WHITEHORSE, YT, Sept. 27, 2024 /PRNewswire/ - Western Copper and Gold Corporation ("Western" or the "Company") (TSX: WRN) (NYSE American: WRN) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Raymond Threlkeld as Chairman of the Board. Mr. Threlkeld, who joined the Board on June 27, 2024, succeeds Dr. Bill Williams, who served as Interim Chairman since February 22, 2024. Dr. Williams will continue to serve on the Board as a director. "I am pleased with the progress made during my tenure as Interim Chairman," s ...

Barrick Gold (GOLD) could be a solid addition to your portfolio given its recent upgrade to a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy). This rating change essentially reflects an upward trend in earnings estimates -- one of the most powerful forces impacting stock prices. The Zacks rating relies solely on a company's changing earnings picture. It tracks EPS estimates for the current and following years from the sell-side analysts covering the stock through a consensus measure -- the Zacks Consensus Estimate. Individual i ...

Investors interested in Basic Materials stocks should always be looking to find the best-performing companies in the group. Barrick Gold (GOLD) is a stock that can certainly grab the attention of many investors, but do its recent returns compare favorably to the sector as a whole? Let's take a closer look at the stock's year-to-date performance to find out. Barrick Gold is a member of our Basic Materials group, which includes 236 different companies and currently sits at #15 in the Zacks Sector Rank. The Za ...

The recommendations of Wall Street analysts are often relied on by investors when deciding whether to buy, sell, or hold a stock. Media reports about these brokerage-firm-employed (or sell-side) analysts changing their ratings often affect a stock's price. Do they really matter, though? Before we discuss the reliability of brokerage recommendations and how to use them to your advantage, let's see what these Wall Street heavyweights think about Barrick Gold (GOLD) . Barrick Gold currently has an average brok ...

WHITEHORSE, YT, Sept. 23, 2024 /PRNewswire/ - Western Copper and Gold Corporation ("Western" or the "Company") (TSX: WRN) (NYSE American: WRN) welcomes the recent announcement by Natural Resources Canada ("NRCan"), conditionally approving C$40 million in federal funding to undertake pre-feasibility activities to advance a high-voltage transmission line network connecting the Yukon electrical grid to the North American grid in British Columbia. This funding would be provided through the Critical Minerals Inf ...

All amounts expressed in US$ PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea, Sept. 20, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Barrick Gold Corporation (NYSE:GOLD) (TSX:ABX) – New Porgera Limited (NPL) said today it is working with the United Nations (UN) and Enga Provincial Government (EPG) as part of an ad hoc crisis committee to assist with humanitarian aid to the conflict-ridden Porgera Valley in Papua New Guinea's Enga Province. Following the committee's first meeting this Tuesday, it was agreed that a donor assessment team would tr ...

In the latest trading session, Barrick Gold (GOLD) closed at $20.23, marking a +0.85% move from the previous day. The stock's change was less than the S&P 500's daily gain of 1.7%. Meanwhile, the Dow gained 1.26%, and the Nasdaq, a tech-heavy index, added 2.51%. Shares of the gold and copper mining company witnessed a loss of 2.72% over the previous month, trailing the performance of the Basic Materials sector with its gain of 1.1% and the S&P 500's gain of 1.27%. Market participants will be closely followi ...

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Barrick Gold Corporation (GOLD) stated that it sees 30% growth in the production of gold-equivalent ounces from its existing assets by the end of this decade, while continuing to unlock the value embedded in its portfolio. At the Gold Forum Americas, GOLD highlighted that it remains alert to potentially value-accretive opportunities arising from industry consolidation. However, the company enjoys the advantage of doing so from an asset base that will support organic growth well into the future. Five years a ...

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