Market news: TSX Venture Exchange
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index lost 1.7%, or 20.16 points, en route to a 1,185.65-point close. Canadian stocks were weighed down by falling commodity prices, and further economic uncertainty in Europe.
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Market news: U.S. Markets
The S&P 500 Index rose for the seventh straight week with a small gain of 0.12% to 1,519.79. The last time the index enjoyed a seven-week run was between December 2010 and January 2011. The other indexes didn’t fare as well, however,…
Sona gets Chinese help for Blackdome-Elizabeth in BC
Executive chairman Nick Ferris of Sona Resources (SYS-V) had been trying to source financing for some time to advance the junior’s Blackdome-Elizabeth gold project in the Clinton and Lillooet mining districts of B.C., 220 km north of…
Oyu Tolgoi’s feasibility study delayed
Turquoise Hill Resources (TRQ-T, TRQ-N) updated the market with good and bad news about its 66%-held Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold project in Mongolia’s South Gobi desert.
Dividend cut and losses hurt Cliffs
Investors beat up Cliffs Natural Resources (CLF-N) after it cut its dividend and reported a quarterly loss.
Lake Shore Gold sells Mexican assets to Revolution
Lake Shore Gold (LSG-T, LSG-X) is selling all of its Mexican properties to Revolution Resources (RV-T) so that it can keep its management team and finances focused on its Canadian assets.
Inca One helps artisanal miners – and itself
VANCOUVER — Artisanal mining has long been a part of Peru, but in the past 30 years, increasing numbers of people have turned to the rocks of their native land for income. Hundreds of thousands of rural Peruvians now scratch out a living…
HSBC’s sunny silver outlook
James Steel of HSBC in New York is raising his average price forecast for silver to US$33 per oz. for 2013 and to US$31 per oz. for 2014, up from US$32 per oz. and US$28 per oz. owing to improving industrial demand and investor appetite, and a…
San Gold sinks on higher costs, lower guidance
San Gold (SGR-T) shares tumbled 42% over three trading days after the gold miner missed market expectations with its 2012 production results, three-year guidance and updated reserve-and-resource estimate, all published on Feb. 8.
Tasiast purchase weighs down Kinross
Kinross Gold (K-T, KGC-N) will have to take the bad with the good.
Coeur outbids First Majestic for Orko
Coeur d’Alene Mines (CDM-T, CDE-N) has trumped First Majestic Silver (FR-T, AG-N) in a contest to acquire Orko Silver (OK-V) for its coveted La Preciosa project, ranked as one of the world’s largest undeveloped silver deposits.
PMI, Keegan scrap merger, for now
VANCOUVER — Keegan Resources (KGN-T, KGN-X) and PMI Gold (PMV-T) have terminated a plan to merge after it became clear PMI shareholders were not going to approve the deal.