for U.S. gold miner…
TSX Venture Exchange, Jan. 6-10
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index closed in the green for a second straight week to start the year, as it jumped 2.3% — or 21.83 points during trading — en route to a 966.55-point close. Commodity futures were relatively…
Detour’s hard work pays off
The repair crew for Detour Gold (TSX: DGC; US-OTC: DRGDF) didn’t let the holidays get in the way of getting the job done.
Macquarie’s musings on M&A, gold in 2014
Analysts in the Toronto, Vancouver and London offices of Macquarie Equities Research are forecasting more consolidation in the mining industry this year, especially amongst producers, and calculate that the average premium paid in 15 mergers…
Carpathian suspends new RDM gold mine
Carpathian Gold (TSX: CPN; US-OTC: CPNFF) has temporarily halted production at its new Riacho dos Machados (RDM) gold mine in Brazil, a day after pouring its first doré gold bar.
Goldcorp nails 2013 guidance, predicts falling cash costs
VANCOUVER — Prominent Canadian gold miner Goldcorp (TSX: G; NYSE: GG) has proven to be more resilient in the face of falling precious metal prices than many of its peers. And if the company’s production guidance for 2014 is any…
U.S. markets, Jan. 6-10
The first trading week of 2014 saw the Dow Jones Industrial Average slide 0.02% to 16,437.05, the S&P 500 inch up 0.60% to 1,842.37 and the Philadelphia Gold & Silver Index rise 0.49% to 87.05. Weaker-than-expected jobs data dampened…