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.
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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.
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.
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…
Midas gets a $9.8M infusion from Teck
Midas Gold (TSX: MAX; US-OTC: MDRPF) should have enough cash to advance its Golden Meadows gold-antimony-silver project in Idaho until the end of 2014, thanks to a strong endorsement from Teck Resources (TSX: TCK.B; NYSE: TCK).
Brigus’ Grey Fox scores a higher grade
VANCOUVER — Halifax-based producer Brigus Gold (TSX: BRD; NYSE-Amex: BRD) is expanding the footprint of its Grey Fox gold discovery in northern Ontario, with an updated resource estimate on July 3 pointing to potential for underground…
Barclays: Hard landing in China unavoidable as stimulus deemed unsustainable
In a recent issue of Commodities Weekly, China economists at Barclays argue that slowing growth, waning business confidence and a recent tightening in liquidity conditions have increased the risk of a hard landing in China.
Roxgold cuts high grades at Bagassi South target
VANCOUVER — Roxgold (TSXV: ROG; US-OTC: ROGFF) is cutting strong gold grades at its wholly owned Yaramoko gold project, 200 km southwest from Burkina Faso’s capital city of Ouagadougou. The Vancouver-based explorer is set to release…
Eldorado hits the brakes on expansion, shares rises 23%
VANCOUVER — Eldorado Gold (TSX: ELD; NYSE: EGO; US-OTC: ELDXF) has joined a growing list of miners opting to cut back on exploration and development expenditures in the face of struggling commodities markets. The company announced on…
Fortune closes in on final permits at NICO
VANCOUVER — It has been a promising six months for Fortune Minerals (TSX: FT; US-OTC: FTMDF) and its advanced-stage NICO gold-cobalt-bismuth project, 160 km northwest of Yellowknife, N.W.T. The London, Ont.-based company began the year…