Iconic Canadian gold miner Agnico Eagle Mines celebrates its 60th anniversary
GoGold Resources (TSX: GGD) is selling its Santa Gertrudis gold project in Sonora, Mexico, to Agnico Eagle Mines (TSX: AEM; NYSE: AEM) for US$80 million in cash in order to eliminate debt. The junior retains a 2% net smelter return royalty but Agnico…
VAL-D’OR, QUEBEC — With the declaration of first commercial production from the Deep 1 project, Agnico Eagle Mines (TSX: AEM: NYSE: AEM) has entered a new era in the life of its wholly owned Goldex underground gold mine, just 2.5 km west…
VANCOUVER — The Northern Miner presents a round-up of second quarter results from Canada’s largest gold producers by market capitalization, namely: Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: ABX); Agnico Eagle Mines (TSX: AEM; NYSE: AEM); and Goldcorp (TSX: G; NYSE: GG). The review includes a summary of financial results,…
YUKON – White Gold Corp. of Toronto has completed the acquisition of certain gold exploration properties from Kinross Gold. These include the White Gold, Black Fox, JP Ross, Yellow and Battle gold properties approximately 95 km south of Dawson City.…
TORONTO – Corporate Knights has once more released its annual list of the Best 50 Corporate Citizens in Canada. Several mining companies that take social responsibility seriously made the cut. Here they are: Cameco Corp. No.5 (with an overall score…
A spellbinding photo of a drill barge on ice at Agnico Eagle Mines’ (TSX: AEM; NYSE: AEM) Amaruq gold project in Nunavut took first place in PwC’s second annual Art of Mining competition, which culminated in a gala event held at…
Recent investments in the Yukon by Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: ABX), Newmont Mining(NYSE: NEM) and Agnico Eagle Mines (NYSE: AEM; TSX: AEM) underscore the allure of Canada’s Far North – where prospective ground and a bulletproof jurisdiction are proving a winning combination. Barrick’s option…
QUEBEC – The Quebec government has given the okay to the proposed $200 million expansion of the Canadian Malartic gold mine in the town of Malartic 25 km west of Val d’Or. The mine is a joint venture of Toronto’s…
VANCOUVER – Thanks to the diligent work of MINING.com and IntelligenceMine, we now have a list of the world’s largest mining companies by capitalization (reported in U.S. dollars). “At the end of the first quarter this year the top 50…
TORONTO – Agnico Eagle Mines announced on March 27 that it has agreed to issue and sell approximately 5.0 million common shares directly to an institutional investor in the United States. The shares are priced at US$43.97 each for a…
Two of the three concessions Everton Resources (TSXV: EVR) has in the Dominican Republic are adjacent to the massive Pueblo Viejo open pit gold mine, jointly owned by Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NSYE: ABX) (60%) and Goldcorp (TSX: G; NYSE: GG) (40%). But it was Agnico Eagle…