Kinross Gold Corporation


Glamis in hostile bid for Goldcorp

Glamis Gold (GLG-T) has launched a hostile, all-share bid for Goldcorp (G-T) that is contigent on the latter scrapping its own all-share, friendly takeover of Wheaton River Minerals (WRM-T),…


Merger mania fuels trading

The report period Dec. 1-7 saw the price of gold fall US$1.60 to close at US$451.80 per oz. in the afternoon in London. All mining-related indices lost ground. The gold index fell 13.2 points, or 5.9%, to close at 209.30, and the diversified metal…


Geologists and analysts line a trench looking for signs of gold mineralization at the Tolvana prospect on FreeGold Ventures' Golden Summit property in Fairbanks, Alaska. Meridian Gold can earn a 70% interest in the property.

Alaska exploration firing on all cylinders

Fairbanks, Alaska — This year’s exploration activity in Alaska will likely exceed that of the last few years combined, as companies continue to be spurred into action by the recent surge in metal prices, especially gold.



TSX enjoys gold’s good fortune

Gold rose US$6-even over the Nov. 10-16 report period to close at a 16-year high of US$439.40 per oz. in London. To the surprise of no one, the TSX’s gold index jumped 7.2 points, or more than 3%, to 224.45. The diversified metals & mining index w…



Golds, base metals spur TSE indices

The Toronto Stock Exchange edged 3.81 points higher to end the Nov. 3-9 report period at 8,845.16. The gold index rose 4.4% to 221.20 points, as the yellow metal entrenched itself above the US$430-per-oz. level, closing at US$432.65 per oz. in New…


Dynasty gets Zaruma resource figure

Vancouver — Dynasty Metals & Mining (dmm-v) is encouraged by the latest resource estimate for its Zaruma gold project in southwestern Ecuador.



A plane carries supplies and personnel to Wolfden Resources' High Lake camp in Nunavut.

Wolfden propels High Lake toward feasibility

At its High Lake polymetallic project in Nunavut, Wolfden Resources (WLF-T) is making the most of a spectacular grassroots exploration find and the relatively inexpensive purchases of a gold deposit and a mill.


Aerial view of the heap-leach facilities near the Pipeline pit at Placer Dome and Rio Tinto's Cortez gold-mining complex in Nevada.

Speculation runs high on Battle Mountain-Cortez trend

Elko, Nev. — The search for gold along the Battle Mountain-Cortez trend in north-central Nevada has been re-energized by the Cortez Hills discovery, a 7.5-million-oz. oxide deposit that is still being drilled off by partners Placer Dome<...


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