BURKINA FASO – High River Gold Mines of Toronto has poured the first doré bar at its Bissa gold mine 100 km north of Ouagadougou, the capital. The C$250-million project was built in only 15 months, reaching completion ahead of…
Reports have been read. Numbers crunched. Comparisons made. Now our annual look at Canada’s Top 40 mining companies is ready.
VANCOUVER — In a story that reads somewhat like a 1980s spy novel, Russian gold miner Nord Gold, the nation’s third largest gold producer, looks poised to finally gain full control of Toronto-based producer High River Gold Mines.
High River Gold of Toronto has named Yury Lopukhin its new CEO and Greorgy Smirnov its CFO. Lopukhin is also the senior financial manager at Severstal Gold, a subsidiary of Nord Gold, High River’s controlling shareholder.
The numbers have been crunched, the results tabulated, and CMJ is proud to announce this year’s top Canadian mining company is the world’s biggest gold producer, Barrick Gold. Thanks in part to the historic high price of gold, the company had…
“Mutiny” is a word we don’t hear very often, but it appears to be the one that desribes the recent uprising by the military in Burkina Faso. The citizenry has been restless since February due to rising food costs, high crime rates and the slow…
Konstantin Sobolevskiy is the new CEO of Toronto-based High River Gold Mines. He is also senior lawyer at Severstal Gold, a subsidiary of OAO Severstal of Russia.
MANITOBA – Alexis Minerals of Toronto and Garson Gold of Vancouver have jointly reported that the preliminary …
TORONTO — High River Gold Mines has received a $56.4-million injection of much-needed cash from the sale of s…
RUSSIA Toronto-based HIGH RIVER GOLD MINES says its Berezitovy gold mine reached commercial production on Oct. 1,…
DULUTH METALS of Toronto has named Dean M. Peterson is new senior VP exploration, effective Oct. 1, 2008. He is one…
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