Goldcorp posts US$1.9B net loss in Q2
Goldcorp (TSX: G; NYSE: GG), the largest gold miner by market value, showed it’s not immune to the falling gold price.
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U.S. markets, July 22-26
Better-than-expected corporate earnings and optimism that the U.S. Federal Reserve would keep interest rates low propped up U.S. equities, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average edged up 15.09 points, or 0.10%, to finish the week at 15,558.83,…
Newmont cashes out of Canadian Oil Sands
VANCOUVER — Newmont Mining (TSX: NMC, NYSE: NEM) has sold its stake in Canadian Oil Sands (TSX: COS; US-OTC: COSWF) to streamline its assets and reduce debt.
Agnico pursues growth amid capital cuts
Despite the weaker gold price, slumping profits and spending cuts, Agnico Eagle Mines (TSX: AEM; NYSE: AEM) says it’s on track to grow its gold production to 1.2 million oz. by 2015.
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Golden Star improves gold sales
Golden Star Resources (TSX: GSC; NYSE-Arca: GSS) tipped its hand on second-quarter gold sales, and the results look good.
Iamgold completes maiden resource for Boto
The geological setting of Iamgold’s (TSX: IMG; NYSE: IAG) Boto gold project in eastern Senegal along the West African nation’s border with Mali is underlain by Birimian-aged meta-sedimentary, volcanic and intrusive rocks that the…
Newmont Mining swings to a loss
A combination of lower gold and copper prices along with stockpiles and ore on leach pads contributed to a net loss attributable to shareholders of US$2 billion or US$4.06 per share, compared to a net profit of US$279 million, or US$0.56 per…
Rapier Gold identifies VMS target at Pen Gold
Since listing on the TSX Venture Exchange in March, Rapier Gold (TSXV: RPR) has completed thirteen drill holes on its Pen gold project and believes it has identified a volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) exploration target on the property about…
Sabina keeps finding high-grade gold at Back River
Sabina Gold & Silver (TSX: SBB) is pulling strong grades from its Back River gold-silver project in Nunavut. The latest results come from the Umwelt and Llama deposits, two of the project’s four main deposits.
Fortune closes in on final permits at NICO
VANCOUVER — It has been a promising six months for Fortune Minerals (TSX: FT; US-OTC: FTMDF) and its advanced-stage NICO gold-cobalt-bismuth project, 160 km northwest of Yellowknife, N.W.T. The London, Ont.-based company began the year…
Rockwell’s revenue up 31%
Rockwell Diamonds (TSX: RDI) has seen some improvements in the first quarter of its fiscal 2014, after refocusing on its Middle Orange River diamond projects in South Africa’s Northern Cape province, with revenue soaring 31% to US$6.6…