Miners rebound
The Toronto Stock Exchange weathered a politically tumultuous holiday-shortened report period, May 17-20, to end 128.91 higher at 9,452.19 points. The golds managed to claw back 3.56 points from the p…
Noranda Inc
Consistent copper, gold values at La Fortuna
Drill results from the La Fortuna copper-gold deposit will be used to expand the resource estimate of the El Morro project in northern Chile….
Consistent copper and gold values at La Fortuna
Drill results from the La Fortuna copper-gold deposit bode well for the updated resource estimate due out in the th…
Noranda clears late hurdle to win (May 16, 2005)
Juniors lead rebounding miners
The Toronto Stock Exchange’s gold index reversed its slide to end the May 3-9 report period 6.53 points better at 184.2. The advance came as the yellow metal dropped US$2.40 per oz. to end at US$425.5…
Distinction blurs between gold and base metal producers
Vancouver — Boom times in China and India have base metal companies flashing growth-charts not seen since the heady days of the Western World’s post-war baby boom. The rally has even prompted some go…
Venture board lacks retail investors
Junior explorers saw continued overall declines during the April 26-May 2 report period as the S&P-TSX Composite Index slid a further 65.7 points to close at 1677.56. Daily trading volumes over th…
Miners wither during earnings season (May 09, 2005)
The Toronto Stock Exchange tacked on 2.56 points to end the April 26-May 2 report period at 9,430.21. The meagre advance occurred in spite of the mining sector, as the gold index fell 4.2% to 177.67 p…
Noranda clears late hurdle to win (May 06, 2005)
Noranda’s (NRD-T) tender offer for Falconbridge (FL-T) has netted nearly 58.5 million shares, or 78% of the shares …
Insider Trading (May 02, 2005)
The Ontario Securities Commission reported the following insider trading transactions in recent issues of the OSC Bulletin:…
TSX treads water as metals end mixed
The Toronto Stock Exchange’s diversified metals and mining index tacked on 3.58 points to end the April 19-25 report period at 297.81 points, despite a mixed performance by the base metals themselves….
Canadian uranium beyond the Basin
Vancouver — For most, uranium mining in Canada is synonymous with northern Saskatchewan, yet many other areas of the country are prospective for the energy-generating element….