Claude, Corner Bay top picks in junior sector
The high-tech boom may be almost over on North American equity markets, but junior mining companies are still having a tough time getting noticed by investors. Even smaller brokerage firms that once f…
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Goldcorp soars at Red Lake mine
With results continuing to exceed predictions, Goldcorp (G-T) has once again revised its production forecast for the Red Lake mine in northwestern Ontario.Production is now expected to top an impressi…
Placer renews Madsen drilling (June 25, 2001)
Preliminary drilling by Placer Dome (PDG-T) has intersected a possible extension to the high-grade No. 8 zone at the historic Madsen mine, in northwestern Ontario.Four stratigraphic holes tested 975 m…
Goldcorp’s Red Lake Canada’s largest gold mine
Move over Golden Giant and Eskay Creek. The new Red Lake mine, owned and operated by Toronto-based Goldcorp (G-T), has become Canada’s largest gold operation, based on this year’s revised production e…
Goldcorp posts record earnings
On the back of newfound production at the Red Lake mine in northwestern Ontario, Goldcorp (G-T) has posted its best quarterly earnings and cash flow in nearly a decade.Earnings in the three months end…
Copper, nickel gain despite slowdown
Metals prices are proving to be resilient in the face of slowing economic growth and a barrage of discouraging economic indicators. In the race for stability and strength between the U.S. dollar and t…
Sideways-trading takes hold
Although several positive fundamental factors emerged from the U.S. during the report period April 23-27, these were offset by negative ones worldwide, such as weakening fundamentals in the Asian regi…
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 …
Cutbacks bolster nickel
What had appeared to be a promising rally in base metals markets earlier on in the week of April 2 turned into something of a rout on April 6 as both copper and aluminum prices shed US$30-40 per tonne…
Higher output at Red Lake
Thanks to unexpectedly high headgrades, the Red Lake gold mine in northwestern Ontario is exceeding the production forecasts of its owner, Goldcorp (G-T).The mine, which began commercial production on…
PDAC outlook: diamonds and PGMs lead way in today’s marketplace
Diamonds and platinum group metals (PGMs) took centre-stage during a round-up of metals and minerals markets at the annual convention of the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada, held recent…
Rubicon hits more gold at McCuaig
Vancouver — Rubicon Minerals (RMX-V) has cut a new gold-bearing structure at the McCuaig project in Red Lake, Ont.Company geologists describe the mineralized zone as a sulphide-bearing silicified and…