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Big Ridge Gold (TSXV:BRAU) Diamcor Mining (TSXV:DMI) Canterra Minerals (TSXV:CTM) Pulse Oil (TSXV:PUL) Southern Energy (TSXV:SOU) Here’s a look at those companies and the factors that moved their share prices last week. 1. Big Ridge Gold Canada-focused Big Ridge Gold is exploring for gold in Quebec, Manitoba and Ontario. The company had two pieces of news last Tuesday (June 8). First, it closed its previously announced earn-in agreement with First Mining Gold (TSX:FF,OTCQX:FFMGF); through the...

A large chunk of Australia is built on mineral exports, and here INN takes a look at the country's five most valuable exports.

Catch up and get informed with this week’s content highlights from Charlotte McLeod, our editorial director.

Of all the metals on Earth, gold shines the brightest when it comes to holding its value and being a vehicle for building and preserving wealth. In fact, the gold price has risen by as much as 700 percent in the last 20 twenty years. Despite that impressive increase, many investors are still wondering, “When will gold go up?” The precious metal is a safe haven asset that performs well in tumultuous times, and there have been plenty of global crisis events in the past few years — most rec...

"The forces that are driving gold are stronger than I've ever seen in my career," said well-known mining industry figure Ross Beaty.

Last week's top-gaining stocks on the TSX were INV Metals, Advantage Energy, Obsidian Energy, Crew Energy and Pieridae Energy.

Last week’s top-gaining TSXV mining stocks were NEO Battery Minerals, Pulse Oil, Jayden Resources, Q Gold Resources and Silver Spruce Resources. The S&P/TSX Composite Index (INDEXTSI:OSPTX) experienced an uptick last week, opening on Monday (May 31) at 19,905.82 and finishing at 20,031.87 on Friday (June 4). News hit that the Canadian economy lost 68,000 jobs in May due to COVID-19 prevention measures. The unemployment rate for the month was 8.2 percent, slightly lower than April’s 8.1 pe...

Catch up and get informed with this week’s content highlights from Charlotte McLeod, our editorial director. Gold had a bumpy time this week, starting the period above the US$1,900 per ounce mark, but dropping to around the US$1,870 level on Thursday (June 3). The yellow metal’s decline was blamed on factors such as US jobless claims, which fell below 400,000 this week, and a record high for the country’s service sector index. Gold was back up to around US$1,890 by Friday (June 4) aftern...

Exchange-traded funds, or ETFs, have existed since 1993, though they became much more common in the early 2000s. Since then, gold ETFs have risen in popularity because they are a cheaper investment option than traditional mutual funds. ETFs represent shares of ownership of a unit investment trust that holds portfolios of stocks, bonds, currencies or commodities. They provide considerable flexibility in implementing various investment strategies and in building investment portfolios. Precious me...

After trending higher in May, June headwinds worked against gold late in the session sending prices lower. An uptrend that lasted most of May pushed gold above US$1,900 per ounce to end the month. However, June headwinds worked against the yellow metal late in the session sending prices lower. Values fell as low as US$1,860 on Thursday (June 3) before a small uptick set in. Positive growth in the US dollar paired with promising economic data has dampened gold’s ascent above US$1,900.   Whats...