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AuRico Metals Announces Closing of Acquisition of Royalties on Hemlo and Eagle River Mines

[PR Newswire] – TORONTO, Sept. 18, 2015 /PRNewswire/ – AuRico Metals Inc. (AMI.TO), (“AuRico” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce the closing of the previously announced acquisition of Mineral Streams Inc. (“Mineral Streams”), a private company owning a 0.25% NSR royalty on the Williams mine at Barrick Gold Corporation’s (“Barrick”) Hemlo complex, a 0.5% NSR royalty on Wesdome Gold Mines Ltd.’s Eagle River mine, and a 1.5% NSR royalty

9 Things to Buy Secondhand for Your First Home

Filed under: Buying, Lifestyle, Renting Mira/Alamy By Trent Hamm There can be great joy in moving into your first apartment or your first home. You finally have space all to yourself. You can decorate how you want. You can spend your time how you want. Sadly, that initial burst of joy is often deflated by the realization that you need a lot of little things when you move to a

Indonesia says Newmont running out of time on new export permit

[Reuters] – Newmont Mining Corp’s Indonesian copper export permit will not be renewed beyond Friday unless the U.S. miner submits a progress update to the government on its plans to develop a domestic smelter, a mine ministry official said. Newmont, Indonesia’s second-largest copper miner, reached an agreement with the Indonesian government a year ago to develop local mineral processing facilities to end an eight-month tax dispute that halted exports. The

Parent's Hunger Strike Reveals Flaws in Chicago's Education Reforms

It’s a drastic, painful, potentially fatal tactic more associated with third-world political movements calling attention to brutal regimes, or history lessons about legendary protest leaders, like Mahatma Gandhi and Cesar Chavez. Leaders say they launched the strike because city leaders, including Mayor Rahm Emanuel, have repeatedly turned a deaf ear to their complaints about the fate of Walter H. Dyett High School in the historic, majority-black Bronzeville neighborhood. Emanuel’s administration,