Barrick Gold Corporation


Benchmark lowered, resource stocks end mixed

The Toronto Stock Exchange S&P/TSX composite index shed 71.29 points over the June 12-18 trading period to finish at 7,327.54.Gold rose US$2.30 in overseas trading to settle at a London morning fix of…


Hecla joins Great Basin at Ivanhoe (June 24, 2002)

Vancouver — Coeur d’Alene, Idaho-based Hecla Mining (HL-N) has teamed with Great Basin Gold (GBG-V) to advance the Ivanhoe property in Nevada’s Carlin trend.The partners will focus on the Clementine-…




Doyon wins rescue contest

A crew from Cambior’s Doyon gold mine, near Rouyn-Noranda, Que., has won the annual Quebec mine rescue competition.The competition, held at Malartic, brought together four teams that had won prelimina…



Benchmark slips as domestic turmoil erupts

Despite an eventful week domestically, the TSE/S&P index slipped just 92.56 points over the May 29-June 4 report period to finish 1.2% lower, at 7,568.02.On June 2, Finance Minister Paul Martin was re…


Silver adds shine to gold’s lustre

Vancouver — Canada’s junior exchange rallied over the report period ended June 4, as investors added silver-related stocks to their recent purchases of junior gold issues. The Standard & Poor’s-TSX V…


Placer targets takeover of Aussie miner

Vancouver — Falling metal prices over the past few years may have initiated consolidation in the mining industry, but as the price of bullion rises to levels not seen since 1999, the wave of mergers …


Consolidation revisited

Whatever we may have been told, consolidation in the gold industry isn’t finished. Placer Dome’s A$2-billion offer to take over Aurion Gold is proof enough of that.But the scale of that bid, following…



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