Last week, Newstrike Capital's VP of Exploration spoke at the Precious Metals Summit in Geneva, Switzerland. Gillian Kearvell gave a 20 minute presentation that can be heard here....

James West talks Newstrike Capital in the Business Insider article "Precious Metals Takeovers Push Share Prices." Click here to read the full interview....

James West named Newstrike as one of the "top picks" on today's Market Call. Click here to watch....

The proposed acquisition of explorer Fronteer Gold Inc. by Newmont Mining Corp. is the latest in a string of mining deals announced in recent weeks, as companies seek to replace reserves and ensure growth amid a shrinking global supply of known gold reserves. The deal, attributing a 37% premium to Fronteer,  is valued at $2.3-billion. “We feel like we paid a fair value for t...

The Canadian mining M&A scene is red hot, and investment bankers expect much more activity in the months to come. In the first few weeks of the year, investors have already seen friendly takeover bids for Consolidated Thompson Iron Mines Ltd. ($4.9-billion) and Norsemont Mining Inc. ($520-million), a proposed merger of equals between Inmet Mining Corp. and Lundin Mining Corp. ($9-billion), and a protracted takeover battle for Baf...

Lundin Mining Corp.and Inmet Mining Corp. have agreed to merge in a deal with a market capitalization of $9-billion. The companies will combine to create a copper production company to be called Symterra Corp. The deal will give each holder of one Inmet share 3.4918 shares of Symterra, while each holder of a Lundin share will receive 0.3333 shares of the new company. “The long-term fundamentals for copper are compelling,” Lundin chairman L...

  From 3600 BC to the present day, from deep underground to outer space, gold has been a major factor in the world's development and economy.   3600 BC - First smelting of gold Egyptian goldsmiths carry out the first melting or fusing of ores in order to separate the metals inside. They use blowpipes made from fire-resistant clay to heat the smelting furnace. 2600 BC - Early gold jewellery Goldsmiths ...

Dow Jones Commodities Service’s Rhiannon Hoyle reports: Gold prices will likely continue to trend higher in 2011, supported by a fresh round of quantitative easing in the U.S., before recording a peak around $1,750 a troy ounce in 2012, Goldman Sachs said in a report Wednesday. Read More » Tags

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Gold’s 23 percent surge this year to a record is proving no deterrent to George Soros, John Paulson and Paul Touradji, whose investments signal more gains for the longest winning streak in at least nine decades. Securities and Exchange Commission filings this month by Soros Fund Management LLC, Paulson & Co, and Touradji Capital Management LP listed investments in gold as their biggest holdings. Soros, a billionaire investor and philanthro...

Kinross Gold is set to take full control of Red Back Mining in a deal valued at $7.1bn, broadening Kinross’s reach to west Africa, where Red Back’s operations are focused. Red Back is part of the Lundin Group of companies.  The Lundin Group is the principal shareholder of Newst...

Farallon Mining Ltd. recently announced new high grade gold zones outside the current mineral resource at the G-9 Mine at the Company's Campo Morado property in Guerrero State, Mexico. High grade precious metal intercepts at G-9 have been reported in various news releases over the years, most recently in the Company's December 16, 2009 news release in which an intersection of 13 metres of 20 grams of g...

Vancouver, B.C., March 16th, 2010 – Newstrike Capital Inc. (“Newstrike” or the “Company”) - www.newstrikecapital.com – announced today that it had received the $2 million termination fee that was due to it under the terms of its share purchase agreement with Desarrollos Mineros San Luis, S.A. de C.V. (“DMSL”). a wholly –owned subsidiary of Goldcorp Inc. Under the share purchase agre...

Renowned mining industry expert Lawrence Roulston, editor of the mining investment newsletter, Resource Opportunities, has initiated coverage of Newstrike Capital Inc....

Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, the Barrick chairman of the the world's biggest gold producer commented that while the gold price may be volatile, its upward climb is not over. "It may fluctuate, (but) to us and I think to our investors, the key criteria should be that it's got a secular tendency now to move up year in and year out" said Peter Munk. "While it may trade off in the two-week or three-month period, I think the trend ...

  As 2009 ended, Goldcorp emerged victorious in a takeover battle with Minera Penmont (44 percent owned by Newmont Mining Corporation with the remainder held by Mexican miner Fresnillo Plc.) to acquire Canplats Resources Corp.   The prize was Canplats’ Cami...