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Is gold’s streak coming to an end?
Canadian gold stocks have been stellar performers since the third week in January. The TSX Gold Index is up 11.8% but the sector looks set for some profit taking. The TSX Gold Index follows strong...
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Podcast: Stock market rally two years on, and PDAC gets previewed
This week on the Big Picture podcast: March is the two-year anniversary of the beginning of the current stock market rally. But is this a cyclical trend about to go bust, or does this rally still have...
View ArticleLaw firm from Lima seeks prospects at PDAC convention
Several law firms were present at PDAC to stake their claims to expertise in the mining industry — including one mining boutique that flew all the way up from Peru. The Canadian firms were obviously...
View ArticleOpening Bell: Markets dip on China, Europe economy fears
North American markets were down on open Monday, sharing the negative mood of their global peers as China cut its growth target to an eight-year low and data out of Europe showed the region’s private...
View ArticleOpening Bell: Markets slump as Greek default fears loom
North American markets tumbled on open as nervous investors fret about the prospect of a Greek default if private bondholders don’t meet a Thursday deadline for a debt swap. The TSX was down close to...
View Article‘Recycled’ diamonds come back to haunt gem industry
By Julie Gordon TORONTO — Sabrina Thompson, a 30-something restaurant manager from Toronto, says she turned to Craigslist to sell her diamond engagement ring after her relationship ended. An embittered...
View ArticlePDAC 2016: Why this year’s convention really matters
We would all be forgiven by the mining gods if we approached PDAC 2016 with a feeling of ambivalence, having long since tired of the same stories of woe in metals markets. The sector is now in its...
View ArticlePDAC 2016 Special Report: Best Resource Stock Portfolio for this Market?
Let’s face it, resource stock returns during the past few years have been downright lousy. But that’s not to say investors should neglect a sector that, in some cases, offers tremendous value currently...
View Article4 Resource Juniors to Watch Following PDAC 2016
Attendees at the 2016 PDAC convention in Toronto seemed more optimistic than last year, due in large part to the recent run in the gold price. There was talk that the ‘PDAC Curse’, in which junior...
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PDAC 2017 Junior Resource Stocks to Watch
Many resource investors and speculators likely viewed 2016 as being a good year for the sector, with hopes for more of the same in 2017. The annual Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada...
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Miners face ‘production cliff’ but new investments throttled by cycle of...
Fears of over supply has been replaced by demand-related pricing woes as the top concern among miners in 2017 as they gather for the 85th Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada convention...
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New bouts of price volatility could halt upswing in commodity financing
CALGARY – A recent sharp uptick in public market equity financing should continue funding mining projects to the tune of billions of dollars this year, but the country’s top financiers are warning of...
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Cameco explores sale of U.S. uranium mines as six-year slump drags on
Canada’s Cameco Corp, the world’s second-biggest uranium producer, is exploring the sale of its U.S. production facilities, its chief executive said on Monday, as a six-year slump in the industry drags...
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Mining and the Metis: Not a challenge — an opportunity
Consulting with affected aboriginal groups isn’t just a legal requirement before a mining company begins work on a Canadian property, it’s become a standard business practice. But where mining...
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What happens when ‘kingmaker’ Eric Sprott backs your penny mining stock
One Friday afternoon not so many months ago, Canadian billionaire Eric Sprott was sitting in a leather wingback chair in a dimly lit room, talking about a junior mining company that he just can’t stop...
View ArticleCameco explores sale of U.S. uranium mines as six-year slump drags on
Canada’s Cameco Corp, the world’s second-biggest uranium producer, is exploring the sale of its U.S. production facilities, its chief executive said on Monday, as a six-year slump in the industry drags...
View ArticleLaw firm from Lima seeks prospects at PDAC convention
Several law firms were present at PDAC to stake their claims to expertise in the mining industry -- including one mining boutique that flew all the way up from Peru.
View ArticleOpening Bell: Markets dip on China, Europe economy fears
North American markets were down on open Monday, sharing the negative mood of their global peers as China cut its growth target to an eight-year low and data out of Europe showed the region's private...
View ArticleOpening Bell: Markets slump as Greek default fears loom
North American markets tumbled on open as nervous investors fret about the prospect of a Greek default if private bondholders don't meet a Thursday deadline for a debt swap
View Article'Recycled' diamonds come back to haunt gem industry
Rather than hanging on to memories of a failed relationship or relative, a growing number of people are heading to pawnshops to "recycle" their diamonds, experts say.
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