2005

Miners rebound

The Toronto Stock Exchange weathered a politically tumultuous holiday-shortened report period, May 17-20, to end 128.91 higher at 9,452.19 points. The golds managed to claw back 3.56 points from the p…


Virginia enlarges Roberto gold zone

Drilling by Virginia Gold Mines (VIA-T) has extended the known strike length and depth of the Roberto zone on the lonore project, in the Opinaca reservoir area of the James Bay re…


Magnetics essay contest returns

To encourage better understanding of magnetics in resource exploration and related fields, a group of mining suppliers is sponsoring an essay contest for Canadian post-secondary students….


Junior sector weakens with falling gold price

Junior mining stocks continued to show no signs of a turnaround as metal prices remained weak during the shortened trading period May 17-20. A strengthening U.S. economy and greenback are largely resp…


Editorial: Nunavut wants it all, now

While Nunavut, Canada’s third and easternmost Arctic territory, may mean “our land” in the Inuktitut language, Nunavut’s Inuit Premier Paul Okalik wants to make the words come completely true by havin…



StrataGold aims to expand Dublin Gulch

Vancouver — A drill program by StrataGold (SGV-T) is aimed at expanding the Eagle zone at the Dublin Gulch gold project situated 85 km north of Mayo, in the historic Keno Hill mini…


Court rulings affect industry

In November 2004 the Supreme Court of Canada ruled on two cases in British Columbia that could have major implications for mining and other resource companies doing business in areas where aboriginal…



Court deals deathblow to Harmony bid

Fittingly, the 7-month battle between Harmony Gold Mining (HMY-N) and Gold Fields (GFI-N) has ended in a courtroom, with South Africa’s High Court ruling that Har…




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