Atna advances Pinson project
Atna Resources (ATN-T) has begun underground drilling on the Range Front zone at the Pinson mine property in north-…
Barrick Gold Corporation
Miners try to keep pace with Oilers
Strong gains in the energy sector were the story on the Toronto Stock Exchange as Hurricane Katrina pushed up oil and gas prices during the report period Aug. 29-Sept. 4. The Toronto Stock Exchange co…
‘Carlin-type’ gold deposits lure foreign explorers to China
Vancouver — China’s potential for sediment-hosted disseminated gold deposits similar to those found in Nevada’s world-famous Carlin Trend was examined by the U.S. Geological Survey and the Tianjin Ge…
Laramide ropes uranium package (September 05, 2005)
Cooler winds chill Wall Street
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Royal Gold basks in record royalty revenues
Vancouver — Robust gold prices and an expanded royalty portfolio allowed Denver, Colo.-based
Mongolia’s Aussie ambassador
Perth, Western Australia — In the aftermath of the Bre-X scandal, Canadian Armand Beaudoin, a fellow prospector working with Aussie Doug McGay in Indonesia, suggested McGay should break camp and head…
Mining companies shed recent gains
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Profit-taking drops TSX
Profit-taking in the resource sector pushed the S&P/TSX Composite Index 125.19 points lower to 10,525.49 during the Aug. 16-22 report period. The gold index retreated 6.29 points, or 3%, to 202.23…
Teck Cominco basks in ‘strongest second quarter ever’
Vancouver — Copper, molybdenum, and coal all took a back seat to precious metals for most of the 1990s, but no more. The once-lacklustre commodities propelled
Shougang losing friends in Marcona
Lima, Peru — Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez once said that China’s Chairman Mao and South America’s independence hero Simon Bolivar would have been the best of friends had they met, a lively ackno…
TSX on a roll, surpasses Dow Jones
With oil flirting with a record close of US$64 per barrel, Toronto stocks rose 191.42 points to 10,614.35 during the Aug. 2-8 report period. The advance left the S&P/TSX Composite Index north of t…