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Newmont Mining (NEM-N) has inked a deal to acquire Battle Mountain Gold (BMG-N), representing the second major merger in the gold mining industry in the past two weeks.Only days earlier, Toronto-based…

Toronto-based Tahera (TAH-T) intends to advance its Jericho diamond project to commercial production now that a feasibility study has indicated that the far-northern project is economic.The Jericho pr…

My name is Larry. I am not a productive, useful Canadian, though I would like to be.I live in northern Canada — the largest part of Canada and its least-populated. We should be able to produce the mo…

The Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) and the European Union are organizing the SADC-EU Mining Investment Forum, slated for Oct 10-13 in Lusaka, Zambia.In recent years, the 14 member-nation…

Precious MetalsPrice (US$/oz.)ChangeGold$286.60+$0.55Silver$ 5.02+$0.02…

ExchgVol(000s)HighLowCloseChangeAlcoa*N 19520 32.00 28.44 30.06 +2.00…

With the arrival of summer, gold decided to take a breather from its steady 2-month climb, easing up just US55 to reach a London morning fix at US$286.60 per oz. on June 21, after pulling back from t…

The Canadian Venture Exchange index ended the report period June 14-20 up a meager 5.93 points, or 0.2%, at 3,470.43. The mining index led all indices, rising 160.83 points, or 3.9%. to finish at 4,30…

BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange-Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)DateJune 20June 19June 18June 15…

White Knight Resources (WKR-V) will conduct a 15,000-ft., 10-hole drilling program at the Squaw Creek gold project, in the northern part of Nevada’s Carlin trend.The US$300,000-campaign will be funded…

NORTH AMERICAN MINING INDEXCompanyTickerWeight (%)Barrick GoldABX-T19.0…

52-wkDateJune 20June 19June 16June 15June 14HighLowTSE 30010239.8810…