Gold shines on long-term dollar weakness
Investors in gold stocks have taken profits in one of the best years for investing in the precious metal in more than a decade.The high price of gold has been linked to the tensions with Iraq, but thi…
Casa Berardi Mine
Barrick’s Davidson honoured for long, long career
In the late 1970s, Alex Davidson, then a student at McGill University, was attending the annual PDAC convention in Toronto when he stuck his head inside the Canadian room at the Royal York Hotel to ca…
Quebec gold juniors still on the move
Rouyn-Noranda, Que. — The annual convention of the Quebec Prospectors’ Association, held here recently in the heart of the Abitibi, is shining a spotlight on the many exploration and development proj…
TVX posts improved earnings (August 26, 2002)
Buoyed by a higher gold price and a US$1.2-million gain on the sale of its residual interest in the Casa Berardi mine in northwestern Que., Toronto-based TVX Gold (TVX-T) posted improved second-quarte…
Weaker gold price puts chill in eastern markets
The Toronto Stock Exchange’s Composite Index managed to gain 105.22 points, or 1.6% of its value, to end the Aug. 14-20 report period at 6,655.29 points. The brunt of the work was done during the last…
Casa Berardi drilling extends gold zone to the east
Drilling by Aurizon Mines (ARZ-T) at the inactive Casa Berardi mine in northwestern Quebec has cut significant gold values east of known mineralization.The $2-million program, which is testing extensi…
Aurizon buys out TVX royalty
Aurizon Mines (ARZ-T) has paid $5 million in cash for TVX Gold’s (TVX-T) residual interest in the Casa Berardi property in northwestern Quebec.The residual interest consisted of an outstanding $3.9-mi…
Aurizon drills deep into Casa Berardi
Narrow-vein miner Aurizon Mines (ARZ-T) has begun a deep drilling program in hopes of outlining more mineralized material at the past-producing Casa Berardi gold mine in northwestern Quebec.After purc…
eResearch looks at junior golds
In their inaugural Junior Gold Quarterly, mining analysts Bruce Reid and Don Poirier of Toronto-based Independent Equity Research (eResearch) have found good value in six North American gold juniors.T…
Cancor finds new zone
The discovery of a new copper-zinc-silver-gold zone has Cancor Mines (KCR-M) optimistic that ongoing work will enhance the potential of its Gemini property in the Abitibi region of Quebec.The discover…
MINING MARKETS & INVESTMENT NEWS — EASTERN MARKETS — Broad market vaults over poorly performing golds
Led by the industrial products and utilities sectors, the Toronto Stock Exchange 300 index climbed 77.26 points during the report period ended Nov. 9, closing at 7,292.58. Metal producers fared poorly…
Aurizon finds more gold (December 07, 1998)
Aurizon Mines (ARZ-T) continues to hit long gold intersections in the West Mine zone of the Casa Berardi mine in northwestern Quebec.Surface holes have intersected a gold-bearing zone at a depth of 60…