Aventis Energy signs option deal for B.C. past-producer Seneca

Updated Oct 28, 2026 12:31pm ET

Markets

The S&P/TSX Composite was up 63.87 points at 36,235.36 so far today, a gain of 0.18%. The Bank of Canada lifted its overnight rate target 25 basis points, to 2.5%, and Ontario Premier Doug Ford called the hike "a massive mistake." The Canadian dollar was at US$0.71246, up 0.11%. Oil traded at US$103.38, up 3.48%, with reports pointing to renewed attacks on Saudi Arabia and a 1.9 million barrel draw in US crude inventories. Gold slipped 0.62% to US$4,049.5. The Federal Reserve is expected to leave rates unchanged, and the Dow was up 0.30%.

Venture & CSE

The S&P/TSX Venture Composite was down 3.55 points at 834.93 so far today, and the CSE Composite fell 0.64 to 139.72. Gold and silver both traded lower, with silver at US$53.565, down 1.74%. On the CSE, Aventis Energy said it signed an option deal to acquire the Seneca VMS project, a past producer in southwestern British Columbia, from two optionors. Deep Sea Minerals is pursuing a US exchange listing and an offering of American depositary shares with warrants. On the TSXV, Banyan Gold reported six drillholes from the Airstrip deposit at its AurMac project in Yukon, with intervals of 1.34 g/t Au across 20.2 metres and 1.18 g/t Au across 27.5 metres. Osisko Gold reported its Cariboo project in British Columbia was 28 percent built based on costs incurred, with C$355 million spent and C$907 million left to complete.

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