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Vancouver — Minera Andes (MAI-V, MNEAF-O) is the latest junior explorer to fall into the sights of Robert McEwen, who is investing $10 million in the company….

Vancouver — Royal Gold (RGL-T, RGLD-Q) is expanding its portfolio by spending US$25 million for a pair of royalties owned by Kennecott, a subsidiary of Rio Tinto…

Gold’s late-year rally through the US$500-per-oz. level lifted the S&P-TSX Venture Exchange to finish 2005 at a more than 9-year high of 2,236.55, up 45.99 points or 2.1% over the year’s final wee…

The first few holes of a second-phase drill program by Esperanza Silver (EPZ-V, ESPZF-O) have intersected mineralization at the Southeast zone, one of two bulk-tonnage gold targets…

Early-stage drilling on the Mercurio gold prospect in the Tapajos region of Par state, Brazil, has intersected some substantial widths of gold mineralization….

Inmet Mining (IMN-T, IEMMF-O) and Teck Cominco (TEK.SV.B-T, TCKBF-O) would be bought out of their interests in the Petaquilla copper project in central Panama und…

Vancouver — EuroZinc Mining (EZM-T, EZM-X) has tabled a shareholder’s rights plan to thwart a potential hostile takeover offer for the base metals producer….

The year-end recovery of the gold price proved to be a real jolt in the gold sector, while the broader market moved little. The TSX Composite Index gained only 0.2%, rising 26.89 points to 11,272.26 o…

U.S. equity markets weakened in the four trading days Dec. 27-30, with investors reacting to an inversion in the yield curve for government notes. Ten-year U.S. Treasuries closed the year showing a yi…