Sandstorm Gold To Be Acquired For $3.5 Billion As Part Of Larger Transaction With Royal Gold
Royal Gold (NASDAQ: RGLD) has made a major move in terms of M&A this morning, announcing that it has entered into agreements to acquire not one but two competitors within the industry. The royalty and streaming name has come to terms to acquire both Sandstorm Gold (TSX: SSL) and Horizon Copper (TSXV: HCU). All told, […]
Will Canada Abandon Its Oil and Gas Emissions Cap?
Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson said the federal government could address climate policies gradually, but stopped short of committing to eliminate the oil and gas emissions cap. Alberta’s Rebecca Schultz and Ontario’s Todd J. McCarthy last week sent a public letter demanding Ottawa withdraw the emissions cap alongside the Impact Assessment Act and electricity regulations. […]
Snowline Gold: The Multi Billion Dollar Valley PEA
The long awaited preliminary economic assessment for Snowline Gold’s (TSXV: SGD) Valley deposit has finally been delivered to the market and at a high level, boy did they deliver! We’re talking a “near tier one” operation here, depending on how far out you want to look in terms of the life of mine, and with […]
Euro Sun: Rovina Copper-Gold Project Secures Some Major Funding
Romania might be on their way to establishing their next gold mine. Which is no small feat considering the deposit is said to be the second largest copper and gold deposit in all of Europe. That project is the Rovina Valley Project, which is owned and operated by Euro Sun Mining (TSX: ESM), whom just […]
Hydropower To Bitcoin: Ethiopia’s State Utility Nets $200 Million From Crypto Miners
Ethiopian Electric Power has transformed otherwise stranded hydropower into a $200 million cash injection by selling electricity to Bitcoin miners during the first half of 2025. The state utility routed energy that had been “wasted due to a lack of transmission infrastructure” into data centers that now make Ethiopia the world’s newest crypto mining hot […]
Arizona Metals: The Disappointing Kay Mine Resource Estimate
To say Arizona Metals (TSX: AMC) had a bad day on Monday would be an understatement. The equity closed down 28% on the day, after sinking as much as 34% after the morning bell. Why the crash? Well, the company had what we would refer to as a “New Found Gold moment.” In other words, […]
Victoria Gold: Review Points To Static Liquefaction for “Preventable” Eagle Mine Heap Collapse
An Independent Review Board has delivered the fullest account to date of the June 24, 2024 collapse that sent 1.77 million tonnes of cyanide-laced ore racing out of Victoria Gold’s (TSX: VGCX) Eagle Mine heap-leach pad in Yukon, Canada. Drawing on thousands of pages of design files, laboratory tests, witness interviews, and coupled thermal–seepage stability […]
Federal Climate Programs Failed to Prove Job Creation, Emissions Cuts After $301M Investment
Two federal climate programs launched in 2018 failed to demonstrate promised job creation or emissions reductions after spending $301.38 million over seven years, according to an official government evaluation released February 28. Natural Resources Canada’s evaluation found that the Smart Grid Program and Emerging Renewable Power Program cannot verify their effectiveness because managers stopped collecting […]
Torex Gold Acquires Reyna Silver For CASH!
Guys, you aren’t going to believe this. But we’ve got another merger on our hands to discuss today. I know, it’s day three of talking mergers. But don’t blame us, blame the active capital markets! In all sincerity, it is a bit refreshing to see transactions occurring because these names have growth on their mind, […]
Dundee Acquires Adriatic Metals: The Balkan Growth Strategy
We’ve got some more M&A to cover today folks. Admittedly, this transaction was announced a few days ago. But we were waiting to see if management was going to respond to some questions we had. That response never came but that’s all right, we’ll continue right on through here anyways. We’re talking the Dundee Precious […]