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Now that’s the way to kick off trading on the first day of a new year. The Toronto Stock Exchange 300 Composite Index, fueled largely by the gold sector, climbed 47.11 points on Jan. 4 to close our re…

Bud Smith appointed director.

David Fawcett appointed president.

It wasn’t so many years ago that most Latin American countries were strictly beyond the pale for North American investors. Military dictators, political corruption and graft, popular uprisings and sus…

Roger McInnis appointed president; Werner Gruerwald appointed vice-president; Darrel Johnson appointed director.

Drilling is under way at the Kasperske Hory gold project, 80 miles southwest of Prague in the Czech Republic. Two Vancouver-listed partners — Paramount Ventures & Finance and Royalstar Resources — h…

Richard Collins appointed director.

J. Alexander and David Robinson appointed directors.

A production decision is possible late this year for the first commercial diamond mine in North America, according to a research report by First Marathon Securities. The investment firm based its opti…

A newcomer to the Canadian Dealing Network, International Gold Resources, has completed a private placement of one million special warrants at $2.50 each. The company was formed from a merger between …

Alberta-listed TR Minerals is seeking shareholder approval to reorganize. Under the plan, TR would acquire the mineral assets of two private companies, consolidate shares, raise financing, delist from…

Joint-venture partners Southwestern Gold (VSE) and Cambior (TSE) have reached a purchase agreement with the owners of Peruvian resource company Minera Paraccay. Minera Paraccay owns the Santa Rosa gol…