Production up, costs down for Lake Shore
Lake Shore Gold (TSX: LSG; NYSE-MKT: LSG) has served up an improved cost structure and stronger operating results in Ontario’s Timmins gold camp.
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Imperial Metals rises on solid Q3
VANCOUVER — Three months of business as usual meant $14.7 million in net income for Imperial Metals (TSX: III; US-OTC: IMPLF). And investors showed their appreciation, boosting the company’s share price by more than 6%.
Quest unveils prefeasibility study for Strange Lake
With an anticipated capex of more than $2 billion and the high degree of uncertainty and risk that financial markets associate with producing rare-earth elements outside of China, Peter Cashin knew that unless a prefeasibility study on the…
CEO: Feasibility shows Arianne’s Lac Paul is a ‘world-class asset’
Arianne Phosphate’s (TSXV: DAN; US-OTC: DRRSF) Lac à Paul phosphate-rock project in Quebec could be built for US$1.2 billion, a feasibility study shows. Of that amount, US$982.5 million (less US$73.9 million, set aside as…
Commentary: Miners turn to private equity for help
A few weeks ago Patricia Mohr, Scotiabank’s vice-president of economics and a commodity market specialist, participated in a panel discussion in Vancouver organized by the British Columbia Securities Commission. The subject was financing…
Pretium responds: Brucejack an ‘exceptional high-grade’ gold project
Regarding your Nov. 6 editorial, “Is Pretium petering out?”, the Valley of the Kings bulk sample program at the Brucejack project in B.C. was designed to incorporate both a sampling program with the sample tower, and the results…
Osisko realizing Canadian Malartic’s potential
Osisko Mining (TSX: OSK; US-OTC: OSKFF) has released third-quarter results that it believes should dispel any remaining doubts about its Canadian Malartic gold mine in Quebec.
Detour Gold slumps on weak 2014 outlook
Detour Gold (TSX: DGC; US-OTC: DRGDF) took a beating after publishing its first commercial earnings at the Detour Lake gold mine in northeastern Ontario, with its shares plunging 20% to a yearly low of $6.16, before closing at $6.35. But that…
Commentary – CETA to benefit PDAC members: Joe Oliver
Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources, Joe Oliver, met with the full board of the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada in Toronto on Nov. 12. The following is an excerpt of his prepared speech, as it relates to…
Commentary: The bear is losing its bite
We are only just entering the fourth quarter, though for anyone involved in the mining industry it has been a very long year already, as is reflected in the results of the Mining Recruitment Group’s Executive Q4 2013 Survey. This latest…
Interview: Pretium’s Quartermain on the Strathcona fallout, and the road ahead
Pretium Resources (TSX: PVG; NYSE: PVG) president and CEO Robert Quartermain spoke with The Northern Miner on Oct. 29 about the controversy that’s swirled around the company since the shocking Oct. 8 resignation of highly regarded…
TSX Venture Exchange, Oct. 28 – Nov. 1
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index took a breather during the trading sessions after posting big gains over the past three weeks, with falling commodity prices contributing to decrease of 1.9%, or 18.25 points, en route to a 955.33-point…