Teck Cominco sinks US$25M into Nautilus
Vancouver — Nautilus Minerals (NUS-V, NUSMF-O) has secured another major mining company financing, with Teck Cominco (TCK.B-T, TCK-N) putting US$25 million into the seafloor mineral explorer as part …
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Woodlawn prefeasibility under way
Metallurgical testing and engineering and design work for the Woodlawn base metal project in New South Wales, Australia, is under way.
Toronto Stock Exchange December 19-20
The Toronto equity market was virtually unchanged over the two trading days Dec. 19-20, shedding 2.21 points to close at 12,782.99. Having made record highs in the previous trading period, the market …
TSX Venture Exchange december 19-20
With precious metals trading in a tight range and base metals weakening slightly, the S&P-TSX Venture Composite Index managed to post a modest gain of 25.23 points to close the Christmas-holiday s…
U.S. Markets december 19-20
The decline of the U.S. dollar prompted the government of Thailand to make foreign investment reforms that caused sudden market turmoil on Dec. 19 — reminiscent for some investors of the 1997 Asian e…
Daily Metal Prices (January 01, 2007)
BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)
UBS ups targets for Ivanhoe shares
Vancouver — Ivanhoe Mines’ (IVN-T, IVN-N) massive Oyu Tolgoi copper project in Mongolia is likely to be much larger than previously planned now that Rio Tinto (RTP-N, RIO-L) is involved, according to…
UEX sees more high-grade uranium from Shea Creek (January 01, 2007)
Vancouver — Further high-grade uranium values were encountered in drilling by UEX’s (UEX-T, UEXCF-O) joint venture partner Areva Resources Canada on the Shea Creek project in the western Athabasca ba…
More copper at Sombrero Butte
Vancouver — Continuation of Bell Resources’ (BL-V, BZRSF-O) phase 1 drilling has hit some higher-grade copper zones at its Sombrero Butte project in Pinal Cty., Ariz.
Bear Creek adds value at Corani
With the Corani polymetallic discovery in Peru hovering just shy of 320 million oz. in an overall contained silver resource, Bear Creek Mining (BCM-V, BCEKF-O) is looking to add value by driving the p…
North American Stock Exchange Indices (January 01, 2007)
Date Dec. 21 Dec. 20 Dec. 19 Dec. 18 Dec. 15 High Low S&P/TSX-Ven Comp 2830.53 2846.28 2826.03 2821.05 2812.77 3309.90 2123.57 TSX Composite 12737.21 12782.99 12781.54 12785.20 12866.27 13042.77…
Canadian Gold Mutual Funds (January 01, 2007)
Fund name Dec 20($) Dec 18($) Change($) Change(%) YTD(%) MER*(%) Assets*(M$) AGF Pr Mtl 26.23 25.83 0.40 1.5 60.7 2.68 504 Altamira Pr & Str Mtl 12.83 12.62 0.21 1.7…