2005

Lookout Mountain and previous workings on Staccato Gold Resources' South Eureka property in Nevada.

Staccato cuts South Eureka high-grade

Vancouver — Drilling by Staccato Gold Resources (CAT-V, STCGF-O) on the Lookout area of its South Eureka property, located on the southern end of Nevada’s Battle Mountain-Cortez tr…



Spot Prices Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2005 Courtesy of Scotiabank

Precious Metals Price (US$/oz.) Change
Gold $505.75 -17.05
Silver $8.55 -0.19
Platinum…


Canada’s carbon exchanges find little to trade

Despite the continuing uncertainties surrounding the implementation of the Kyoto Protocol, the Montreal Exchange is the latest Canadian stock exchange to announce its intention to travel down the path…



Agnico-Eagle keeps costs low

As costs continue to escalate for gold miners, Toronto-based Agnico- Eagle Mines (AEM-T, AEM-N) is managing to buck the trend, predicting a decrease in costs for 2006….


Abacus buys Afton back-in rights

A formal agreement with Teck Cominco (TEK.SV.B-T, TCKBF-O) allows Abacus Mining & Exploration (AME-V, ABCFF-O) to acquire mining-related facilities and infras…



Strongbow shoots up the market

Shares in Strongbow Exploration (SBW-V) continue to exceed 30 apiece more than three weeks after the company released drill results from its partly owned Skoonka Creek gold propert…


Mongolia compromises on mining law changes

The government of Mongolia will not seek state participation in mineral deposits discovered by foreign companies without state help or funding, but is supporting proposed changes to the Minerals Law t…


Gravity concentration cheaper, better for gold

I enjoyed reading your commentary, “Gold industry should address critics,” by Greg Barnes (T.N.M. Nov. 18-24/05). In my opinion, two gold industry problems were not mentioned in that piece: the large-…


Venture board stays the course

Continued strong precious and base metal prices kept the junior-explorer-dominated TSX Venture Exchange on track over the Dec. 13-19 trading session, notching the index up a nominal 2.35 points to clo…


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