Int’l Northair cashes up for exploration
One of the few juniors still banging on rocks in Mexico is International Northair Mines (INM-V).The company raised $250,000 this summer for further exploration through the sale of 1.4 million units pr…
Meridian Gold Inc
Gold rally sputters following US retaliation
Well, so much for the gold rally. Prices for the yellow metal began a downward trend during the Oct. 3-9 report period, falling out of a tight US$290-per-oz. trading range and quietly drifting down to…
Dow plunges in wake of tragedy
Denver — Nearly a week after the terrorist attacks on New York City and Washington D.C., trading resumed in a strongly negative fashion. The Dow Jones industrial average plunged 702.11 points, or 7.3…
TSE down 5.5% in post-terror panic
The Toronto Stock Exchange, closing early Sept. 11 in the wake of the terrorist attacks in the United States, slumped drastically in the day’s financial panic to cap a week of losses in which the TSE …
Market slide cut short by tragedy
Denver — Bombing of the World Trade Center in New York on Sept. 11 halted trading among financial markets already battered by bad economic news. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 391.98 points (4…
Dow dips below 10,000 mark
Denver — Growing market pessimism pushed the Dow Jones industrial average below the 10,000 mark, down 224.54 points, or 2.2%, to 9997.49 points during the report period ended Sept. 4. The Nasdaq drop…
Interest rate cut falls flat
Denver — Financial markets sank in response to the U.S. Federal Reserve’s latest quarter-point interest rate cut, sending the Dow Jones industrial average down 238.03 points, or 2.3%, for the report …
Golds evade Toronto stock slide
The Toronto gold stocks were higher over the report period Aug. 8-14, picking up substantial gains as the rest of the market declined. The Toronto Stock Exchange’s TSE 300 composite index was down 166…
Gold miners take a beating
Denver — The Dow Jones industrial average climbed 281.69 points, or 2.8%, during the report period ended July 31 to close at 10,522.81, while spot gold on the Comex division of the New York Mercantil…
El Peon keeps Meridian in black without hedging
With second-quarter net income of US$10 million on revenue of US$27.8 million, Meridian Gold (MNG-T) has proved that real money can be made in the gold business without hedging. Much of the credit bel…
Analyst sees best buys at bottom of food chain
Gold analysts have watched the yellow metal’s sluggish performance for several years now, with some keeping the faith better than others. John Ing of Maison Placements Canada still ranks among the mos…
Gold hangs on as market teeters
Denver — The Dow Jones industrial average fell 472.36 points, or 4.4%, to 10,175.64 in the U.S. holiday-shortened report period ended July 10, amid warnings of poor second-quarter earnings. The Nasda…