Gold explorers jump back to life
Buyers managed to overtake sellers over the Dec. 12-18 report period to push the Toronto Stock Exchange 300 index up 54.84 points to 7,586.47.Gold surged ahead $5.65 in London markets to land at a mor…
Teck Resources Limited
Teck Cominco envisions larger zinc district in Alaska
Vancouver — With Red Dog in northwestern Alaska already the highest-grade zinc mine in the world, Teck Cominco (TEK-T) is hopeful recent drill results will enable it to outline a zinc district potent…
Aur gets Duck Pond base metal project
In a deal valued at $6 million, Aur Resources (AUR-T) is taking over the Duck Pond base metal project in Newfoundland from partners Thundermin Resources (THR-T) and Queenston Mining (QMI-T).
BC gov’t misinformed
The government of British Columbia’s proposal to eliminate the vital functions of the British Columbia Geological Survey Branch or to farm these out, greatly reduced, to independent contractors was ad…
US rate cut spooks northern investors
The biggest news of the Dec. 5-11 report period came from south of the border, where the U.S. Federal Reserve Board knocked another 25 basis points off the federal funds rate, thereby reducing it to i…
TSE builds up after profit-taking
Investors took profits after the Bank of Canada cut its principal lending rate on Nov. 27, leaving the Toronto Stock Exchange playing catch-up for the report period Nov. 28-Dec. 4.The TSE 300 composit…
Orezone nabs Seguenega from Repadre Capital
Toronto-based Orezone Resources (ORZ-T) has added the Seguenega gold project in Burkina Faso to its exploration portfolio in West Africa.In return for a 90% stake, Orezone issued 200,000 shares to Rep…
Franco, Normandy rise on Newmont bid
Gold prices experienced two mini-rallies during the Nov. 7-13 trading period before settling down to a trading range of US$277-278 per oz.The first spike came on the morning of Nov. 12 following the c…
Sulliden wins award for Mario
Sulliden Exploration’s Mario property has been named Peru’s “mining prospect of the year” by a committee of 15 representatives of that country’s mining industry.The Montreal-based junior has an option…
Teck, union reach deal
Teck Cominco and the unions at the company’s Trail operations in southwestern British Columbia have ratified the terms a collective agreement.The contract runs through 2005 and is retroactive to June …
Bull run continues in gold stocks
Gold settled into a new, higher trading range of US$278-280 per oz. during the Oct. 31-Nov. 6 trading period, as the U.S. dollar showed some weakness in the face of widespread layoffs and slowing indu…
NovaGold hits highest grades yet at Donlin
Vancouver — California-based NovaGold Resources (NRI-T) continues to pull high-grade intercepts from the Acma zone of the Donlin Creek deposit in Alaska.Situated 480 km west of Anchorage, Donlin Cree…