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Junior resource investment in a financial meltdown - the Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Rick Rule's presentation at the New York Hard Assets Conference earlier this week sees some light for the informed junior resource investor despite current patterns which have mostly been Bad or Ugly!
Posted: May 19, 2012, 8:53 am
Investment strategies for the junior resource sector
Aaron Kennon suggests questions to ask, what specialized knowledge your adviser should know and why small-cap and junior resource equities are offering surprisingly thrilling returns. Gold Report interview.
Posted: May 19, 2012, 8:52 am
Silvercorp posts record net income in year end
Silvercorp reports strong financials Friday, despite a drop in net income during the last quarter of its fiscal 2012.
Posted: May 18, 2012, 6:18 pm
Is this the start of the turnaround juniors have been waiting for?
Markets were finally good to juniors late this week with gains across the venture and main board in Toronto for junior miners and explorers on Thursday and Friday.
Posted: May 18, 2012, 4:17 pm
Inmet closes 1.5bn debt offer for Cobre Panama project
Toronto-based Inmet plans to use the proceeds of the debt offer to fund construction of its Cobre Panama copper/gold project in Central America.
Posted: May 18, 2012, 4:10 pm
Nord Gold Q1 net income down 30% on declining output
CEO, Nikolai Zelenski, expects a stronger second half of the year after the company's Q1 income dropped 30% year-on-year to $60 million on declining output.
Posted: May 18, 2012, 1:47 pm
VTB Capital buys minority stake in Siberian gold miner
The investment arm of Russia's second largest lender, VTB, has bought a minority stake in Zapadnaya Gold Mining but has not disclosed the size or price paid for the stake.
Posted: May 18, 2012, 1:44 pm
No production at RUSAL's Guinea alumina plant since Apr 3
Despite the suspension of a strike at the plant late last month, there has not been any production at RUSAL's Friguia alumina refinery in Guinea since April 3.
Posted: May 18, 2012, 1:41 pm
Gold defies stronger dollar; rises with euro
Prices rose to $1,587.46 an ounce on Friday, building on the previous session's hefty gains, as a recovery in the Euro against the U.S. dollar prompted some physical buying.
Posted: May 18, 2012, 10:50 am
LME CEO may pocket millions in sale deal
If the London Metal Exchange is sold for the £1 billion it has been valued at, shareholders would get 77 pounds per share, a roughly 15-fold premium from the 4.9 pounds LME ordinary shares traded at in July last year.
Posted: May 18, 2012, 10:24 am