TSX Venture continues slow slide, April 30-May 4
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index fell 1.47% to end the trading week at 772.24. The index has been on a three-week slide since mid-April, when it traded briefly above 800…
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Balmoral Resources investor presentation by Darin Wagner at CMS 2018
Balmoral Resources president, chief executive officer and director Darin Wagner gives an investor presentation at the Canadian Mining Symposium in London on April 24, 2018.
Orefinders acquires Abitibi property, spins out others
Orefinders Resources (TSXV: ORX) has acquired the past-producing underground McGarry gold mine and surrounding property in Ontario’s portion of the Abitibi greenstone belt. The company is focused on acquiring and…
TSX Venture falls, April 2-6
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index fell 3.45% to end the trading week at 769.15. The index had traded above 800 for most of 2018 before crashing as low as 754…
TSX posts modest gains, March 5-9
Canada’s benchmark index rose 1.25% to 5,577.81 during a largely stagnant trading week. The S&P/TSX Global Mining Index fell 0.35% to 70.33 and the S&P/TSX Global Gold Index fell 0.75%…
China ‘tweaks’ nickel taxes to favour EVs, Wood Mackenzie says
In December, China made adjustments to import taxes on some nickel products that favour the production of electric vehicles (EVs). On Jan. 1, the import tax on nickel sulphate —…
Rebranded Nickel Creek Platinum aims to take Wellgreen to ‘next level’
VANCOUVER — The new management team at recently renamed Nickel Creek Platinum (TSX: NCP; US-OTC: NCPCF) (formerly Wellgreen Platinum) has spent the past year rebuilding its executive ranks the technical foundations…
BC, Yukon & NWT Snapshot: 8 juniors on the move
Canada’s westernmost province and two territories have long attracted mineral explorers and developers lured by the region’s rich natural endowment, substantial infrastructure and pro-mining government policies. The following is a…
Letter to the editor: A better suggestion for parkland in northern Manitoba
The Manitoba Saskatchewan Prospectors and Developers Association (MSPDA) takes the strong view that while it agrees with Stephen Fletcher’s view that a creating a new national park on Manitoba’s Nickel…
TSX Venture in the black, Dec. 27-29
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index gained 40.42 points to a 850.72-point close, as spot gold prices gained US$28.64 to US$1,302.8 per oz. gold on a weakening U.S. dollar. Comex copper…
TSX posts marginal gains, Dec. 27-29
Canada’s benchmark index rose 0.27% on a shortened trading week to 16,209.10.The S&P/TSX Global Mining Index gained 0.82% to 72.31 while the S&P/TSX Global Gold Index budged slightly, moving from…
BMO’s Hamilton on industrial and commodity outlook
VANCOUVER — Colin Hamilton is the managing director of commodities research at BMO Capital Markets based in London, England. He was previously head of commodities research at Macquarie Group in Australia,…