Barrick Gold Corporation


Barrick rumbles as gold tumbles

Gold took a pounding over the Oct. 29-Nov. 4 report period, withering US$8.25 in overseas trading to settle at London morning fix of US$378.30 per oz. Silver also got smacked, losing US22 to finish a…


Goldcorp cashes in on gold rally

Higher gold prices and a slew of encouraging earnings reports augured well for Canadian producers over the Oct. 21-28 report period. The Toronto Stock Exchange’s gold sub-group climbed 10.71 points to…


Harmony Gold cuts Russian ties

Facing pressure from South Africa’s Reserve Bank to consolidate ownership or cut bait with respect to overseas projects, Harmony Gold (HMY-N) has divested itself of its Russian holdings in two separat…


AngloGold boosts Ashanti bid (October 27, 2003)

AngloGold (AU-N) has bumped its all-share offer for Ghanaian-based Ashanti Goldfields (ASL-N) by 11.5%.The world’s third-largest gold producer is now offering 0.29 of an AngloGold share for each share…


Gold rallies as Barrick breaks the mold

Gold roared back to life in the Oct. 15-21 report period, rising US$4 to a London morning fix of US$374.80 per oz. Silver also shone, rising US6 over the five trading days to finish at US$5 per oz.Ba…


Peru Copper Syndicate eyes low-cost leaching

Vancouver — Catherine McLeod-Seltzer and David Lowell, who, a year ago, re-united to search for gold-silver deposits under the banner of Bear Creek Mining (BCM-V), are turning their attention to the …


The Lagunas Norte discovery on Barrick Gold's Alto Chicama property in Peru.

Barrick advances Alto Chicama project in Peru

Containing a resource of more than 9.5 million ounces, Alto Chicama is the industry’s largest grassroots discovery in the past several years.Barrick Gold (ABX-T) made the major new gold find in the se…


BRT fails to yield base metals for Roca Mines

Vancouver — The 7-hole program cut a thick sequence of the favourable felsic unit, but only sporadic gold values were encountered. Hole 11, which tested the stratigraphy immediately downdip and north…


Major slippage at Grasberg

The biggest news during the report period ended Oct. 14 was a major rockfall at Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold’s 90.6%-owned Grasberg open-pit mine in Indonesia. Two employees are known to be dead, si…


Metal traders run down gold

Gold bugs caught a chill in the first week of October: by the morning of Oct. 7, an ounce of the yellow metal was fetching US$376.20 in London markets, or US$8.30 less than a week earlier. Silver fare…


Plexmar hikes to Peru (October 06, 2003)

Junior Plexmar Resources (PLE-V) has inked a deal to earn a full interest in the Marilia gold property in the Cajamarca department of northern Peru.The property, which covers 5 sq. km, is 15 km west o…


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