Gold hits US$470
For gold bugs, it was a sweet, sweet report period ending Sept. 19, as spot gold prices surged more than US$20 to breach the US$470-per-oz. barrier….
Placer Dome Inc
Placer green-lights Granny, Cortez Hills
Hurricane season blows TSX toward 11,000
The Toronto Stock Exchange tacked on another 113.28 points to make 10,885.16 points amid yo-yoing oil prices, and the downgrading of tropical storm Ophelia, during the report period ended Sept. 12. Af…
Placer Dome green-lights Granny, Cortez Hills
Placer Dome (PDG-T) has approved development of its 60%-owned Cortez Hills gold project in northeastern Nevada and …
Miners try to keep pace with Oilers
Strong gains in the energy sector were the story on the Toronto Stock Exchange as Hurricane Katrina pushed up oil and gas prices during the report period Aug. 29-Sept. 4. The Toronto Stock Exchange co…
Western Areas raises South Deep development funds
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Royal Gold basks in record royalty revenues
Vancouver — Robust gold prices and an expanded royalty portfolio allowed Denver, Colo.-based
Cooler winds chill Wall Street
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Placer Dome to drill Nevada Pacific’s BMX property
Vancouver A unit of Placer Dome (PDG-T) has filed permits to construct 11 drill-sites on the Long Peak portion of…
Nevada Pacific puts Magistral on hold
Vancouver — The Magistral mine in Mexico’s Sinaloa state added another short chapter to its problem-plagued production history in late July when operator
Profit-taking drops TSX
Profit-taking in the resource sector pushed the S&P/TSX Composite Index 125.19 points lower to 10,525.49 during the Aug. 16-22 report period. The gold index retreated 6.29 points, or 3%, to 202.23…
Mining companies shed recent gains
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