Wesdome Gold Mines Ltd

JOHN CUMMINGQuebec's Minister of Natural Resources and Wildlife Pierre Corbeil (middle) shares a laugh with Murray Pollitt (right), former Wesdome Gold Mines director. Corbeil knows the Val d'Or region and its people well, having worked as a dentist in the riding for two decades prior to entering provincial politics.

Wesdome reopens Kiena

Val d’Or, Que. — The celebrations marking the official reopening of the Kiena underground gold mine on Aug. 18 were particularly sweet for Wesdome Gold Mines (WDO-T, WDOFF-O), coming as they did afte…


Wesdome reopens Kiena gold mine

Val d’Or, Que. — The celebrations marking the official reopening of the Kiena underground gold mine on Aug. 18 wer…



Mine geologist John Plecash points out a mineralized zone on the 190 Level of the Island Gold project near Dubreuilville, Ont.

Island Gold moving toward production

Dubreuilville, Ont. — Quiet but effective development work at the Island Gold project, a short drive from this lumber town, should bring a new gold mine to Ontario in the next few months….


River Gold, Wesdome head to the altar

Sister companies River Gold Mines (RIV-T, RVGDF-O) and Wesdome Gold Mines (WDG-V) have struck a deal to merge, combining the former’s gold-producing assets in Ont…


Miners take a breather

The Toronto Stock Exchange ended the Nov. 22-28 report period 21.87 points better at 10,939.21. The gold index yo-yo’d 1.12 points lower to 234.46, as the yellow metal tacked on US$7.05 to settle at U…


River Gold, Wesdome to merge

Sister companies River Gold Mines (RIV-T) and Wesdome Gold Mines (WDG-V) have struck a deal to merge, combining the…


River slows to a trickle (October 17, 2005)

Wawa, Ont.-area miner River Gold Mines (RIV-T) plans to scale back its operations and workforce, and halve production to 36,000 oz. per year in 2006 owing to soaring costs and unfav…



Katrina spins TSX higher

With oil prices surging from reduced production from the Gulf of Mexico in the wake of hurricane Katrina, the resource-laden S&P/TSX Composite Index reversed course to end the Aug. 23-29 report pe…


Oil-fired TSX breaks 10,000

Rising prices for crude oil pushed the Toronto Stock Exchange composite index over 10,000 during the report period June 14-20. The composite finished just shy of that mark, at 9,998.11, up 158.17 poin…


Commodities power TSX rebound

The Toronto Stock Exchange’s S&P/TSX composite index rose steadily to end the June 7-13 report period 185.97 points better at 9,839.94, a level not seen since early March. A late rally pushed the…


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