This week we continue our copper theme with a well-timed “porphyry primer” on the Geology Corner. Lesley discusses the history of porphyry geological models and discovery. We also explore block-cave mining,…
We’re going interstellar this week on the Geology Corner. Lesley digs into banded iron formations (also known as BIFs), which are distinctive units of sedimentary rock. We talk oxygen, snowball…
Canada’s benchmark index touched a six-week high, as gold prices rose on the back of geopolitical developments. The S&P/TSX Composite Index edged up 0.7% to 15,667.13. The S&P/TSX Global Mining…
Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: ABX) is selling half of its Veladero gold mine in Argentina to Shandong Gold Group for US$960 million, as part of a strategic cooperation agreement…
Goldcorp (TSX: G; NYSE: GG) is teaming up with Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: ABX) to develop gold-copper deposits in Northern Chile’s Atacama region — similar to what Goldcorp did…
After a year of attracting new shareholders and funds, NuLegacy Gold (TSXV: NUG; US-OTC: NULGF) is set to start its 2017 exploration program at the Red Hill gold project in…
Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: ABX) pioneered gold hedging more than two decades ago, but the company endured sharp criticism when the strategy became a liability, and management eventually closed…
Two of the three concessions Everton Resources (TSXV: EVR) has in the Dominican Republic are next to the huge Pueblo Viejo open-pit gold mine, jointly owned by Barrick Gold (TSX:…
Pretium Resources (TSX: PVG; NYSE: PVG) has upped the estimate of the amount of money it will need to finish building its Brucejack mine in northwestern British Columbia. Capital costs…
Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: ABX) and Goldcorp (TSX: G; NYSE: GG) — Canada’s top gold companies by market capitalization — have released their fourth-quarter and full-year 2016 results. Here…
Since cofounding Rye Patch Gold (TSXV: RPM; US-OTC: RPMGF) a little over a decade ago, president and CEO William Howald has folded seven projects into the junior’s asset portfolio and…
The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above the 20,000 threshold three times during the trading week, and finished at 20,093.78, marking a 1.34% gain, while the S&P 500 Index rose…
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