Streaming and royalty firm Sandstorm Gold (TSX: SSL; NYSE-MKT: SAND) is buying Mariana Resources (TSXV: MARL; LON-AIM: MARL) for an 84% premium to get its hands on the high grade Hot Maden gold-copper project in northeastern Turkey. Mariana currently owns 30% of the development…
The Young Mining Professionals (YMP) – a non-profit group with chapters in Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal – has awarded its inaugural, annual YMP Awards to Nolan Watson, president and CEO of Vancouver-based royalty firm Sandstorm Gold, and Alicia Woods, founder of Covergalls, which specializes in…
TORONTO – Yamana Gold has fattened its treasury by $178 million with the sale of its Mercedes gold-silver mine in Sonora, Mexico, and the sale of Sandstorm Gold warrants. About $156 million is earmarked for debt reduction. The company continues…
VANCOUVER — For streaming financiers like Sandstorm Gold (TSX: SSL; NYSE-MKT: SAND) rising precious metal prices are a bit of a double-edged sword. On one hand, the company’s existing streams, royalties and equity holdings have become more valuable, but it also means that…
TORONTO – Yamana Gold has signed three streaming deals with Sandstorm Gold that will put $148 million in Yamana’s treasury. In return, Yamana has issued Sandstorm 15 million common share purchase warrants at a strike price of $3.50 and a…
NORTHWEST TERRITORIES – IamGold Corp. of Toronto is selling its 1% gross proceeds royalty that includes the Diavik diamond mine near Lac de Gras to Sandstorm Gold of Vancouver. The Diavik mine is owned 40% by Dominion Diamond and 60% by a…
VANCOUVER – Streaming and royalty outfit Sandstorm Gold (TSX: SSL; NYSE-MKT: SAND) has been on a bit of a deal making tear to start the year. The company managed to lock down 10 new royalty agreements in West Africa and Nevada,…
BURKINA FASO – True Gold Mining of Vancouver has secured funding of US$100 million with which to build its Karma gold mine by selling a gold stream to Franco-Nevada Corp. (75%) and Sandstorm Gold (25%). The agreement includes a 18-month…
VANCOUVER — According to Sandstorm Gold (TSX: SSL; NYSE-MKT: SAND) president and CEO Nolan Watson, the calls from shareholders requesting he “clean up” sister company Sandstorm Metals & Energy (TSXV: SND; US-OTC: STTYF) had been…
After Sandstorm Gold (TSX: SSL) purchased Premier Royalty, Abraham Drost, the latter company’s CEO, found himself looking for his next gig.
Make a wrong turn while driving along the streets of one of Canada’s great mining towns and you may feel you’ve gone through a portal into the past.
Over the last 18 months Mark O’Dea, president and CEO of Blue Gold Mining, has kicked the tires of over 100 projects and companies in his quest to find something that would appeal to shareholders.