Hedging lifts Aur’s bottom line
Steady production and beneficial hedging allowed Aur Resouces (AUR-T) to pocket a tidy US$8-million profit during the second quarter.Aur’s share of combined second-quarter production from the Quebrada…
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Grupo Mexico hurt by lower prices
Despite cost-cutting, Grupo Mexico suffered a loss of US$42.7 million (7 per share) on revenue of US$1.5 billion during the first half of 2001.By comparison, earnings in the first half of last year t…
Cambior’s loss widens in quarter
Lower realized gold prices in the second quarter frustrated Cambior’s (CBJ-T) ongoing efforts to recover from a hedge book gone wrong in 1999.During the three months ended June 30, the company suffere…
River turns to shareholders
Hard-pressed for cash, River Gold Mines (RIV-T) is attempting to raise $5.4 million by issuing just over 31 million rights to its shareholders.Proceeds are earmarked for debt reduction, working capita…
Ivanhoe accelerates Mongolian exploration
Impressed by results to date, Ivanhoe Mines (IVN-T) has decided to drill another 16,000 metres at its Turquoise Hill copper-gold porphyry project in southern Mongolia.Situated 560 km south of the capi…
Exchange Rates (August 13, 2001)
CANADIAN/U.S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate)DateAug.7Aug. 6Aug. 3Aug. 2Aug. 1US$ in C$1.5340Holiday1.53481.5412…
Anglogold posts solid results
Vancouver — Despite lower production, the world’s largest gold producer saw its earnings jump 19% in the second quarter.Anglogold (AU-N) posted a profit of US$63 million (or 62 per share) in the thr…
Star falls at Black Lick
After processing 2,2021 tons of lamproite material, Star Resources (SRR-V) recovered only 0.38 carat of diamonds from the Black Lick prospect in Pike Cty., Ark.The bulk-sample, which captured only dia…
Freewest inks deal with Fancamp Exploration
Montreal-based junior Freewest Resources Canada (FWR-M) is expanding its area of interest around the Clarence Stream high-grade gold discovery in southwestern New Brunswick.The company has entered int…
Wolfden tests High Lake
Drilling by Wolfden Resources (YWO-V) has intersected additional deep mineralization in the middle portion of the High Lake massive sulphide deposit in Nunavut, some 45 km from tide water on the Arcti…
Nickel takes the blows
Another poor week for base metals saw a slight reduction in the rate of inventory build-up in London Metal Exchange (LME) warehouses but no let-up to the steady downtrend in prices across most of the …
PEOPLE (August 13, 2001)
Candor Ventures — Terrence Fisher appointed chairman; Paul Chamois appointed president and director; Patrick Reid appointed secretary and director.Guyanor Resources — Michel Juilland appointed pres…