The $15 billion gold producer Barrick Gold (ABX.T) has projects in Argentina, Canada, Dominican Republic, Peru, Australia, Chile, Papua New Guinea, Saudi Arabia and Zambia.
If you walked around the recent Cambridge House Canvest2015 show, you’d be forgiven for thinking that mining is officially dead. Those resource companies that showed up were talking to precious few investors, and the only deals being made were the ones involving a broker, an 8-ball and a bathroom stall. Abitibi greenstone and Bonterra are exceptions.