Letter to the editor: Land title issue overblown
Your recent articles on the New Prosperity project contain some significant errors concerning aboriginal rights and title and their potential effect on the federal review panel process.
2013
Amerigo extends tailings deal until 2037
The El Teniente mine in the Chilean Andes has been producing copper since 1904, and Codelco believes the underground copper mine — the world’s largest, with more than 2,400 km of subterranean tunnels — has many more decades to…
Timmins Gold adjusts to lower metal prices
VANCOUVER — Timmins Gold (TSX: TMM; NYSE-Arca: TGD) is striving for operational stability at its San Francisco open-pit gold mine in Sonora state, Mexico. The company announced cost-saving measures in April 2012 and has shown consistent…
Goldcorp posts US$1.9B net loss in Q2
Goldcorp (TSX: G; NYSE: GG), the largest gold miner by market value, showed it’s not immune to the falling gold price.
U.S. markets, July 22-26
Better-than-expected corporate earnings and optimism that the U.S. Federal Reserve would keep interest rates low propped up U.S. equities, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average edged up 15.09 points, or 0.10%, to finish the week at 15,558.83,…
Newmont cashes out of Canadian Oil Sands
VANCOUVER — Newmont Mining (TSX: NMC, NYSE: NEM) has sold its stake in Canadian Oil Sands (TSX: COS; US-OTC: COSWF) to streamline its assets and reduce debt.
Agnico pursues growth amid capital cuts
Despite the weaker gold price, slumping profits and spending cuts, Agnico Eagle Mines (TSX: AEM; NYSE: AEM) says it’s on track to grow its gold production to 1.2 million oz. by 2015.
Metals, mining and money markets
Spot pricesCourtesy of ScotiabankTuesday, July 30, 2013 Precious MetalsPrice…
Golden Star improves gold sales
Golden Star Resources (TSX: GSC; NYSE-Arca: GSS) tipped its hand on second-quarter gold sales, and the results look good.
Iamgold completes maiden resource for Boto
The geological setting of Iamgold’s (TSX: IMG; NYSE: IAG) Boto gold project in eastern Senegal along the West African nation’s border with Mali is underlain by Birimian-aged meta-sedimentary, volcanic and intrusive rocks that the…
Newmont Mining swings to a loss
A combination of lower gold and copper prices along with stockpiles and ore on leach pads contributed to a net loss attributable to shareholders of US$2 billion or US$4.06 per share, compared to a net profit of US$279 million, or US$0.56 per…
Rapier Gold identifies VMS target at Pen Gold
Since listing on the TSX Venture Exchange in March, Rapier Gold (TSXV: RPR) has completed thirteen drill holes on its Pen gold project and believes it has identified a volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) exploration target on the property about…