Canadian Gold Mutual Funds (April 13, 2009)
Featured Fund: CIBC precious metals as of 01/31/09 (in weighted order): Kinross Gold, Agnico-Eagle Mines, Goldcorp, Barrick Gold, Randgold Resources, Yamana Gold, Newmont Mining, Compania Minas Buenav…
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Uranium Enjoying A Resurgence In Nunavut
VANCOUVER — A year and a half after the Nunavut government adopted a uranium development policy, the territory is hopping with uranium exploration and development efforts.
Rusoro denied appeal in blocked takeover of Gold Reserve
Vancouver – Gold Reserve (GRZ-T, GRZ-X) won another fight in its battle against Rusoro Mining (RML-V, RMLFF-O) th…
Equinox into production in Zambia
Vancouver – After several years of hard work, Equinox Minerals (EQN-T) is into production at its massive Lumwana …
Timminco merges magnesium assets with China’s Winca
If you can’t beat them — join them. That was the rationale behind Timminco’s (TIM-T) decision to merge its remaini…
Centamin gets big boost in reserves
Centamin Egypt (CEE-T, CNT-A, CEY-L) has taken in some bullish news as it drives towards production at its Sukari G…
JP Morgan: Price of coking coal cut in half
Vancouver – It’s that time of the year again – the time when companies settle coal contracts.
Trevali forging ahead at Santander
Vancouver – The Santander zinc-lead-silver project, 200 km northeast of Lima, Peru, is coming together quickly fo…
Indonesia seeks to get mining right
Despite being home to some of the world’s more robust gold deposits, mining in Indonesia is in a state of upheaval.
Victoria Gold drills keep hitting gold in Nevada
Vancouver – Victoria Gold (VIT-V) is delineating a sizeable high-grade gold deposit at its Cover project in north…
Xstrata suspends copper production at Kidd smelter for 8 weeks
Citing weak sulphuric acid demand, Xstrata Copper, a subsidiary of Xstrata (XTA-L), is suspending copper production…
Dynasty commissions Zaruma gold plant in Ecuador
Dynasty Metals & Mining (DMM-T) has started commissioning its gold processing plant at Zaruma in southwestern Ecuad…