UPDATE: Gold Fields and Bolivar deal under attack
When Gold Fields (GFI-N, GOF-L) first announced its friendly takeover of Bolivar Gold (BGC-T, BGCNF-O), it looked a…
Stock Markets/Investing
EuroZinc adopting poison pill
Vancouver – Conscious of the industry consolidation trend, EuroZinc Mining (EZM-T, EZM-X) has tabled a shareholder’…
Mongolian murmurs rattle miners
Vancouver – Although preliminary, reports of proposed amendments to Mongolia minerals and mining policy sent ripple…
Felderhof trial stalls … again
The long trial of John Felderhof, Bre-X’s former chief geologist, continued on Wednesday with the prosecution’s cro…
Whistle blown on Refco (October 18, 2005)
The trust customers and investors place in a business leader is so hard to quantify and yet so critical to a busine…
Why warrants? Why now? (October 14, 2005)
I started to title this article, “Warrants for Dummies,” but I do not want to offend any of our readers.However…
Cameco to sell shares of Energy Resources
Vancouver — Saskatchewan-based Cameco (CCO-T, CCJ-N) plans to sell its entire 6.7% interest in Energy Resources of…
Falconbridge extinguishes Xstrata’s creeping takeover (September 23, 2005)
Facing a creeping takeover by Swiss-based miner Xstrata (XTA-L, XSRAF-O), Falconbridge (FAL.LV-T, FAL-N) has adopte…
Commentary: Bullion market on the couch: a psychological assessment
Description: The patient, named Mr. Goldfinger for the purpose of this presentation, is a 5,000-plus-year-old commodity residing within the precious metals sector and in use all over the world. At Dec…