Defiance Silver and ValOro Resources stocks soar on merger
Vancouver-based juniors Defiance Silver Corp. (TSXV: DEF) and ValOro Resources Inc. (TSXV: VRO) stocks soared today, following...
Human activity creates 208 new mineral species
For the first time, more than 200 mineral species have been identified that originated either principally or exclusively due to human...
Gold set for best month in two years as angst fuels haven demand
Gold is soaring, set for the biggest monthly gain in almost two years after the partial U.S. government shutdown and concerns about the...
Vancouver’s ePower Metals buys Magenta cobalt project in Mexico
ePower Metals (TSXV: EPWR) announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to buy Exploracion Auramex S.A. de C.V. and its Magenta...
Pretium buys back gold-silver stream, closes $480m debt deal
Pretium Resources Inc. (TSX,NYSE:PVG) has closed on the previously announced $480 million debt facility to refinance its existing...
Copper price falls despite China's promise of more 'economic miracles'
Industrial metals came under renewed pressure on Tuesday after a defiant speech from China's president Xi Jinping diminished hopes of an...
Randgold to cease trading as merger with Barrick gets final approval
Africa-focused gold producer Randgold Resources (LON:RSS) will cease trading on both the London Stock Exchange and NASDAQ at the end of...
New technology allows for digging 100 feet below water
Equipment company MineWare announced that its experts have extended the capability of its Pegasys Dragline Monitor to support underwater...
Barrick ups investment in Reunion Gold, hopes for big payoff in Guiana
Canada’s Barrick Gold (TSX, NYSE:ABX), the world’s top bullion producer by volume, is acquiring 12,600,000 common shares of fellow junior...
Newcrest expands footprint in Chile with two gold deals
Australian gold miner Newcrest Mining (ASX:NMC) is betting big on Chile’s geological gold potential by closing two deals with exploration...