Rising GDP drives consumer gold demand
The following is an edited summary from the U.K.-based World Gold Council about its report entitled: The growth dividend: How rising GDP lifts gold consumer demand. The full report can be found at www.gold.org.
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US stocks rise, Sept.15-19
U.S. equities ended the trading week in positive territory. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 292 points to end at 17,279.74, while the S&P 500 Index rose 25 points to 2,010.40. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index jumped 12 points to…
Probe Mines brings ex-Barrick CEO on board
On Sept. 16, a day after Jamie Sokalsky stepped down as Barrick Gold’s (TSX: ABX; NYSE: ABX) president and CEO, came news of his first post-Barrick appointment: director and chairman of junior Probe Mines (TSXV: PRB; US-OTC: PROBF).
Work on Oyu Tolgoi underground to resume in Q1
Turquoise Hill Resources (TSX: TRQ; NYSE: TRQ) and the Mongolian government have resolved several issues that have held up the underground expansion of the Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold mine in the country.
Newstrike touts low costs in Ana Paula PEA
VANCOUVER — Four years ago junior Newstrike Capital (TSXV: NES; US-OTC: NWSKF) scored a strategic slice of Mexico’s emerging Guerrero gold belt (GGB) in the form of its wholly owned Ana Paula gold asset, and now the company is…
Santacruz lands US$28.4M deal to fund second mine
Santacruz Silver Mining (TSXV: SCZ) has signed a US$28.4-million prepaid silver-purchase agreement to help fund its San Felipe silver-lead-zinc project in Sonora state, Mexico.
Capstone tweaks Minto’s mine plan after permit delay
Capstone Mining (TSX: CS; US-OTC: CSFFF) is modifying the mine plan at its Minto copper-gold-silver mine in the Yukon, after announcing that it had not received its amended water-use licence from the Yukon Water Board to pre-strip the…
Editorial: Gold in Colorado
This September’s twin gold conferences in Colorado in some ways mark a new era for gold miners, with a new-found humbleness and overall confidence in the industry’s fundamentals.
TSX drops, Sept. 8-12
Canada’s main stock index fell during the trading week. The S&P/TSX Composite Index dropped 38 points to 15,531.58. The spot price for gold plunged US$40 to US$1,228.30, while the S&P/TSX Global Gold Index stayed relatively flat…
Drilling prices ‘not sustainable’: Major Drilling
Prices for drilling services have reached levels that are too low to be viable in the long term, said Francis McGuire, president and CEO of Major Drilling Group International (TSX: MDI), in the company’s most recent financial statements…
Tamarack North delivers for Talon in Minnesota
Over the last two years, the management team at Talon Metals (TSX: TLO; US-OTC: TLOFF) looked at more than 700 projects before it found one that it believed could be a company-maker.
Gainey Capital aims to fast-track El Colomo
VANCOUVER — Over two years ago Gainey Capital (TSXV: GNC) CEO David Coburn saw promise in a private Mexican precious metal operation 135 km southeast of Mazatlan — along the border of the States of Nayarit and Durango…