VANCOUVER — Vancouver-based producer Alexco Resources (TSX: AXR; NYSE: AXU) is struggling with declining margins at its wholly-owned Bellekeno underground silver mine in the central Yukon. A recent and steep drop in silver prices has…
U.S. stocks closed the trading week in the green, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average adding 2.2%, or 328.46 points, to 15,464.30. The S&P 500 Index rose nearly 3%, or 48.3 points, to 1,680.19, and the Philadelphia Gold & Silver Index…
VANCOUVER — Toronto-based producer Alamos Gold (TSX: AGI; NYSE: AGI) looks to have finally nailed down an acquisition in the form of junior explorer Esperanza Resources (TSXV: EPZ) and its wholly owned Esperanza gold-silver project…
VANCOUVER — The first half of 2013 has been a busy time for Gold Reach Resources (TSXV: GRV) at its Ootsa property in B.C. Since January the company has updated the resource estimates for the project’s two deposits, shown that…
The S&P/TSX Composite Index beat back the summer doldrums with a 274-point gain, rising to 12,462.18 for the period. The positive momentum came largely on the back of gains in the commodity sector, as oil and metal prices climbed higher.
VANCOUVER — Shareholders of Vancouver-based silver producer Aurcana (TSXV: AUN; US-OTC: AUNFF) received some good news at the end of June, as the company released details of a terms sheet from U.K.-based metal merchant RK Mine Finance…
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index jumped 1.6%, or 14.15 points, en route to an 898.42-point weekly close. Markets were driven near monthly highs following comments from U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, while commodity prices…
Big Oil roared back into the headlines in Canada and across the world, once again showing how, compared to mining, the oil industry is in a league all its own when it comes to societal impacts.
The devastation in the junior mining sector is likely to spur some mergers and acquisitions, with larger companies that still have healthy balance sheets going hunting for acquisitions. (See main article: “How to fish for profits in…
Mercator Minerals (TSX: ML; US-OTC: MLKKF) has updated the resource and reserve estimate for its Mineral Park copper-molybdenum mine in Arizona, noting that while reserves have decreased, the open-pit operation still has a promising life ahead.
VANCOUVER — Drilling at Banks Island Gold’s (TSXV: BOZ) Yellow Giant high-grade gold project in coastal B.C. is hitting gold along strike and beneath known mineralization, creating potential for a larger resource just as the company…
Spot pricesCourtesy of ScotiabankTuesday, July 9, 2013 Precious MetalsPrice…
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