2004

Gold’s ascent levelled off during the March 24-30 report period, with the yellow metal adding US$4.75 per oz. to end at US$420 per oz.

McWatters Mining (MWA-T) has agreed to sell a portion of its Kiena mine royalties to Wesdome Gold Mines (WDG-V) for $700,000.

The TSX Venture Exchange moved sideways during the reporting period March 24-30, with the composite index up 6.2 points at 1,860.36.

Ongoing drilling by Southwestern Resources (SWG-T) at the Boka gold project in southern China has returned encouraging assay results.

Russian miner Norilsk Nickel has bought Anglo American‘s (AAUK-Q) 20% stake in South African-based Gold Fields (gfi-n) for US$1.16 billion in cash.

After the great shakeout of the late 1990s, consolidation became a bit of a mantra among executives in the gold industry. There were really too many gold companies, the story went, and some merger and acquisition activity would tighten up that loo…

A prototype of the world’s first remotely operated “keyhole” underground mining and dredging system will be built later this year in an attempt to exploit precious metals deposits in water-logged, sandy environments such as river beds and undergro…