Silver plays ignite despite low prices
The excitement in the gold market appears to spilling over into silver plays, even though the silver price remains well below US$5 per oz.Several would-be silver producers have announced multi-million…
Yamana Gold Inc
Silver output soars for Coeur
Vancouver — Production from both the newly commissioned Cerro Bayo mine in Chile and the recently acquired Martha mine in Argentina has Coeur d’Alene Mines (CDE-N) set to increase silver output by 50…
Coeur closes Martha purchase
Coeur d’Alene Mines (CDE-N) has completed the purchase of the Martha silver mine in Argentina from Yamana Resources (YRI-T).With the mine comes a 588-sq.-km land package in Santa Cruz province coverin…
Mixed results from metals producers
U.S. markets enjoyed a small boost over the March 13-19 report period, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 2.9 points to finish at just over 10,635 and the Standard & Poor’s 500 adding 4.7 po…
Coeur d’Alene buys Martha
A deal with Yamana Resources (YRI-T) will see Coeur d’Alene Mines (CDE-N) acquire the high-grade Martha underground silver mine on the Bacon property in the southern Patagonia region of Argentina.In r…
Thistle eyes South African assets
Thistle Mining (THT-T) is buying five underground gold mines in the Free State of South Africa. Thistle will pay US$32 million in cash, plus a monthly royalty of US$8 per oz. gold for five years.Among…
Martha mine thaws out
Following a two-month shutdown caused by unusually severe winter conditions, mining has resumed at Yamana Resources’ (YRI-T) high-grade Martha underground silver mine on the Bacon property in the sout…
Yamana eyes Aladdin
Vancouver — While still digesting the December acquisition of privately held Platero Resources, Yamana Resources (YRI-T) has inked a deal to acquire Aladdin Sweepstake Consolidated Mining.Aladdin hol…
MINING MARKETS & INVESTMENT NEWS — EASTERN MARKETS — Gold price nudges up towards $300 mark
Gold flickered back to life during the report period ended Nov. 23, with spot prices climbing US$2.40 over the week to US$297.85 per oz. on the Nov. 24 London morning fix. Gold was trading above US$29…
Companies (November 15, 1999)
Aber ResourcesAfrioreAnaconda NickelAnglo AmericanAnglogoldApex Silver MinesAshanti GoldfieldsAtna ResourcesAurizon MinesBarrick GoldBattle MountainBema GoldBlack Hawk MiningCambiorCamecoCanarc Resour…
INVESTMENT COMMENTARY — Great Basin seen as classic ‘drill-hole trading play’
It has been said that only two things drive the Vancouver Stock Exchange’s resource market: the price of gold and hot drill results. With the price of gold in the dumper, junior companies not only hav…
Companies (July 05, 1999)
Aegean GoldAgnico-Eagle MinesAnglogoldAsarcoAthlone MineralsAthlone ResourcesAurizon MinesBarrick GoldBattle Mountain GoldBema GoldBlack Hawk MiningBolivar GoldfieldsBroken Hill Proprieta…