Tough times between the Gulf and the Pacific
Depressed gold prices are leaving producers little room for error these days, nowhere more so than in Mexico and Central America.Greenstone Resources, dead at the age of 17 years from financial asphyx…
Eldorado Gold Corporation
Eldorado reports profits
A 75% reduction in exploration spending, combined with higher operating efficiencies at its two producing mines, helped Eldorado Gold (ELD-T) post a profit of US$5.4 million (or 7 per share) in 1999,…
Price rally spawns PGM commodity play
A sustained rally in platinum and palladium prices has rejuvenated exploration for these rare metals and breathed some life into the sickly junior mining sector.Platinum rocketed past $500 recently wh…
Companies (November 15, 1999)
Aber ResourcesAfrioreAnaconda NickelAnglo AmericanAnglogoldApex Silver MinesAshanti GoldfieldsAtna ResourcesAurizon MinesBarrick GoldBattle MountainBema GoldBlack Hawk MiningCambiorCamecoCanarc Resour…
MINING MARKETS & INVESTMENT NEWS — EASTERN MARKETS — Broad market vaults over poorly performing golds
Led by the industrial products and utilities sectors, the Toronto Stock Exchange 300 index climbed 77.26 points during the report period ended Nov. 9, closing at 7,292.58. Metal producers fared poorly…
Companies (November 08, 1999)
Agnico-Eagle MinesAltoro GoldBreakwater ResourcesBroken Hill ProprietaryBuryatzolotoCambiorConsolidated Norsemont VenturesConsolidated Pine Channel GoldCopper HillEcho Bay MinesEcuadorian Mi…
Altoro gears up to drill Pedra Branca project
Eyebrow-raising trench results, favourable geology and limited but enticing historic drill intercepts have whetted Altoro Gold’s (ATG-V) appetite for exploration at its Pedra Branca platinum-palladium…
Companies (October 25, 1999)
Aber ResourcesAnglo AmericanAnglogoldApex Silver MinesAsarcoAshanti GoldfieldsAyrex ResourcesBarrick GoldBlack Hawk MiningCaledonian Pacific MineralsCambiorCerro DoradoColumbia MetalsCyprus Amax Miner…
MINING MARKETS & INVESTMENT NEWS — WESTERN MARKETS — Western markets slide along with bigger brothers
The merging of the Vancouver and Alberta Stock Exchanges into the Canadian Venture Exchange (CDNX) is set for Nov. 29 and will include nearly 2,500 listings from the ASE and VSE. Listings from the Mon…
Eldorado tables estimate for Kisladag gold project
With its 1999 drill program now complete, Eldorado Gold (ELD-T) has tabled an initial resource calculation for its wholly owned Kisladag project in western Turkey.The measured and indicated resource i…
Companies (October 04, 1999)
Aber ResourcesAltoro GoldAnglo AmericanAnglogoldArchon MineralsAsarcoAscot ResourcesAshanti GoldfieldsAvalon VenturesBand-Ore ResourcesBarrick GoldBattle Mountain GoldBirim GoldfieldsBrok…
MINING MARKETS & INVESTMENT NEWS — INVESTMENT COMMENTARY — Yorkton analysts see turnaround at Eldorado Gold
Junior mining companies may be turning into dot.coms by the droves, but those still in the mineral exploration game are being closely watched by Yorkton Securities’ high-profile mining duo of Doug Lei…