Resources & Agriculture

Sandstorm paying upfront cash to mine startups in exchange for discounted gold

Argonaut Gold Inc. (TSX:AR) has entered into a $341 million agreement with Vancouver-based Prodigy Gold Inc. (TSX.V:PDG) to buy all of Prodigy's outstanding common shares.

Forestry Province commits to forest plan In response to a report calling for better use of B.C.'s "marginal forests," the provincial government has committed to 11 new actions to increase the B.C.'s timber supply.

B.C.'s plans to create jobs and investment by exporting liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Asia are threatened by the slow, inefficient regulatory processes and reviews that should be streamlined, according to a new Fraser Institute report.

Burnaby biorefinery says tree compounds could replace plastics and other oil products

Turquoise Hill Resources (TSX: TRQ), formerly Ivanhoe Mines, along with Rio Tinto and Oyu Tolgoi LLC, has rejected a request from the Mongolian government to renegotiate an investment deal over its Oyu Tolgoi project, it announced this morning.

Responding to a report calling for better use of B.C.'s "marginal forests," B.C.'s government has committed to 11 new actions to increase B.C.'s mid-term timber supply.

Great Basin Gold, Yukon Nevada sagas underline challenges on rocky road to production

Project delays creating gap between training and available jobs

Vancouver-based Atlatsa Resources Corp. (TSXV:ATL) this morning announced that it has "dismissed" 2,161 workers that have been taking part in "unprotected industrial action" at the company's Bokoni platinum mines in South Africa.