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Mid-tier and junior miners are so undervalued right now that many of them would have little choice if an unsolicited, low-ball bid is put on the table, says Peter Gray, managing director of the minerals capital and advisory practice at...
May 21, 2013 5:13PM
A new report by IntierraRMG reveals that worries about the global economy have led to dwindling exploration for metals in the ground.
May 21, 2013 2:03PM
Newsletter writer and mining analyst John Kaiser sounds a little dejected as he describes the utterly bleak state of the mining industry today.
May 21, 2013 11:07AM
Dominion Diamond (DDC-T, DDC-N) and Rio Tinto (RIO-N, RIO-L) have bumped up their 2013 production forecast for their jointly owned Diavik diamond mine, in the Northwest Territories.
May 10, 2013 4:55PM
Sprott Inc. (SII-T) is buying Sprott Resource Lending Corp. (SIL-T, SILU-X) in a friendly shares-and-cash deal valuing the related company at $243 million.
May 9, 2013 5:44PM
With frustrated investors having fled from gold equities, gold producers are taking one step they're hoping will help to bring them back.
May 6, 2013 6:06PM
In case the price of gold sinks to US$1,200 per oz. or below, Goldcorp (G-T, GG-N) has a continency plan that could involve measures such as shutting down its higher-cost mines.
May 3, 2013 11:29AM
Two years of being ravaged by a vicious bear market for junior mining stocks has left many of these companies with decimated share prices and empty treasuries. It may be time for long-suffering investors to make changes to their portfolios to...
Apr 29, 2013 1:35PM
The devastation in the junior mining sector is likely to spur some M&A, with larger companies that still have healthy balance sheets going hunting for acquisitions. (See previous article: Fishing for profits in takeover targets.) One...
Apr 29, 2013 1:34PM
To discern the winners from a crowded field of companies holding mines and development projects in Mexico, The Northern Miner asked two mining analysts, Nicholas Campbell of Canaccord Genuity and Christos Doulis of Stonecap Securities, for...
Apr 24, 2013 3:16PM