Editorial: Spreadsheets vs. reality
The best-laid schemes o’ the mining industry’s mice an’ men gang aft agley an awful lot these days, leaving investors with nothing but “grief an’ pain, for promis’d joy!”Yea, the inability of mining…
News
Ontario and Quebec propose changes to mining rules
Interestingly, both Ontario and Quebec are proposing significant changes to their respective mining legislation.In Ontario, the public comment period closed on May 1, 2012, on six regulatory proposals under the Ontario Mining Act that were…
Bannerman gets the enviro-nod
Bannerman Resources (BAN-T, BNNLF-O) has received an environmental approval from the Namibian Ministry of Environment and Tourism to develop its Etango uranium project, located on the Namib Desert sands, near the costal town of…
NMC’s take on moly’s future
Molybdenum gets little glory in the metals world. On the production side more than half of it is produced as a by-product of more prominent metals like copper, while on the consumption side it is mostly used as a secondary additive to help make…
Toronto Stock Exchange
The S&P/TSX Composite Index rose 231 points to 11,766.36 for the period as investors focused on possible monetary easing and a stabilizing European debt crisis. Optimism had been spurred on by the European Central Bank’s pledge to do…
TSX Venture Exchange
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index slipped 5.55 points during the period to end at 1,190.64 points after two days of losses outweighed three days of gains. Volume was down considerably, coming in 20 million shares lower than the week…
US markets
The Dow Jones Industrial Average surpassed the 13,000 level for the first time since early May, rallying 253 points to end the week up 2% at 13,075.66. This upward trend was seen in other major indexes during the period. The S&P 500 Index…
Seabridge stays hopeful at Courageous Lake
A new preliminary feasibility study (PFS) on Seabridge Gold’s (SEA-T, SA-X) Courageous Lake gold project in the Northwest Territories suggests the project is viable at current gold prices, and more work needs to be done to lift its…
Metals, mining and money markets
SPOT PRICESCourtesy of ScotiaBankTuesday, July 31, 2012 Precious MetalsPrice…
Newstrike hits high-grade infill in Guerrero belt
VANCOUVER — Newstrike Capital (NES-V) has hit encouraging infill gold hits at its Ana Paula project in southwest Mexico’s Guerrero gold belt.
Richmont’s lacklustre Q2 results
Richmont Mines (RIC-T, RIC-X) had a difficult second-quarter, posting a net loss of $30.9 million, or 92¢ per share, which included the previously released $28-million after-tax write-down on its Francoeur mine in Quebec.
UPDATE:Hecla goes hostile on U.S. Silver
In yet another sign that M&A continues to pick up steam Hecla Mining (HL-N) is seeking to derail a merger agreement reached last month between U.S. Silver (USA-T) and RX Gold & Silver (RXEXF-O), and scoop up U.S. Silver for itself in an…