With a large landmass, favourable mining policies and a strong history of mine development and operations, Quebec is one of the world's top destinations for mineral explorers and developers. Below, we showcase eight companies active in the province.Falco ResourcesA rendering of Falco Resources' planned Horne 5 gold mine in Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec. Credit: Falco Resources.Falco Resources (TSXV: FPC)...Read More
Where others have stumbled, Maple Gold Mines has stayed the course and is ready to advance their Douay project in Quebec's Abitibi Greenstone Belt.Through a tumultuous period defined by Covid-19, community lockdowns, economic uncertainty and surging prices for precious metals, maintaining a stable and reasoned approach to exploration has been difficult for many in the mining sector.However, for th...Read More
Agnico-Eagle Gold Mines (TSX:AEM)(NYSE:AEM) is a top gold stock that is firing on all cylinders. This means production growth, cash flow growth, and dividend growth. It also means stock price performance. Agnico-Eagle stock rallied almost 5% yesterday. It has a one-year return of 33% and a three-year return of 82%.But what are the forces that are driving Agnico-Eagle’s strong growth today?Go...Read More
Bob Moriarty ArchivesOct 30, 2020I don’t know how many juniors there are between the Vancouver and Toronto markets. I’m not even sure anyone else knows other than perhaps some bean counter with the TSX. I do know there are far too many for me to keep up with. So when someone calls me up and wants to advertise, I will do some basic due diligence but frankly it’s very hard to keep...Read More
The group is concerned about the investment risks in light of Rio Tinto's destruction of the 46,000-year-old Juukan Gorge caves in Western Australia's Pilbara region in May.Read More
Share this articleVANCOUVER - Teck Resources Ltd. says it has been ordered by Environment and Climate Change Canada to improve the quality of water affected by two of its coal mining operations in B.C.'s Elk Valley.The company says in a statement the direction to Teck Coal Ltd. from the federal government is under the Fisheries Act and doesn't resolve potential charges that it had previously been...Read More
Despite big jumps seen in physical gold bullion and ETF inflow, the world's total demand for gold fell during the third quarter to its lowest level since 2009 according to a new report by the World Gold Council.The WGC reports the demand for physical gold bars and coins increased in the third quarter by 49% compared to the same quarter in 2019, with Western investors being particularly strong buye...Read More
The Critical Investor profiles this silver-focused explorer with three projects, two in the Yukon and one in Nevada. Keno Hill, Yukon, with Mt Haldane in the distanceAll pictures are company material, unless stated otherwise.All currencies are in US Dollars, unless stated otherwise. As I discussed recently in other articles, 2020 is shaping up to be a remarkable year, with COVID-19 disrupting the...Read More
Having initially advanced exploration of its LT discovery, Gold Standard Ventures states that it could add oxide resources to its Feasibility mine plans. Gold Standard Ventures Railroad-PinionGold Standard Ventures Corp. (GSV:TSX.V; GSV:NYSE) announced in a news release it expanded near-surface oxide gold mineralization at the LT discovery at its Railroad-Pinion project in Nevada's Carlin Trend....Read More
The reasons why Nomad Royalty Co. makes an attractive investment are presented in a Scotiabank report. In an Oct. 21 research note, analyst Trevor Turnbull reported that Scotiabank initiated coverage on Nomad Royalty Company Ltd. (NSR:TSX;NSRXF:OTCQX) with a Sector Outperform rating "because of its best-in-class cash flow and production growth." Scotiabank's one-year target price on the company i...Read More
Joe Biden’s performancein Thursday night’s presidential debate was solid. The former vice presidentwas combative against Donald Trump and frequently had the billionaire USPresident on the defensive. Post-debate analysis centered around the questionof whether Trump, who is behind in the polls, did enough to convince votersthat taking a chance on Biden would not be in their best interest...Read More
Peter Krauth compares silver and bitcoin and explains why he believes investors should own both.At the risk of offending bitcoin or silver investors, I think this is a question worth asking.I have been researching and following these assets for some time. In my view, it's not an either-or dilemma. You should simply own both.I believe silver and bitcoin remain massively undervalued, and that the ma...Read More
For years, the investment banks have talked about gold and silver as if you had to be a lunatic nut-wing to buy either of them. But now, a rapidly...Dave Kranzler with Chris Marcus of Arcadia EconomicsFor years, the investment banks have talked about gold and silver as if you had to be a lunatic nut-wing to buy either of them.But now, a rapidly growing group of investment banks, including GoldmanS...Read More
Pantoro bullish on bigger production profileSPONSOREDpantoro limitedGenesis opens new chapter at UlyssesSPONSOREDgenesis mineralsRamelius now among WA gold frontrunnersSPONSOREDramelius resourcesAgile Mining - The Future is Smaller. Bigger is not always betterSPONSOREDproudfoot"We are going to upgrade the Cobriza mine with a view to developing its export by January or February.Read More
Drill results multiply value options in front of YandalSPONSOREDyandal resourcesGlencore's coal production fell 20% year-on-year in Q3 to 83.Read More
The copper miner, listed in London but which looks set to go private if a £3 billion takeover announced Wednesday by its two major shareholders goes ahead, said copper volumes were set to tipRead More
Check Point (CHKP), a NASDAQ 100 stock moved below $114.89 completing a double top pattern. Hong Kong iShares moved below $21.51 setting an intermediate downtrend. Pre-opening Comments for Friday October 30thU.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 29 points in pre-opening trade.Index futures were virtually unchanged following release of economic news a...Read More
Yamana Gold (TSX: YRI; NYSE: AUY; LSE: AUY) announced drill results that provide further support for the development of a future underground operation at the East Gouldie, Odyssey and East Malartic zones at its Canadian Malartic open-pit gold mine in Quebec.The precious metals miner said that an ongoing $24-million drill program had confirmed expected grades and widths of East Gouldie mineral inve...Read More
VanadiumCorp Resource (TSXV: VRB; US-OTC: APAFF) has released the first resource estimate for the Main zone at its wholly-owned Lac Dore vanadium project in northern Quebec, about 27 km east-southeast of Chibougamau."Our first mineral estimate exceeded our expectations and shows that Lac Dore is one of the largest and highest-grade vanadium resources in North America," Adriaan Bakker, VanadiumCor...Read More
A decade ago BHP Billiton was gearing up to dig the world's biggest hole in the Australian outback.In 2011, BHP delivered the largest annual profit in Australian corporate history and, like its peers, was flush with cash as China bought up metals and minerals at never seen before rates.Iron ore prices appeared headed to US$200 per tonne, copper was setting records above US$4.50 per lb. (US$10,000...Read More