Plato guided by entrepreneurial spirit (September 30, 2005)
Anthony Cohen might be president and chief executive of Plato Gold (PGD-V), but a look at his journey through the b…
Newmont Mining Corporation
Aquiline climbs on IMA offer
Shares in Aquiline Resources (AQI-V) shot up as much as 32, or 20%, to $1.88 in early trading in Toronto on Sept. …
Golden Star grabbing St. Jude (September 27, 2005)
Vancouver – Golden Star Resources (GSC-T, GSS-X) has come to an agreement to acquire St. Jude Resources (SJD-V, STJ…
Gold hits US$470
For gold bugs, it was a sweet, sweet report period ending Sept. 19, as spot gold prices surged more than US$20 to breach the US$470-per-oz. barrier….
TSX breaches 11,000
A strengthening tropical storm Rita and inflation worries set the price of oil and gold alight during the Sept. 13-19 report period. The twin drivers pushed the Toronto Stock Exchange through the 11,0…
U.S. markets back to basics
Energy and commodity producers held steady on U.S. markets even as some high-end retailers and high-tech manufacturers were battered by the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Investors seem to be betting that…
People (September 19, 2005)
Glamis Gold’s Marlin proves contentious
For America’s
Hurricane season blows TSX toward 11,000
The Toronto Stock Exchange tacked on another 113.28 points to make 10,885.16 points amid yo-yoing oil prices, and the downgrading of tropical storm Ophelia, during the report period ended Sept. 12. Af…
The balm after the storm
Resource companies enjoyed a balmy bounce over the Aug. 30-Sept. 2 report period, with energy and coal companies catching the biggest uplift. The broad-based S&P 500 Index climbed 5.74 points to c…
‘Carlin-type’ gold deposits lure foreign explorers to China
Vancouver — China’s potential for sediment-hosted disseminated gold deposits similar to those found in Nevada’s world-famous Carlin Trend was examined by the U.S. Geological Survey and the Tianjin Ge…
Shore Gold and Kensington to merge
By agreeing to merge and consolidate their respective holdings in the Fort la Corne diamond district of Saskatchewan, management of both