base metals

SilverCrest sheds its hedge

Hot on the heels of the Obama reelection, SilverCrest Mines (TSXV:SVL, up over 40% this year), has taken advantage of the short lived correction in the price of gold to completely pay out its hedge facility from Macquarie Bank. Read more

Here’s how organic growth makes investors money

When assessing potential resource investments, many investors will be looking for the potential for notable organic growth—growth from within the company’s existing projects, rather than by M&A activity. Read more

Exclusive: Copper, tin and zinc to benefit from strong fundamentals

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Copper, alongside most other base metals, put up a lackluster performance in 2011 with the red metal ending the year down 21% at $7600 per tonne; however, many analysts are anticipating a recovery in the base metals complex, including copper, in 2012. 

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