TSX Venture edges down, March 21-24
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index peaked at 585.59 points over the holiday-shortened trading period before falling to a 580.02-point close, or a 0.8-point loss, as commodities retreat on speculation of…
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Randgold’s Mark Bristow dreams big
Mark Bristow was a 24-year-old university student when he attended a party on the eve of the Midmar Triathalon — a gruelling canoe-cycle-run event held at the Midmar Dam north of Pietermaritzburg in South Africa.
TSX Venture Exchange, Jan. 6-10
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index closed in the green for a second straight week to start the year, as it jumped 2.3% — or 21.83 points during trading — en route to a 966.55-point close. Commodity futures were relatively…
Lawrence Roulston’s top stock picks
“There is a huge amount of uncertainty in the financial markets right now,” says Lawrence Roulston, a geologist and the editor of the newsletter Resource Opportunities, at the recent Cambridge show in Toronto. “There is so much negativity with…
Midlands gets the cash for Sian
With its latest round of financing complete, Midlands Minerals (MEX-V) is set to get aggressive on its drill program in Ghana.
Midlands makes progress at Sian in Ghana
The Sian project in the Ashanti gold belt of Ghana is yielding solid assay results for Midlands Minerals (MEX-…
Killing the goose that lays the golden eggs?
Chief executives in the mining industry told PricewaterhouseCoopers in a recent survey that they feared cash-s…
Midlands Minerals to generate cash flow from Sian
Some industry observers might view Midlands Minerals’ (MEX-V) decision to recover gold from loaded carbon fines at …
Midlands Minerals shores up resource at Sian gold project
A new resource estimate for the Sian project, a fully permitted and past open-pit gold producer in Ghana, brings go…
Midlands Minerals grows in Ghana
Kim Harris is used to hunting in elephant country. As the former director for Africa of the Ontario International Corp., she spent more than a decade crisscrossing the continent looking for business o…
Midlands picks targets
A soil geochemistry survey by
Midlands soil survey picks up targets
A soil geochemistry survey by Midlands Minerals (MEX-V) at the Itilima property in the Lake Victoria gold belt of T…