Silver adds shine to gold’s lustre
Vancouver — Canada’s junior exchange rallied over the report period ended June 4, as investors added silver-related stocks to their recent purchases of junior gold issues. The Standard & Poor’s-TSX V…
Barrick Gold Corporation
Placer targets takeover of Aussie miner
Vancouver — Falling metal prices over the past few years may have initiated consolidation in the mining industry, but as the price of bullion rises to levels not seen since 1999, the wave of mergers …
Consolidation revisited
Whatever we may have been told, consolidation in the gold industry isn’t finished. Placer Dome’s A$2-billion offer to take over Aurion Gold is proof enough of that.But the scale of that bid, following…
GREATEST VALUE TRADED, MAY 22-28
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Seabridge picks up Tundra
Vancouver — Seabridge Resources (SEA-V) has inked a deal with Newmont Mining (NEM-N) and Total Resources to pick up the Tundra gold project in the Northwest Territories.Situated 150 km north of Yello…
Placer hops on merger bandwagon
The golds once again outshone the broad market, which slipped 27.73 points over the five trading days to finish the May 22-28 report period at 7,660.58. The gold index leaped ahead 9.83 points, or 4.5…
Gold fever grips TSX Venture Exchange
Vancouver — With gold stocks leading the way, Canada’s junior exchange continued its upward march over the report period ended May 28. The S&P-TSX Venture Index climbed 22.9 points, or 1.9%, and clos…
MOST ACTIVE ISSUES, MAY 15-21
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It’s the real thing, says Ing
The bear market of the past six years has been a lonely time for gold bugs, so it has to be gratifying for John Ing, one of gold’s steadfast defenders, to see signs that the market is turning.In a May…
Commentary: Some new perspectives on Busang’s red flags
According to the critics of Bre-X’s gold project in Kalimantan, Indonesia, the warning signs, or “red flags,” were numerous and obvious and should have alerted those involved that the gold mineralizat…
GREATEST VALUE TRADED, MAY 15-21
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Gold stocks shine as yellow metal rallies
The holiday-shortened report period of May 15-21 clipped 28.6 points off the S&P/TSX composite index, leaving it with a finish of 7,688.31.Gold led the precious metals in a rally not seen in some time…