Primero misses Q3 expectations on impairment charge
Primero Mining’s (TSX: P; NYSE: PPP) quarterly earnings took a hit after it wrote down the goodwill value of the acquisition of Brigus Gold.
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TSX Venture trades flat, Nov. 3-7
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index stayed near a one-year low during the trading sessions, as it posted a 0.67-point increase en route to a 770.26-point weekly close. Commodity futures also struggled although a strong Canadian jobs report…
New Gold sets stage for Rainy River mine with Bayfield deal
VANCOUVER — New Gold (TSX: NGD; NYSE-MKT: NGD) executive chairman Randall Oliphant recently reiterated the fact that its Rainy River gold asset — located 65 km northwest of Fort Frances, Ont. — is a “priority development…
TSX and TSXV warrants
The following warrants of mining-related companies are now trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange:
TSX Venture flounders as gold plummets, Oct. 27-31
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite approached a 52-week low during the trading sessions after it lost 4.5%, or 35.86 points, before closing at 769.59 points. Gold futures dropped while the Industrial Product Price Index lost 0.4% in September…
Commentary: After Tsilhqot’in – Aboriginal issues for project proponents north of 60
Ever since the Tsilhqot’in decision was handed down by the Supreme Court of Canada in June, lawyers, journalists, economists and project proponents alike have been assessing the ruling’s impact on the development of natural resource…
Kaminak’s Coffee project ‘as vanilla as it gets’
Kaminak Gold (TSXV: KAM; US-OTC: KMKGF) president and CEO Eira Thomas says the company’s high-grade and potentially high-margin Coffee gold project in the Yukon would be simple to mine and process.
Cameco takes a hit in Q3, cuts 2014 revenue outlook
Cameco (TSX: CCO; NYSE: CCJ) swung to a loss during the third quarter, as it took impairment charges on two investments, and trimmed its full-year uranium production forecast and revenue guidance.
Canadian Zinc fine-tunes its plan at Prairie Creek
VANCOUVER — It’s a tough market for juniors with development-stage assets, and that’s especially true for Canadian Zinc (TSX: CZN; US-OTC: CZICF) and its Prairie Creek polymetallic project, 500 km west of Yellowknife in…
Canterra carves out more ground in diamond country
Randy Turner — the man who guided Winspear Diamonds from the discovery of the Snap Lake diamond deposit in northern Canada to its sale to De Beers for $305 million in 2000 — is back at diamond exploration in the same part of…
NRC program aims to realize ‘full potential’ of Canada’s Arctic
VANCOUVER — Natural resource development in Canada can come with unique challenges owing to isolated locales and frigid weather. But the federal government is hoping it can make life a bit easier for miners and other parties involved…
Gold majors lose their shine
The share prices of major gold producers plunged to multi-year lows following actions of the central banks in the U.S. and Japan that pushed down the gold price and clouded producers’ third-quarter results.