2012

U.S. equity markets end winning streak

The Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 ended a five-week winning streak despite glimmers of hope that the U.S. Federal Reserve may provide more stimulus and news that the European Central Bank is debating whether to set targets in…




Exchange rates

EXCHANGE RATES CANADIAN/U.S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate) Date Aug 6 Aug 3 Aug 2 Aug 1 July 31   US$ in C n/a 0.9986 1.0062 1.0017 1.0014  …


Unigold grows Candelones gold zones in the DR

Unigold (UGD-V) has released more results from its now closely followed drill program at the Candelones gold project on the northwestern portion of the Dominican Republic.Hole 29 hit 89 metres grading 1.72 grams gold per tonne from 326 metres…


Joseph Conway

Primero’s star rises in the west

 The industry expected big things from Toronto-based Primero Mining (P-T, PPP-N) when it acquired the San Dimas gold-silver mine in Mexico for US$500 million from Goldcorp (G-T, GG-N) just over two years ago. But things did not always go…


Great Panther eyes steady growth

Great Panther Silver (GPR-T, GPL-X) aims to steadily grow output from its two revived mines in Mexico to help reach its long-term goal of producing more than 5 million silver-equivalent oz. a year.While the company posted flat results for the…


Argonaut looks to improve Mexican ops

Argonaut Gold (AR-T) has a lot going for it in Mexico, where it operates the El Castillo and the new La Colorada gold mines and is pushing ahead its San Antonio project.Both mines had a strong June quarter, which helped the Toronto-based…


SilverCrest’s strength lies in consistency at Santa Elena

When it comes to new mines, operational reliability can be an elusive target for junior producers, but that has not been the case for Vancouver-based SilverCrest Mines (SVL-V) and its Santa Elena silver-gold operation in Sonora State, Mexico.


Scorpio’s challenge

If you had to choose one word to describe Scorpio Mining’s (SPM-T) fortunes over the first half of the year, it would have to be “change.”


Enticing Guerrero belt attracts gold juniors

Newstrike Capital (NES-V) has hit encouraging infill gold intercepts at its Ana Paula project in southwestern Mexico’s Guerrero gold belt.The delineation drilling, which targeted the project’s southeast, includes hole 12-97 that…


Mexico A-GoGold

After months of waiting, GoGold Resources (GGD-V) has wrapped up its acquisition of Absolute Gold Holdings and is once again actively trading on the TSX Venture Exchange.GoGold first announced the all-share take-over of Absolute in late March,…


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