2005

Kumtor road blocked

Centerra Gold (CG-T, CAGDF-O) says there will be no significant production shortfall after protestors claiming effects from a 1998 cyanide spill held a week-long protest that blocke…


Placer and Barrick take a breather

Placer Dome (PDG-T, PDG-N) and Barrick Gold (ABX-T, ABX-N) took a break from a month-long sparring match on Dec. 11, as Placer agreed to drop its poison pill in e…




Investors cash in

Toronto stocks succumbed to a late bout of profit taking to end the Dec. 6-12 report period just 90.48 points higher at 11,099.26. The golds performed similarly, but finished 3.7% better at 236.99; th…


Buoyant bullion drives strong junior market

The heavily junior-weighted S&P-TSX Venture Exchange continued its upward march over the Dec. 6-12 report period, propelled by an almost 25-year high in the price of gold at US$540 per oz, while s…


Spot Prices Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2005 Courtesy of Scotiabank

Precious Metals Price (US$/oz.) Change
Gold $522.80 +14.55
Silver $8.74 +0.14
Platinum…



Gold struts its stuff

If it can be said that since 2001, gold has been slowly rousing from a two-decade-long slumber, then in the past month we’ve watched gold bolt upright as it’s gulped down its first strong cup of coffe…


Asarco back at full production

Members of the United Steelworkers at six smelting and refining operations owned by Asarco ratified an agreement in early November to end a 4-month strike by some 1,500 unionized wo…




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