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Wheaton-Goldcorp deal comes out on top

Goldcorp (G-T) has declared its bid for Wheaton River Minerals (WRM-T) a success after 69% of the shares of Wheaton had been tendered to Goldcorp’s bid by the end…



Africa and strawberry jam

I spent the summer of 1936 in Africa with Prof. Haultain, who taught mining engineering at the University of Toronto. It took 21 days to sail from New York City to Cape Town on a steamer….


De Beers Canada health and safety personnel inspect the construction site at the proposed Snap Lake diamond mine, situated 220 km northeast of Yellowknife, N.W.T.

A sparkling year for De Beers

The past year was another banner one for the diamond industry, highlighted by strong demand for rough diamonds from cutting centres….


TSX thrives as golds rebound

The Toronto Stock Exchange continued 177.35 points higher to 9,570.03 during the Feb. 9-15 report period. Much of the increase is due to the miners, with the gold index rebounding to the tune of 11.2…


Found money? No, mined money

It’s a comet that breezes by periodically, and inevitably it brings talk of the world’s end. Gold prices took a dive in early February on news that the Group of Seven industrialized countries were loo…


Base metals overview

The divergence between base metal and the economic leading indicators has been one of the major concerns participants have about the current level of high prices, defying the traditionally strong, pro…



Linear raises $25m

On the strength of drill results from the Campamento deposit in Chiapas, Mexico, Linear Gold (LRR-T) has closed a $25-million brokered financing….


Gold at Bahuerachi

Vancouver — Calgary-based Tyler Resources (TYS-V) has intersected epithermal-style gold and silver mineralization at the Los Alisos zone on its Bahuerachi copper project, in the La…




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