El Peon lifts Meridian
Earnings season kicked off with Meridian Gold reporting a third-quarter net profit of US$7.9 million (or US8 per share), powered by a continued stellar performance by the El Peon high-grade undergro…
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Band-Ore cuts more gold at Thorne (November 03, 2003)
Ongoing drilling at the Thorne gold property in Timmins, Ont., has returned encouraging results to Band-Ore Resources (BAN-T).The junior explorer has sunk seven more holes in the No. 7 zone, discovery…
Trading Summary (October 31, 2003)
Toronto’s diversified miners continued 4.1 points, 2.2%, higher to end Friday’s trading session at a new 52-week hi…
BC copper plays heat up
Vancouver Reminiscent of the 1970’s, copper-gold porphyry exploration has once again taken centre stage in the hu…
Partners advance Taparko
A feasibility study of a combined operation at High River Gold Mines’s (HRG-T) Taparko and Axmin’s (AXM-V) Bouroum…
South Malartic cuts new gold at Croinor
South Malartic Exploration (MSU-X) plans a winter drill program after encountering a new zone of gold mineralizatio…
Trading Summary (October 30, 2003)
Toronto’s gold stocks slipped 4.8 points, or 2.3%, to 205.04 on Thursday, as the yellow metal shed US$2.70 to settl…
Profit plunges for Gold Fields
Vancouver — The world’s fourth largest bullion producer posted a 40% drop in profits during the three month period…
Loss sends Agnico-Eagle shares into tailspin (October 30, 2003)
Shares in Agnico-Eagle Mines (AGE-T) had about a fifth of their valued carved away after the mid-tier producer post…
Trading Summary (October 29, 2003)
World equity markets largely held on to the past couple of days’ gains in trading on Wednesday. In Toronto the TSX…
Newmont sees soaring profits
Vancouver – The third quarter of 2003 was a stellar one for the world’s largest gold miner. Newmont Mining (NEM-N)…
Barrick buys into QGX (October 29, 2003)
Barrick Gold (ABX-T) is dipping its toe into the Mongolian gold rush by acquiring a 9.5% interest in Waterdown, Ont…