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The week of Jan. 5-11 saw the price of gold fall to US$420 per oz. on Jan. 10 before climbing back up to US$421.35, where it closed in the afternoon in London (down US$6.40 over the period). The gold index was down one point to close at 198.69. Th…

Glamis Gold (GLG-T) has launched a hostile, all-share bid for Goldcorp (G-T) that is contigent on the latter scrapping its own all-share, friendly takeover of Wheaton River Minerals (WRM-T),…

Vancouver — Exploration spending in the U.S. has been in sharp decline for most of the past decade, falling 66% to below US$150 million in 2002 from 1997 levels, with a 77% drop in new claims over the same period. Weak metal prices and relentless…

Vancouver — Thanks to sliding-scale royalties tied to the price of bullion, Royal Gold (RGL-T) nearly doubled earnings in the first quarter of its fiscal year 2005, compared with the first quarter of 2004.

Following a property deal with Barrick Gold (ABX-T), Northern Star Mining (NSM-V) has consolidated a large land package around the formerly producing Malartic Goldfields mine in northwestern Quebec.

Vancouver — Glamis Gold (GLG-T) says the recent start of mining and processing at its newly built El Sauzal mine in Mexico will lead to higher overall gold production at lower costs.

Gold rose US$6-even over the Nov. 10-16 report period to close at a 16-year high of US$439.40 per oz. in London. To the surprise of no one, the TSX’s gold index jumped 7.2 points, or more than 3%, to 224.45. The diversified metals & mining index w…

A property deal with a private vendor has given Osisko Exploration (OSK-V) an option on the Canadian Malartic property, 25 km west of Val d’Or, Que.

The Toronto Stock Exchange edged 3.81 points higher to end the Nov. 3-9 report period at 8,845.16. The gold index rose 4.4% to 221.20 points, as the yellow metal entrenched itself above the US$430-per-oz. level, closing at US$432.65 per oz. in New…