Gold

A weak quarter, but strong year for Silvercorp

Silvercorp Metals (SVM-T, SVM-N) reported a weak fourth-quarter profit, mainly due to resources spent fighting fraud allegations launched by a group of short sellers, but overall reported a strong fiscal 2012 and expects higher production from…


Change the only constant for Ivanhoe

VANCOUVER — Change and progress are the name of the game for Vancouver-based Ivanhoe Mines (IVN-T, IVN-N) as the company adjusts to a takeover by Rio Tinto (RIO-N, RIO-L, RIO-A) and approaches first production at its world-class Oyu…


[Update] Brigus turns a corner

Brigus Gold (BRD-T, BRD-X) says it is “just going to keep on improving” to reach a steady annual production rate of 100,000 oz. gold by year end at the Black Fox gold mine in Timmins, Ont.  


Inmet finances Cobre Panama under majority ownership

VANCOUVER — Toronto-based major Inmet Mining (IMN-T) has opted to retain its majority interest in the world-class Cobre Panama copper-gold project through development financing, as the company announced a hybrid plan that would see it…


Editorial: Are gold stocks the new value play?

The game of gold investing never gets dull for investors who get to ponder the delicate interplay of geopolitics, macroeconomics, heavy industry, mineral exploration and fashion trends that gives us our ever-changing prices for gold bullion and…


Canaco dives 66% on resource estimate

Canaco Resources (CAN-V) took a deadly plunge, losing 66% on a maiden resource estimate for the Magambazi area of the Handeni gold project in Tanzania.


Freeport in eye of Indonesia’s nationalization storm

 The world’s largest, publicly traded copper producer, Phoenix-based Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold (FCX-N), is standing tough in the face of simmering labour turmoil and nationalization overtures aimed at its Grasberg…


B2 Gold shows faith in Calibre

B2Gold (BTO)-T will help finance Calibre Mining’s (CXB-V) exploration activities in Nicaragua by purchasing 20 million Calibre units for $5 million in cash.



Geologist David Bond exploring Altan Rio Minerals' Chandman-Yol copper-gold project in western Mongolia. Photo by Altan Rio Minerals

Altan Rio sees potential in Mongolia

Having assembled a collection of greenfield copper-gold prospects in Mongolia’s western frontier, Vancouver-based explorer Altan Rio Minerals (AMO-V) is aiming to take the next step forward with a US$2-million drilling campaign in 2012.


Nunavut explorers fired up for 2012

Nunavut has been a tough place for gold companies of late, with Newmont Mining (NMC-T, NEM-N) shelving its Hope Bay gold project and Agnico-Eagle Mines (AEM-T, AEM-N) cutting years off its new Meadowbank gold mine in the face of cost overruns.


Colt hunts gold and tungsten in Portugal

Montreal-based junior explorer Colt Resources (GTP-V) has focused on a few different projects since it hit the TSX Venture Exchange last February, but its eye has always been on Portugal.


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