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Jubilee Mines Executive Chairman Kerry Harmanis.

Mid-tier miners steal Diggers & Dealers spotlight

Kalgoorlie, Western Australia — While uranium was a much talked about subject at the recent Diggers & Dealers forum, stockbrokers, fund managers and resource bankers in the capacity crowd were me…


Photo by Sarah HurstPaul Layer, a geologist at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, holds a 1.2-kg platinum nugget recovered by KoryakGeoldobycha in June.

Kamchatka’s platinum lures miners

Korf, Koryakia — Eastern Russia and western Alaska were still part of one continent 150 million years ago, so it isn’t altogether surprising that some of their placer platinum deposits are nearly ide…


OceanaGold gearing up on two fronts

Kalgoorlie, Western Australia — OceanaGold (OGD-A) is finally advancing two of its key gold projects on the South Island of New Zealand….


Mind the (age) gap

There was some shocking news out of Ottawa this week, so brace yourself: after two-and-half-years of study, the federal government has determined that Canada’s mining industry is made up mostly of ric…




Eldorado losses widen in Q2 (August 29, 2005)

Vancouver — Eldorado Gold (ELD-T) dipped further into the red in its latest second quarter, posting an US$11.1-million loss, or 4 per share, compared with a loss of US$1.7 million…



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…


Nautilus to enter TSX Venture backdoor

Kalgoorlie, Western Australia — Nautilus Minerals, a company seeking to mine high-grade volcanogenic massive sulphide smokers on the seabed of the northern and western Pacific Ocea…


Three revolutions, part II

— The following is the second half of an edited speech by veteran gold banker Ferdinand Lips, chairman of Switzerland’s Top-Gold, and author of Gold Wars: The Battle Against Sound Money As Seen from…


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