Price squeeze has base metal issues jumping
Toronto equities were little-changed over the report period Dec. 3-9, a modest gain of 48.34 points putting the TSX Composite index at 7,975.94. The base metal and gold stocks headed in opposite direc…
Bema Gold Corporation
Kinross and Bema to restart Refugio
Kinross Gold (K-T) and Bema Gold (BGO-T) plan to restart mining operations at the Refugio heap leach mine located n…
Gold rallies as Barrick breaks the mold
Gold roared back to life in the Oct. 15-21 report period, rising US$4 to a London morning fix of US$374.80 per oz. Silver also shone, rising US6 over the five trading days to finish at US$5 per oz.Ba…
Bema drills Kupol (September 15, 2003)
Vancouver — Impressive drill results continue to roll in from the Kupol gold property in Russia’s Far East region.So far, operator Bema Gold (BGO-T) has put down 130 holes comprising 17,052 metres of…
Gold stocks soar with bullion
The precious metals enjoyed across-the-board gains during the Sept. 3-9 report period. Gold jumped US$12.25 to end at US$382.25 per oz. sending the Toronto Stock Exchange’s gold subindex soaring 8.1 p…
Metal price rally sends producers higher
A rally in metal prices pushed both gold and base metal producers to higher ground over the holiday-shortened Aug. 27-Sept. 2 report period. The Toronto Stock Exchange gold subgroup tacked on 5.38 poi…
Broad market slips as gold miners rise
The Standard & Poor’s/TSX composite index began the Aug. 20-26 report period on a high note, only to succumb to bearish mentality by its close. The result was a value reduction of 32.09 points, as the…
Russian project delivers high-grade results
Results from ongoing drilling by Bema Gold (BGO-T) on a high-grade gold-silver prospect in Russia’s Far East region are confirming the potential for a near-surface, multi-million-ounce deposit.To date…
Bulls charge, gold bugs fly higher
The “Blackout of 2003” failed to darken the mood of investors, who pushed the Toronto Stock Exchange composite index 128.80 points higher over the Aug. 13-19 report period. The benchmark finished at 7…
Holiday hangover overcomes market
The holiday-shortened July 30-Aug. 5 report period was marked by more sellers than buyers, causing the Toronto Stock Exchange composite index to slip 37.81 points and land at 7,180.54.Gold reversed co…
El Callao district abuzz with activity
El Callao, Venezuela — It’s a story that would make a Goldcorp shareholder nod and smile in recognition: workers at a tired, high-cost underground gold mine in a historic gold camp drill into a new z…
Bema cuts Russian high grade (July 07, 2003)
All but one of 43 holes drilled by Bema Gold (BGO-T) on the Kupol property in Chukotka, Russia, have intersected a 4-km-long epithermal gold-silver vein system.The program tested a 1.6-km portion of t…