Steady as she goes on Venture board
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Goldcorp Inc
Mining companies shed recent gains
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Profit-taking drops TSX
Profit-taking in the resource sector pushed the S&P/TSX Composite Index 125.19 points lower to 10,525.49 during the Aug. 16-22 report period. The gold index retreated 6.29 points, or 3%, to 202.23…
Silver Wheaton pays $14.6M for Bear Creek shares
Capitalizing on the recent run up in the market value of
McEwen increases White Knight holdings
Vancouver — Gold magnate Robert McEwen thinks he knows a good Knight when he sees one….
TSX on a roll, surpasses Dow Jones
With oil flirting with a record close of US$64 per barrel, Toronto stocks rose 191.42 points to 10,614.35 during the Aug. 2-8 report period. The advance left the S&P/TSX Composite Index north of t…
Xstrata grows Alumbrera, earnings
Swiss-based, diversified base metal miner Xstrata (XTA-L) has boosted reserves by more than 10% at the Alumbrera co…
Goldcorp cashes up for shopping spree
Goldcorp (G-T) has arranged a US$500-million credit facility with a group of lenders including The Bank of Nova Sco…
McEwen further boosts White Knight holdings
Vancouver – Gold magnate Robert McEwen is raising his bet on White Knight Resources (WKR-V), purchasing further sha…
Explorers enter summer lull
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Mining group slides
The Toronto Stock Exchange’s composite index stayed range-bound during the report period June 21-27, settling at 9,998.09. A 2-parts-per-million change on the week for the broad market obscured some l…
McEwen buying 10.5% stake in White Knight
Vancouver – GoldCorp (G-T) chairman and former CEO Robert McEwen is purchasing 5.7 million shares of White Knight R…