Overall, only the stock indices of Spain and Portugal's top companies fared worse than Toronto's S&P/TSX-60. But in the group of resource-heavy exporting countries Canada's stock market came in stone last.
Premier Gold Mines (TSX:PG) has taken the Cove Gold Project off the hands of Victoria Gold Corp. (TSX-V:VIT) for US$28 million in cash and stock and another $20 million in future gold production.
Widely circulated reports that the 88-year old were fighting for his life in a Singapore hospital were deemed to be "lies meant to destabilise Zimbabwe," according to a spokesman.
Peru’s long-running Conga mine dispute is about to reach a turning point as international consultants appointed by the government in February finalize their environmental report on Newmont Mining and Buenaventura's US$4.8 billion copper-gold project.