Archive for Top miners

Where have all the junior miners gone?

By : April 15, 2009

This year’s corporate mantra for a crowd of junior explorers and miners is quite simple: “get us some near term gold production fast” (or some variation thereof). The motive of course is pure: get the share price up. For companies with $2 million to $200 million in the bank the magic bullet to riches is [...]

Golden Star Resources on the run!

By : April 15, 2009

Golden Star Resources Ltd. (AMEX: GSS)(TSX: GSC)(GSE: GSR) today announced that it has appointed Mr. D. Scott Barr as Chief Operating Officer commencing on April 2, 2008. Tom Mair, President and CEO said: “We are excited to have Scott join the Golden Star management team. His strong professional and technical skills and extensive experience in [...]

Endeavour Silver: gold, not only silver!

By : April 15, 2009

Endeavour Silver Corp is forecasting a more than 20 percent rise in silver production this year over 2008 to 2.7-2.9 million ounces, and expects approximately 10,000 oz gold as a by-product. Like 2008, the first two quarters of silver production should be relatively flat year-on-year, as the new capital projects get underway. However, silver production [...]