Meridian options Nicaraguan find
Eager to expand its exploration efforts and use the expertise gained from mining low-sulphidation epithermal vein systems in Chile,
Gold Fields Limited
Gold Fields explores Committee Bay
Iamgold, Gold Fields ink merger deal
Iamgold (IMG-T) and South African-based Gold Fields (GFI-N) have signed a definitive agreement cementing the pair’s…
Base metals looking better
Stock markets south of the border moved sideways over the trading period Sept. 15-21, with a quarter-point interest rate increase by the Federal Reserve making little impact on share prices. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was off fractionally at…
Goldfields ups Committee Bay budget
Committee Bay Resources (CBR-V) has had another $800,000 added to its exploration budget by joint-venture partner G…
Goldcorp’s Rob McEwen eyes the exits
Citing the ever-increasing rigours of governmental and regulatory compliance,
Kalgoorlie offered far more speculation than news
Who’s going to take over
Market rally pulls up miners
U.S. stock markets made a modest gain during the report period Aug. 12-24, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 1.6% to 10,098.63 points and the S&P 500 index up 1.9% at 1,096.19.
Iamgold unveils its white knight (August 23, 2004)
South Africa’s
Golds hit by rising dollar
U.S. stock prices bounced back strongly on Aug. 10 and 11, as the market digested news of the most recent Federal Reserve rate increase. But the S&P 500 index, which rose 1%, to 1,075.79, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average, which took back 1.3%,…
Golden Star throws in the towel (August 16, 2004)
Golden Star Resources (GSC-T) says it will not extend its bid for Iamgold (IMG-T) in the face of a competing US$2.1…
Interest rate worries sink US boards
Downbeat economic news, high crude oil prices, and the expectation that the U.S. Federal Reserve would increase interest rates brought U.S. stock markets lower in the reporting period Aug. 4-9. The S&P 500 Index fell 34.47 points, or 3.1%, to 1,06…