SSR Mining agrees to buy Nevada explorer Roxmore; junior indexes fallUpdated Oct 13, 2026 4:31pm ET MarketsThe S&P/TSX Composite closed up 319.36 points, or 0.90%, at 35,983.98. In late-afternoon trading, oil was at US$94.69, up 1.01%, and gold was at US$4,186.0, down 0.11%. The Canadian dollar was at US$0.70344 in late-afternoon trading, up 0.47%. TC Energy said it completed the sale of a financial interest tied to its Coastal GasLink pipeline to five B.C. First Nations, with a second transaction expected to close in the fourth quarter. The IMF slightly raised its world growth outlook for this year while warning of risks from rising debt and the AI boom. On Wall Street, the Dow closed down 0.35% and the S&P 500 finished down 0.02%. Venture & CSEThe S&P/TSX Venture Composite closed down 13.10 points, or 1.50%, at 860.93, and the CSE Composite closed down 3.29 points, or 2.17%, at 147.99. SSR Mining agreed to acquire Roxmore Resources, owner of the Converse gold project in Nevada next to SSR's Marigold mine, in a largely cash deal reported at $712 million; Roxmore shareholders are to receive C$6.75 per share in cash. On the financing side, Blade Resources (CSE: AZCU) said it will offer up to 20,000,000 units at $0.30 each in a non-brokered private placement, raising up to $6,000,000 gross. Lux Metals (TSXV: LXM) is planning a flow-through raise of about $7 million this fall for its gold project at La Grande in northern Quebec. In late-afternoon trading, silver was at US$59.445, down 1.76%. Market data
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