Week-long dive on US markets
Things started badly on U.S. stock markets in the trading period March 5-11, and got steadily worse. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 180.81 points to 7,524.06, a loss of 2.3%, while the Standard…
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Securities session at PDAC
David Brown, chairman of the Ontario Securities Commission, will be among the speakers at a 3-hour session on securities regulations at the annual convention of the Prospectors & Developers Associatio…
Barron’s mugs Royal Gold
An exceedingly negative story about Royal Gold in the March 1 edition of Barron’s knocked a painful $6 off the gold royalty company’s shares, which dipped below US$14 before recovering to US$15.46 at …
Golds slip in bouncy trading
U.S. markets had a bouncy week, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average covering a 150-point spread in the report period Feb. 19-25, before settling at 7,909.50. The golds were down and the base metal p…
GREATEST VALUE TRADED, JAN. 29-FEB. 4
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Stronger gold pays off in Burkina Faso
The recent surge in the price of gold has revitalized exploration in Burkina Faso, a pocket of Africa known more for its poverty than for its wealth of mineral resources.Burkina Faso first emerged as …
Great Basin drills Burnstone (February 10, 2003)
Vancouver — Great Basin Gold (GBG-V) has launched a 5-rig, 20,000-metre diamond drilling program over its newly acquired Burnstone property, 100 km southeast of Johannesburg, South Africa.The project…
MOST ACTIVE ISSUES, JAN. 29-FEB. 4
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Analysts pick best bets for 2003
The Northern Miner asked five analysts of the junior mining sector for their recommendations and predictions for 2003. The list includes John Kaiser, publisher of the Kaiser Bottom Fishing Report, Don…
War fears dampen market
U.S. stock exchanges fell again, during the report period Jan. 22-28, passing their year-end levels on the way and wiping out the New Year rally. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index fell 29.08 points to c…
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The hammer and the fox
There’s a story about the discovery of silver in northern Ontario, and this is how it goes:When the Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway (T&NO) line from North Bay to Haileybury and New Liskeard w…