Goldcorp entered Andean bid intending to win – CEO

The CEOs of Canada's Goldcorp and Eldorado Gold were playing their cards close on Friday, after both companies disclosed they had made takeover offers for junior Andean Resources. Both Goldcorp and Eldorado want to get their hands on Andean's...

Goldcorp Q4 adj earnings up 116%

Goldcorp, the second-biggest gold-miner by market value, more than doubled fourth-quarter adjusted net earnings, to $182,7-million, as it benefited from higher gold prices. The adjusted figure excludes a number of once-off charges, including a...

Goldcorp increased reserves 5,3% in 2009

Canada's second-biggest gold-miner, Goldcorp, increased its proven and probable reserves of the yellow metal by 5,3% last year, to 48,8-million ounces. Measured and indicated gold resources rose 3,2% year-on-year, to 22,7-million ounces.

Ball's in Goldcorp's court after Canplats gets better offer

Vancouver-based Goldcorp has until December 31 to decide whether it will match a competing offer for junior Canplats Resources, after a joint venture owned by Fresnillo and Newmont Mining trumped the gold-miner's earlier bid. In November,...

Goldcorp to buy junior Canplats for C$238m

Canada's second-biggest gold-miner, Goldcorp, has agreed to buy explorer Canplats Resources, which owns the Camino Rojo project, 50 km from Goldcorp's big new Penasquito mine, in Mexico. The move is part of a plan to create a “network” of...

Atna's Watkins joins Canplats board

Vancouver-based explorer Canplats Resources has appointed David Watkins to its board of directors, the firm said on Friday morning.