GOLD FUNDS (January 05, 1998)
Gold Funds as of December 24, 1997BGRCentralNet Value$15.00$6.37Price$10.05…
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The year of the gilded reptile — For fraud and sleaze, 1997 a year like no other
The creatures appear around the top of any market cycle: they’re the scam artists who take advantage of market enthusiasm, novices who haven’t seen it all and experienced market players with memory la…
Rubicon adds base metal and gold projects to portfolio
Vancouver-based Rubicon Minerals (RMX-V) has added a base-metal prospect in Alaska and a gold property in Ontario to its North American land package.In southwestern Alaska, the company has negotiated …
COMMENTARY — An historic juncture for gold
Twenty-three years ago, on New Year’s Eve, 1974, it finally became legal for Americans to buy gold.Ironically, just a few days earlier, on Christmas Day, all three gifts presented by the Magi to the n…
The year of trading dangerously
Metal prices in 1997 were satisfactory until the summer, when oversupply and a sagging Asian economy began to drive down the price of most precious and base metals.* Gold rang in 1997 at a spot price …
Meetings (January 05, 1998)
Jan. 5, September ResourcesJan. 5, QuattroJan. 5, WestmountJan. 6, Abx ResourcesJan. 6, Hera ResourcesJan. 7, Canadian MountainJan. 7, Golden TigerJan. 7, Oro BravoJan. 7, StarcoreJan. 8, FjorlandJan….
LETTER TO THE EDITOR — Prospector subject of search
A few years ago, there was a story on the television program “Unsolved Mysteries” about Dan Willans, an Ontario prospector who died. He left some money behind, but had no known heirs or relatives. The…
GREATEST VALUE TRADED, Dec. 18-24
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MOST ACTIVE ISSUES, Dec. 18-24
ExchgVolume(000’s)CloseBarrick GoldT673827.85Placer DomeT…
SPOT PRICES (January 05, 1998)
Gold Funds as of Monday, December 29, 1997Price (US)Week’s ChangeGold*$293.90+ $3.45Silver*…
STOCK MARKETS — Gold price sends TSE issues soaring — Base metal stocks just as flat as
the broad marketAs a wheezy Toronto Stock Exchange staggers to its 1997 finish line, the gold issues are showing signs of life, propelled by a modest recovery in the price of the yellow metal.That mut…