New Producer Aura Forges Ahead In Mexico, Brazil
VANCOUVER–It has been a busy six months for Aura Minerals (ORA-T, ORAUF-O). Since inking a deal to buy three producing gold mines from Yamana Gold (YRI-T, AUY-N) in June, the company has received the…
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Riverside Gets A Grip On SugarLoaf
SITE VISIT QUARTZSITE, ARIZ. — Geologists often trek through some of the Earth’s most isolated and treacherous areas in search of an orebody. But every so often, their job is…
Record Q3 Earnings Lift Iamgold
VANCOUVER — Iamgold’s (IMG-T, IAG-N) shares jumped 24% over four days to reach a new all-time high surrounding news that the gold producer pulled in record earnings of US$64.9 million in the third qu…
Cree Lake ‘A Dream Come True’ For Mantis Mineral
Like the chief executives of many junior exploration companies these days, Robin Ross believes there’s a huge disconnect between the amount of gold Mantis Mineral (MYN-C, MNTCF-O) has in the ground an…
OMA Members See Harm In Ontario’s Toxics Reduction Regulation
The Ontario Mining Association expressed a number of significant concerns about the implementation of the proposed regulation for the Toxics Reduction Act in a recent submission to the Ministry of Env…
Gold Breaches US$1,100 Per Oz
The first week of November was another fascinating one for gold watchers as the yellow metal’s spot price once again shattered new nominal all-time highs and poked its head up above another nice, roun…
People (November 16, 2009)
Alto Group Holdings — Mark Klok appointed president and CEO.
Obituary: Geologist, consultant and author Donald Bryant dies at 82
Mining author, consultant and geologist Donald G. Bryant of Denver, Colo., died Saturday, Oct. 17, at his home after a brief struggle with brain cancer.
U.S. Markets – November 3-9
The Dow Jones Industrial Average hit a 13-month high on Nov. 9, after finance ministers and central bankers from the G-20 nations meeting in Scotland pledged to maintain public support for their econo…
Toronto Stock Exchange – November 3-9
Mining stocks rallied on the Toronto Stock Exchange over the Nov. 3-9 reporting period as the price of gold topped a record-setting US$1,106.75 per oz. At the same time, finance ministers from the Gro…
TSX Venture Exchange – November 3-9
There was no lack of bullish signs on the S&P/TSX Venture composite index during the Nov. 3-9 reporting period. And here’s three of them: The Venture board gain 65.86 points to close at 1,355.48; …
LME Warehouse Levels (November 16, 2009)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, November 10, 2009 (change from Nov. 3 in brackets):