Continental Gold finishes permitting Buritica
Continental Gold (TSX: CNL; US-OTC: CGOOF) shares have seen a boost since the company announced it has received the last two approvals needed to wrap up major permitting at its advanced …
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TSX dips, Nov. 28-Dec. 2
The S&P/TSX Composite Index fell 0.2% to 15,052.52, despite a surge in oil prices and a decent jobs report. The S&P/TSX Global Mining Index fell 0.9% to 65.19, while the…
Miner Moments #6: U308 CEO Richard Spencer warns of ‘North American arrogance’ in South America
In this clip from our “Focus on Argentina” symposium in Toronto in late September, Richard Spencer, president and CEO of uranium explorer U3O8 Corp., speaks his mind on Barrick Gold’s…
Site visit: Minera IRL’s Ollachea shows potential despite boardroom battles
OLLACHEA, PUNO PROVINCE, PERU — Women sift through slate muck piles, raking through the debris with a fork in one hand and a water hose in the other, looking for…
Wall Street rises, Nov. 21–25
U.S. equities ended holiday-shortened trading in positive territory. The S&P 500 Index rose 1.4% to 2,213.35, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced 1.5% to 19,152.14. The Nasdaq Composite Index…
Advantage Lithium to acquire up to 75% of Orocobre’s Cauchari
Lithium producer Orocobre (TSX: ORL) plans to partner with junior Advantage Lithium (TSXV: AAL) on its Cauchari lithium project in northwestern Argentina’s Jujuy province. Cauchari is 15 km south of…
Aura Minerals sketches positive economics at EPP
Aura Minerals (TSX: ORA) has tabled a positive feasibility study on its recently acquired Ernesto/Pau-a-Pique (EPP) gold project in Brazil’s western Mato Grosso state, not too far from its producing…
Pressure grows on Samarco, one year after tailings disaster
Legal and financial pressures are mounting on Samarco, one year after a tailings dam failure sent 60 million cubic metres of mine waste and sludge into Brazil’s Rio Doce river…
Hudbay reopens Constancia after brief suspension
Hudbay Minerals (TSX: HBM; NYSE: HBM) announced on Nov. 8 that it had suspended operations at its Constancia copper mine in Peru for safety reasons after trespassers entered the open-pit…
TSX falls, Oct. 31-Nov. 4
News that Canada’s gross domestic product expanded 0.2% in August after a 0.4% increase in July, and unease about the outcome of the U.S. presidential race, sent the S&P/TSX Composite…
Sandspring drills Sona Hill anomaly near Toroparu
A year ago, Sandspring Resources (TSXV: SSP; US-OTC: SSPXF) “couldn’t beg, buy or steal money,” CEO Richard Munson says, “and there was a period of time when I was lending…
Eldorado re-emphasizes internal growth, exploration
VANCOUVER — Eldorado Gold (TSX: ELD; NYSE: EGO) will likely have $1 billion in total liquidity on its balance sheet at year-end thanks to the proposed sale its Chinese gold mines,…