Market rally gathers steam
Denver — The Dow Jones industrial average chugged ahead, gaining 444 points, or 4.2%, in the April 25-May 1 report period to close at 10,898.34, its highest point since mid-February.Most issues were …
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Golds picking up in quiet market
The report period ended May 1 was a quiet one for the Toronto Stock Exchange, with the TSE 300 composite index up fractionally at 7,946.33 points for a gain of 54.66 points, or 0.7% of value.What was …
Rate cut propels market rally
Denver — The Dow Jones industrial average continued climbing after the U.S. Federal Reserve announced a surprise interest rate cut of 0.5%. The market finished the April 18-24 report period up 237.61…
Dow clears 10,000 again
Denver — The Dow Jones industrial average rallied 617.03 points, or 6.5%, in the report period ended April 10, after a disastrous previous week, to close at 10,102.74.Mining issues were dragged along…
Nasdaq takes yet another tumble
Denver — After a brief respite, the Dow Jones industrial average continued its downward spiral during the report period ended April 3, tumbling 461.83 points, or 4.6%, to 9485.71. Meanwhile, the Nasd…
Radius valued for exploration strategy
Before starting an aggressive program of exploration drilling on the promising El Tambor gold project in central Guatemala, Radius Explorations (RDU-V) intends to to cash-up by way of a multi-million-…
Market makes steep drop
Denver — The Dow Jones industrial average suffered a 2.8% drop, tumbling 300.42 points to 10,290.80 for the report period ended March 13, while the Nasdaq was off 8.6%.Spot gold on the Comex division…
Apex Silver among juniors active in Central America
Denver — After being pushed out of the region by Hurricane Mitch in 1998, Apex Silver Mines (SIL-X) has returned to Central America for another joint-venture opportunity.The Denver-based company, who…
Gold’s rise jolts miners to life
Denver — The Dow Jones industrial average fell 94 points, or 0.9%, for the report period ended Feb. 27 to close at 10,636.88, while the Nasdaq plunged 4.8% to 2,207.82, its lowest point in two years….
Radius discovery advances El Tambor
Guatemala City, Guatemala — Trench-sampling over 15 sq. km of the El Tambor project in Guatemala has outlined a new gold discovery for junior Radius Exploration (RDU-V).Over the past year, the Simon …
US gov’t rejects plan of operations for Imperial
Denver — The U.S. Department of Interior has rejected Glamis Gold’s (GLG-N) plan of operations for the Imperial project in southeastern California.The rejection is based standards created by a Januar…
Mining companies unshaken by Salvadoran earthquake
Denver — The 7.6-magnitude earthquake that rocked El Salvador in mid-January caused little to no damage to mining operations in the region.Dayton Mining (DAY-T) President William Myckatyn tells The N…