Wheaton River Minerals Ltd


Golds slump in quiet market

The Toronto market plunged early in the five trading days May 7-13 but rallied to finish the period fractionally higher. The TSX composite index closed May 13 at 6,702.91, up 9.2 points over the previ…


Profit-takers step in

The Toronto Stock Exchange moved lower over the report period April 23-29, with profit-taking marking the end of a rally that lasted more than three weeks. The TSX Composite index fell 37.53 points to…


Benchmark, gold stage rally

The Toronto Stock Exchange composite index began the holiday-shortened April 16-22 report period in retreat mode but quickly found its footing to finish the week 97.74 points ahead. Fueling the rally …


Northern Orion dilutes self for Alumbrera purchase

Northern Orion Explorations (NNO-T) is cranking up the printing press to fund its partial acquisition of the Bajo de la Alumbrera gold-copper mine in Argentina.The Vancouver-based junior recently team…


Cameco swept away by McArthur River flood

Cameco was the biggest newsmaker over the April 9-15 report period, announcing a possible suspension to production at the McArthur River mine in Saskatchewan. A shutdown translates into $4-5 million a…


Glencairn plants itself at Bellavista

Miramar, Costa Rica — A strong sense of goodwill has gone a long way toward advancing the Bellavista gold project, about 3 km northeast of this small coastal community.In early 2002, Glencairn Gold (…


Broad market surrenders to war as golds rebound

Shell-shocked investors stripped another 49.49 points off the S&P/TSX composite index over the March 26-April 1 report period as the war in Iraq dragged on. The benchmark finished the period at 6,335….


Wheaton hungry for Alumbrera stake (March 31, 2003)

Having just acquired Rio Tinto’s (RTP-N) quarter-stake in the Bajo de la Alumbrera gold-copper mine in Argentina, Wheaton River Minerals (WRM-T) is about to acquire another quarter-interest in the ope…


Broad market sinks on fears of Iraqi quagmire

With the war in Iraq failing to shape up as the cake-walk many were predicting, the S&P-TSX composite index retreated 68.5 points to end the March 17-25 report period at 6,385.Gold performed about as …


Coeur sets records

Last year was a banner one for Coeur d’Alene Mines, as the company set records for silver and gold production. Silver output rose 36% to 14.8 million ounces, produced at a cash cost of $2.89 per oz., …


Broad market, resource stocks march to US war beat

As war in Iraq drew nearer over the March 12-18 report period, financial speculators at home pushed the S&P-TSX composite index ever higher. After all was said and done, the bulls had raised the bench…


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