Capstone reports 2020 operations beat with strong Q4
Copper-focused miner Capstone Mining (TSX: CS) has announced a production and costs beat for 2020, driven by strong fourth-quarter output at both the Pinto Valley open pit mine in Arizona…
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Nevada is the world’s new top mining destination
Nevada replaced iron ore-rich Western Australia as the most attractive mining jurisdiction according to the Fraser Institute.
U.S. markets mixed, Feb. 15-19
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 35.92 points (0.11%) to 31,494.32 during the Feb. 15-19 trading week and the S&P500 fell 28.12 points (0.72%) to 3,906.71. Spot gold finished the…
Ontario taskforce aims to improve capital raising for public companies
An Ontario government task force issued a series of recommendations aimed at making capital raising in the public markets easier for issuers of all sizes, something that experts say could…
Trilogy, South32 partner with Alaska to fund critical mine road
Ambler Metals, a joint venture between Canada’s Trilogy Metals (TSX, NYSE: TMQ) and Australia’s South32 (ASX: S32; LSE: S32), has inked a development funding agreement with the Alaska Industrial Development and Export…
Kinross reports record free cash flow, 2020 results in line with guidance
Toronto-based gold major Kinross Gold (TSX: K; NYSE: KGC) has released its fourth-quarter and year-end 2020 financial results. Production of 2.4 million gold-equivalent oz. for the year (624,032 oz. in…
Global silver demand forecast to rise 11% in 2021: Silver Institute
The following is a release by the Silver Institute, a Washington, D.C.-based non-profit association that draws its international membership from across the breadth of the silver industry, including silver miners,…
Newmont updates industry-leading reserve portfolio
Newmont (TSX: NGT; NYSE: NEM) has reported its 2020 year-end reserve and resource update, and its 94.2 million oz. of attributable gold reserves are the largest in the industry, the…
Equinox expects production growth in 2021, looks towards 1M oz. by 2023
Over the next three years, Equinox Gold (TSX: EQX; NYSE-AM: EQX) expects to continue with its trend of growing gold output, reaching the 1 million oz. annual output level by…
Retail investors beware: Manipulation is happening all around you; commodities can offset your risk
In the wake of the GameStop/Reddit saga, North American market manipulation is once again the topic du jour; that the rules of the game vary by player— institutional versus retail…
US government gives high priority status to Graphite One’s Alaskan project
In mid-January Graphite One’s (TSX: GPH; US-OTC: GPHOF) Graphite Creek project in Alaska was designated as a High-Priority Infrastructure Project (HPIP) by the U.S. government’s Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Committee…
US Geological Survey reports 2020 mine production in the US
Mines in the United States produced about US$82.3 billion in minerals in 2020, according to figures from the U.S. Geological Survey’s Mineral Commodity Summaries report. The figure was about US$1.5…