The following is an edited report released by London-based international law firm Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP). The report analyzes 50 mining private equity investments in 2014. For more information about BLP, visit www.blplaw.com.
VANCOUVER — When Goldcorp (TSX: G; NYSE: GG) president and CEO Chuck Jeannes talked about gold in a keynote speech at the Association for Mineral Exploration BC’s annual Roundup conference, people naturally perked up their…
VANCOUVER — Forum Uranium (TSXV: FDC; US-OTC: FDCFF) is coming off its tenth year as a prospect generator in Saskatchewan’s prolific Athabasca basin. Over that time the company has leveraged its technical expertise to generate…
VANCOUVER — It’s hard to find a better value-builder over the past decade than Franco-Nevada (TSX: FNV; NYSE: FNV), which essentially pioneered the royalty-stream finance model in its previous incarnation and has seen its share…
Base metal mining in Canada took another couple of hard blows in late January, as falling base metals price bit deeper and deeper into operations.
Goldcorp (TSX: G; NYSE: GG) is acquiring gold junior Probe Mines (TSXV: PRB; US-OTC: PROBF) in a friendly all-share deal worth $526 million.
Despite a large one-day gain as oil prices stabilized, the S&P/TSX Composite Index lost 0.5%, or 75.53 points, to close the trading week at 14,309.41.
One factor that helped the global mining industry weather the 2008–09 recession better than many other heavy industries was China’s rising presence in metals and minerals markets, both as a ravenous consumer of raw materials and a…
Vancouver-based Petaquilla Minerals (TSX: PTQ; OTCBB: PTQMF), operator of the Molejon open-pit gold mine in Panama, is facing scrutiny from Canadian and Panamanian regulators, leading to a possible cancellation of its mining concession.
VANCOUVER — U.S.-based gold and silver producer Coeur Mining (TSX: CDM; NYSE: CDE) is wading into the acquisition pool for the second time in as many months with an all-cash deal for Goldcorp’s (TSX: G; NYSE: GG) Wharf heap-leach…
Canada’s benchmark index exited the trading week in positive territory, helped by higher gold prices and mining stocks. The S&P/TSX Composite Index jumped 144.40 points to 14,753.65. It ended 2014 up 7.4% for the year, slightly below…
In what will be its fifth acquisition since February 2012, conventional uranium producer Energy Fuels (TSX: EFR; NYSE-MKT: UUUU) hopes to pick up in-situ recovery (ISR) uranium producer Uranerz Energy (TSX: URZ; NYSE-MKT: URZ) in a friendly…
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