SPOT PRICES (September 22, 2008)
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Permit delays top concern among mining CEOs
Chief executives of small and mid-cap companies are optimistic about the future of Canada’s mining industry despite frustrations with government red tape, land claim issues and a shortage of skilled w…
NWMA Meeting Registration Information (September 22, 2008)
Registration is required for admittance to sessions and exhibits and will be strictly enforced. To receive the pre-registration fee (or comp in the case of speakers, chairs and exhibitors) your regist…
NovaGold takes another run at Galore Creek
DENVER, COLO.–After halting construction of its Galore Creek copper and gold mine in British Columbia last November when estimated costs more than doubled to $5 billion, NovaGold Resources’ (NG-T, NG…
Industry Outlook Luncheon Featured Speaker (September 22, 2008)
Frederick Sturm, Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Strategist, has been a member of Mackenzie’s
Romarco expands Haile resource
Romarco Minerals (R-V, RTRAF-O) has nearly doubled resources at the past-producing Haile gold mine in South Carolina, prompting the company to change its mine plan design to 7,000 tons per day from 4,…
From Pine Point, Tamerlane sees beyond metals trough
With commodity prices tumbling all around it, Tamerlane Ventures (TAM-V) has finished a bankable feasibility study for its Pine Point project, in the Northwest Territories, 130 km south of Yellowknife…
LME WAREHOUSE LEVELS (September 22, 2008)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, Sept. 16, 2008 (change from Sept. 9 in brackets):
Welcoming Lunch Featured Speaker
David Harquail is President, CEO and a Director of Franco- Nevada Corporation. He was a senior executive of Old Franco- Nevada from 1987 to 2002 and served as President and Managing Director of Newmon…
TORONTO STOCK EXCHANGE SEPT. 9-15
The downward market momentum continued over the Sept. 9-15 trading period; the TSX Composite Index plunged a further 3% to make a total loss of 11% since the beginning of the month. The benchmark clos…
TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE SEPT. 9-15
The S&P-TSX Venture Composite Index has not been spared from the market slaughter of late, losing 236.82 points over the Sept. 9-15 trading session to close at 1,534.81. For reference: less than a…
Freeport McMoRan a ‘buy’ for Citibank
Despite concerns that the government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) will take more cash and a greater share of the massive Tenke Fungurume project, Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold’s …