Infinito Gold looks to unlock Costa Rica’s mining potential
SITE VISIT San Jose, Costa Rica — When prospector Tim Coates wanted to head up into these tropical rainforests in Costa Rica’s northeastern zone back in the early ’90s, he…
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Copper ‘the real gold’
Describing many of the world’s current copper projects as “old ladies waiting in bed to die,” Robert Friedland, chief executive of Ivanhoe Mines (IVN-T, IVN-n), told analysts and investors at the Denv…
Iamgold says Euro bid timely
Gold miner Iamgold’s (IMG-T, IAG-n) chief executive, Joseph Conway, says the current economic environment makes the company’s all-cash bid for gold royalty company Euro Ressources (EUR-T, EUR-e) an at…
Commentary: Economic turmoil: a headhunter’s perspective
As an executive recruiter within the mining industry, I have experienced a very troubling phenomenon over the last four months or so: my phone has been ringing off the hook.
Livengood gets bigger for Tower Hill (October 13, 2008)
Vancouver — The latest set of drill results from International Tower Hill Mines’ (ITH-V, THM-x) Livengood property, about 120 km northwest of Fairbanks, Alaska, has expanded the Core zone mineralized…
Nayarit rides drilling success at Orion
Vancouver — While most others go to slaughter in the market, Nayarit Gold (NYG-v) has bucked the trend and instead found rich pasture in its parallel Del Norte and Animas veins at its Orion gold-silv…
Mexico ranks tops in mining potential on Fraser Institute survey
Sometimes numbers can tell a story best and certainly that is the case when it comes to Mexico’s mining industry.
Goldcorp touts large, low-cost Penasquito project
Just two years after acquiring its Penasquito property in Mexico, Goldcorp (G-T, GG-n) poured its first gold from the project’s oxide circuit and expects the planned open-pit mine to reach full produc…
Gammon Gold bouncing back
The evolution of Gammon Gold (GAM-T, GRS-x) from a small junior exploration company to a mid-tier gold and silver producer was a nice growth story — at first.
TSX SHORT POSITIONS (October 13, 2008)
Short positions outstanding at Sept. 30/08 (with changes from Sept. 15/08). Largest short positions Lundin Mining LUN 23973922 -2240139 Ivanhoe Mines IVN 17773821 627410 Eldorado Gol…
EXCHANGE RATES (October 13, 2008)
CANADIAN/U. S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate) Date Oct. 6 Oct. 3 Oct. 2 Oct. 1 Sept. 30 US$ in C$ 1.1027 1.0812 1.0769 1.0609 1.0599 C$ in US$ 0.9069 0.9249 0.9286 0.9426 0.94…
Candente pulls long interval at Canariaco Sur
Vancouver — As Candente Resources (DNT-T, CDOUF-o) closes in on an expanded scoping study for its Canariaco Norte copper-gold porphyry, its first drill result from a second porphyry target 1.3 km to …