Wheaton River Minerals Ltd
Falling metals weigh on miners
Sagging metal prices sent the mining indices south during the holiday-shortened Sept. 1-7 report period. The gold index shed 3.26 points to end at 220.52, as the yellow metal lost US$9.55 per oz. to finish at US$398.10 in the afternoon in London o…
New bid, same response (September 07, 2004)
Wheaton River Minerals (WRM-T) has told its shareholders to reject the renewed takeover offer from Coeur d’Alene Mi…
Golds take lead in quiet market
The report period Aug. 25-31 saw the price of gold remain relatively stable. It ended US$1.05 higher at US$407.25 per oz. in the afternoon in London. The gold index gained 9.3 points, or 4.8%, to close at 202.93, while the diversified metals and m…
Wheaton tops up till
Coeur makes new offer (August 30, 2004)
Gold price buoys market
The report period Aug. 12-24, saw the price of gold rise US$12.35 per oz. to finish at US$406.20 in the afternoon in London on Aug. 24. Gold fell more than US$4 on the final day of trading. The gold index was up 12 points to close at 193.61, and t…
Wheaton tops up the till (August 24, 2004)
Wheaton River Minerals (WRM-T) has arranged a US$300 million acquisition facility with HVB Group, Germany’s second-…
Coeur makes new offer (August 24, 2004)
Coeur d’Alene Mines (CDE-N) has launched anew its $2.4-billion offer to buy all the outstanding shares of Wheaton R…
Wheaton, Coeur trade barbs
Ian Telfer, CEO of
Insider Trading (August 23, 2004)
The following insider trading transactions were reported in the July OSC Bulletin, published by the Ontario Securities Commission:…
Merger plans boost Iamgold share price
The report period has been reduced to two days this issue because The Northern Miner office is moving. The Aug. 10-11 period saw the price of gold close down US$5.15 at US$393.85 per oz. in the afternoon in London.