10 Most Interesting Gold Stocks – Part 3

2011/09/06

On May 16th, 2011 it was reported that U.S. investment billionaire and former gold advocate George Soros, through Soros Fund Management, sold nearly ... Read more »

10 Most Interesting Gold Stocks – Part 4

8. Goldcorp Inc. (TSX:G) Lean and mean. The bull market in gold, which has, in ten years, moved the yellow metal from $270 to over $1,900 an ounce has... Read more »

Peak Gold – did it happen in 2001?

In China, gold production has increased for the eleventh consecutive year. China is the world largest gold producer for the third time in history wit... Read more »

Interview: Claude Lemasson of Guyana Goldfields (TSX:GUY)

El Dorado, the “Lost City of Gold“, has fascinated and eluded explorers since the days of the Spanish Conquistadors. The story of El Dorad... Read more »

Interview: Bruce Bragagnolo from Timmins Gold (TSX:TMM)

Last September, Timmins Gold made a non-binding proposal to the directors of Capital Gold (TSX:CGC) to merge on a negotiated basis. The proposed va... Read more »

Rio Tinto increases stake in Ivanhoe Mines

2011/08/25

Last night Steve Jobs announced his retirement from Apple stating that he felt he could no longer fulfill his duties as the head of what has possibly ... Read more »

Majors rediscovering British Columbia

2011/08/22

The Province of British Columbia, Canada is experiencing a mining renaissance. What’s happening in the province, in regards to mining, should be on ... Read more »

Endeavour into Gold

2011/08/16

Today marks the fifteenth day in which the TSX has experienced a large point gain or loss, most of which have been triple digit. In the U.S., the Dow ... Read more »

Gold Reserve makes $2.1 Billion claim against Venezuela

2011/08/03

Political risk, a term Gold Reserve (TSX:GRX) shareholders know well. Investors in Gold Reserve knew what they were getting into in Venezuela, or the... Read more »

Is Mining in South Africa in Decline?

2011/07/18

Last year, political strategist and monetary economist Cedric Muhammad said, “At 29-years old and a base of support among the youth and business... Read more »

Goldman Sachs shines spotlight on Gold

2011/07/07

In a note to clients today, Goldman Sachs said it expects gold prices to continue to climb in 2011 given the current low level of U.S. real interest r... Read more »

Greece gives way to big Gains

2011/07/02

Like most Canadians, the TSX took a break for Canada day celebrations on Friday after posting four consecutive positive days. And to the south, U.S. s... Read more »

B2Gold Mine Flooding

2011/06/21

Gold equities have climbed an astonishing 1,400% since their 2000 lows while the S&P 500 has declined 11%. However, 2011 has not been a good year ... Read more »

Rumours of Tanzania mining Super Tax

2011/06/08

Tanzania has become one of the fastest emerging gold producers in Africa, and is now the continent’s third largest gold producing country after Sout... Read more »

Peru goes to the Polls: 10 Mining Stocks to Watch

2011/06/02

A cursory look at Peruvian mining will show you that many of the world’s senior mining companies have operations there. The list of majors in th... Read more »

Investors enraptured with gold

2011/05/24

After reaching a recent high of $1,577 on April 30th, the price of an ounce of gold reversed course and dropped dramatically, hitting a low of $1,462 ... Read more »

The ghosts of Bre-X: mining in Indonesia today

2011/05/19

On March 19th, 1997 Michael de Guzman, the exploration manager for would-be miner Bre-X, jumped from an Alouette helicopter flying eight-hundred feet ... Read more »

Gold + Silver + Copper + Zinc = Eritrea

2011/05/15

Eritrea, a funnel shaped country that borders The Red Sea, was, because of its unstable political history, a bit of a mystery to the international min... Read more »

Dogs of the downturn: worst performing TSX 60 miners in May

2011/05/13

Blink and you may have missed it. If the recent downturn in commodities is coming to an end, as some suggest, it was a brief correction. While the rec... Read more »

Junior abandons “anti-mining” Panama

2011/05/05

On February 11th, Erin Ventures (TSXV:EV), a Victoria based junior miner, reported a mysterious website had surfaced belonging to a company called ... Read more »