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News December 26, 2005

Yellow metal loses lustre

The Toronto Stock Exchange tacked on another 55.02 points to end the Dec. 13-19 report period at 11,1554.28. The gold index did well, slipping just 0.67 of a point to 236.32 as US$27.75 was carved fro…

News December 26, 2005

Marlin begins production (December 26, 2005)

Glamis Gold‘s (GLG-T, GLG-N) contentious Marlin gold-silver mine in western Guatemala has weathered Hurricane Stan and sometimes-violent protests to hit its commercial stride….

News December 26, 2005

Implats inks regal BEE deal

Impala Platinum Holdings (IMPUY-O, IPLA-L), the world’s second-largest platinum producer, has agreed to sell a 49% stake in its refining business to Royal Bafokeng Resource…

News December 26, 2005

Golds weaken — a little

Stock markets south of the border moved sideways during the reporting period Dec. 13-19, despite generally positive economic news and a signal from the Federal Reserve Bank that it had finished with i…

News December 26, 2005

Lending Rates (December 26, 2005)

as of 4 pm ET, Dec. 19, 2005 (%)
Bank of Canada 3.50
Target overnight rate 3.25
Canadian Prime 5.00

News December 26, 2005

Strongbow shoots up the market

Shares in Strongbow Exploration (SBW-V) continue to exceed 30 apiece more than three weeks after the company released drill results from its partly owned Skoonka Creek gold propert…

The base camp at the Corani silver-zinc project in Peru. Bear Creek Mining's geological team lays out drill core for evaluation.

News December 26, 2005

Bear Creek discovery continues to grow

Chacaconiza, Peru — There is no disputing the fact that Bear Creek Mining‘s (BCM-V, BCEKF-O) Corani project represents a major new bulk-tonnage find of silver-lead mineralization,…

Lookout Mountain and previous workings on Staccato Gold Resources' South Eureka property in Nevada.

News December 26, 2005

Staccato cuts South Eureka high-grade

Vancouver — Drilling by Staccato Gold Resources (CAT-V, STCGF-O) on the Lookout area of its South Eureka property, located on the southern end of Nevada’s Battle Mountain-Cortez tr…

Andr Gaumond, president and CEO of Virginia Gold Mines, shows a gold analyst around the lonore gold property in Quebec's James Bay region during the summer of 2005.

News December 26, 2005

Andr Gaumond, our Mining Person of the Year

Intense. Passionate. Tenacious. Shrewd. Visionary. These are the words that come to mind when describing The Northern Miner’s Mining Person of the Year: Andr Gaumond, president and CEO of junior expl…

News December 26, 2005

Canada’s carbon exchanges find little to trade

Despite the continuing uncertainties surrounding the implementation of the Kyoto Protocol, the Montreal Exchange is the latest Canadian stock exchange to announce its intention to travel down the path…

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