2005





Investing in flow-through shares

The following is the last of three excerpts from Resources Rock: How to Invest in the Next Global Boom in Natural Resources by Malvin Spooner, founder and president of Toronto-based Mavrix Fund Manage…


It’s still a margins game

It’s been thrilling for gold producers and investors these past couple of years, watching the average gold price climb from US$363.32 per ounce in 2003 to US$409.17 per ounce last year….


Falconbridge the new

In an effort to preserve a part of history, the merger between Noranda (NRD-T) and Falconbridge (FL-T) will create a new company to be named Falconbridge….


A field team from Mano River stands on the outcrop of the first known diamondiferous kimberlite pipe in Liberia, which was discovered in 2000.

Mano River hunts West African diamonds

Vancouver — The political turmoil that plagued Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Guinea over previous decades has eased considerably in recent years, triggering renewed interest in the diamond potential of…


Diamondex Resources field personnel employ a Russian stream-sediment sampling method that involves sampling major streams for kimberlite indicator minerals using a hand-carved cedar pan, then gradually zeroing in on the most promising areas with detailed sampling in nearby tributaries that bear indicator minerals.

Diamondex zeros in on Lena West targets

Diamondex Resources (DSP-V) is pumping $4.8 million — almost half its 2005 exploration budget — into the Lena West property in the Northwest Territories in hopes of confirming the…


From left: Genco President Jim McDonald, Chief Geologist Jesus Perez, and financier Robert Blankstein examine a map near a portal at Genco's La Guitarra silver-gold mine in the Temascaltepec mining district of Mexico.

Genco mining where Spaniards left off

Temascaltepec, Mexico — Tucked into the pine-covered hills of the Sierra Madre Occidental of central Mexico, a Canadian junior is in the process of turning its La Guitarra silver-gold mine into a pro…


Harmony sells its spoils

Harmony Gold Mining (HMY-N) has had sold 30 million Gold Fields (GFI-N) shares at US$10.50 per share, for gross proceeds of US$315 million….



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