March 2, 2016

Royal Nickel on a tear after northern Quebec find

Toronto junior's shares up 14% after grabbing samples ranging from 5g/t to 198g/t gold over 15km of strike length at its newly-consolidated Qiqavik project.

March 2, 2016

What will be the golden ruling on London’s bullion market?

Nothing is yet publicly known and no parties mentioned in this blog will comment.

March 2, 2016

World’s top copper miner sees metal at $2 a pound for at least two years

Codelco says current copper rally will be short-lived.

March 2, 2016

Barrick announces ‘drastic revision’ of Pascua-Lama, may add partner

Analysts believe that Barrick’s partner in Papua New Guinea, Zijin Mining Group, could be the one to help turn Pascua-Lama into a success.

March 2, 2016

Gold prices hit new session highs on strong US data

The metal has climbed about 16% this year in the face of tumbling equities and fears of a global economic slowdown.

March 1, 2016

Warning of another string of mining bankruptcies in 2016

Rate of corporate defaults could be double historical average going back to 1920 says new study.

March 1, 2016

Sandstorm Gold announces amendment with Entrée Gold, receives US $5.5 million in cash

The US$5.5 million in proceeds from this amendment will be used to repay amounts owing on the Company’s revolving debt facility.

March 1, 2016

Visualising US exports & imports

We built three maps to provide a proportional visualization of the trade that occurs between the U.S. and other countries.

March 1, 2016

An Argentinian gold project whose time has come

Serial entrepreneur Paul Matysek got involved with the Lindero gold project in Argentina on Nov. 1, 2012. “People are now thinking that Argentina may become the darling of South America,”…

March 1, 2016

Here’s where mining investors should be placing their bets

As a country, however, Canada is falling out of favour.