Barrick takes US$8.7B impairment charge
Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: ABX) is writing down the value of its assets by US$8.7 billion and slashing its quarterly dividend in response to the recent decline in metal prices.
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West Kirkland’s PEA at TUG hit by lower gold price
VANCOUVER — Nevada-focused gold explorer West Kirkland Mining (TSXV: WKM; US-OTC: WKLDF) has unveiled a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for its TUG gold-silver deposit on the Long Canyon gold trend along the Utah-Nevada border in…
Probing Chapleau for more than just timber
CHAPLEAU, ONT. — Play the game of word association with anyone who has heard of the small town of Chapleau, located west of Timmins in northern Ontario, and lumber, wildlife and railcars are bound to come up.
Analysts flag Cardero’s low cash flow
Cardero Resource’s (TSX: CDU; NYSE-Arca: CDY) largest shareholder, Luxor Capital Group, is offering to restructure its existing loan and even take over the company to dissuade Cardero from completing a debt financing with new lenders…
Metals, mining and money markets
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Toronto Stock Exchange, Aug. 6-9
The holiday-shortened trading period wasn’t a typical one for the S&P/TSX Composite Index. While often the index will trend in line with the resource sector that makes up a large part of it, for this period the two moved in opposite…
Alamos to buy Orsa for $3.5M
Cash-rich Alamos Gold (TSX: AGI; NYSE: AGI) has added Orsa Ventures (TSXV: ORN) to its shopping list.
African Barrick hit with US$543M writedown at Buzwagi
VANCOUVER — Based on production metrics, Tanzania-focused African Barrick Gold (LSE: ABG; US-OTC: ABGLF) is having a relatively good start to 2013. Over the past six months the company has beaten analysts’ earnings…
Oromin turns friendly to Teranga offer
Teranga Gold (TSX: TGZ; US-OTC: TGCDF; ASX: TGZ) and Oromin Explorations (TSX: OLE) have found an amicable way for Teranga to acquire whatever Oromin equity it doesn’t already own.
Edgewater stacks the gold ounces at Corcoesto in Spain
VANCOUVER — Edgewater Exploration (TSXV: EDW) is closing in on a production decision at its Corcoesto gold property in Galicia, Spain.
ITH’s Livengood struggles at today’s gold price
It doesn’t look like International Tower Hill Mines’ (TSX: ITH; NYSE: THM) huge Livengood gold project in Alaska will be hosting a mine construction crew any time soon. The company has released a feasibility study…
Workers strike at Tasiast; Kinross to pick up option at Las Pampas
News of a strike action at Kinross Gold’s (TSX: K; NYSE: KGC) troubled Tasiast gold mine in Mauritania brings the total number of strikes to three since the Toronto-based producer acquired its 100% stake in 2010.