Cambior, Ariane kindle merger mania
The Toronto Stock Exchange’s gold index gave back its recent gains, and then some, during the report period ended Sept. 30, as the yellow metal yo-yoed its way US$3 per oz. higher to an afternoon fix …
Barrick Gold Corporation
Bruce joins Crystallex
Eight months after resigning as president of Iamgold (IMG-T) following its merger with royalty firm Repadre Capital, Todd Bruce is assuming the positions of president, CEO and director of Crystallex I…
Barrick re-shuffles management deck
The gold companies took centre-stage during the report period ended Sept. 23, as the yellow metal resumed its bull run by lunging forward $12.35, or 3.3%, to US$385.25 per oz., pulling the S&P-TSX Gol…
TSE finds footing before closing bell
Despite some teeter-tottering, and no thanks to the golds, the Toronto Stock Exchange composite index ended the Sept. 10-16 period 28.98 points ahead at 7,625.37.Precious metal prices were down across…
Tan Range’s royalty structure unique among explorers
Amongst all the junior exploration companies out there, Tan Range Exploration (TNX-V) stands alone in fully embracing the royalty business model to advance its grassroots mineral projects.Based in Van…
De-hedging accelerates
Against a backdrop of higher gold prices and lower interest rates, the global gold hedge book saw 5.2 million oz. trimmed from its pages during the three months ended June 30, helping to underpin the …
Setting down Tanzanian roots
James Sinclair has a long history of gold-exploration activity in Tanzania, having entered the country in 1989 by becoming chairman of Vancouver-based Sutton Resources.Sutton was created in part by a …
Blanchard proceeds with lawsuit
New Orleans-based Blanchard and Co., the largest retail gold dealer in the U.S., received word from the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana that its lawsuit against Barrick Gold …
Metal price rally sends producers higher
A rally in metal prices pushed both gold and base metal producers to higher ground over the holiday-shortened Aug. 27-Sept. 2 report period. The Toronto Stock Exchange gold subgroup tacked on 5.38 poi…
Roca Mines drill-tests BC prospect
Bob Quinn, B.C. — With the drilling season winding down in in the mountainous Iskut district of northwestern British Columbia, newly minted Roca Mines (ROK-V) is wasting no time in testing for gold-r…
Site visit: How do they do it? Volume, volume, volume
Chibougamau, Que. — When Franois Fleury, the general manager of the Troilus gold mine, praised the “ingenuity and tenacity” of the Troilus workforce, he had good reason to mean it. The mine, two hou…
Atna deals Golden Cloud to Great Basin Gold
Vancouver — Hunter-Dickinson-led Great Basin Gold (GBG-V) has inked a deal with Atna Resources (ATN-T) to acquire a 70% stake in the Golden Cloud property in Nevada.The project is connected to the so…