Lending Rates (December 18, 2006)
as of 4 pm ET, Dec. 8, 2006 (%) Bank of Canada 4.50 Target overnight rate 4.25 Canadian Prime 6.00 U.S. Discount Primary 6.25 U.S. Fed Funds market rate 5.25…
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U.S. Markets December 5-11
Amidst talk of a slowing, but still growing U.S. economy, the markets were fairly stable during the Dec. 5-11 trading session, showing slight drops across the board after larger gains the previous wee…
TSX Venture Exchange December 5-11
The S&P-TSX Venture Composite Index took a breather over the Dec. 5-11 trading session, following slight pull-backs in bullion, copper and zinc spot prices, to close down 32.15 points at 2,805.52….
LME Warehouse Levels (December 18, 2006)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, Dec. 11, 2006 (change from Dec. 4 in brackets):
Suppliers News (December 18, 2006)
SRK to find out age, cost of Aquarius
More massive sulphides at Niblack
Vancouver — Stepout drilling by Niblack Mining (NIB-V, NBLKF-O) has delivered further massive sulphide intercepts from the Lookout zone at its Niblack project on Prince of Wales Island in southeaster…
Canadian Gold Mutual Funds (December 18, 2006)
Fund name Dec 10($) Dec 4($) Change($) Change(%) YTD(%) MER*(%) Assets*(M$) AGF Pr Mtl 26.17 26.89 -0.72 -2.7 60.4 2.68 504 Altamira Pr & Str Mtl 12.74 13.04 -0.30 -2.3…
Baja assessment approved (December 18, 2006)
The Mexican Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources has approved an environmental impact assessment for the Boleo copper project in the state of Baja California Sur, which will allow owner Ba…
Student workshop in the works
New Horizons
Murray Pezim award given to Adolf Lundin
The Association for Mineral Exploration BC (AME BC) recently announced that its Murray Pezim Award for perseverance and success in financing mineral exploration will be given posthumously to Adolf Lun…
Toronto Stock Exchange December 5-11
The TSX was up 29.51 points to 12,878.18 over the Dec. 5-11 trading session, with the financial sector, aided by the Bank of Canada’s decision to leave its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 4.25%, …
Noront hits bonanza grades at Windfall (December 18, 2006)
Vancouver — Recent drilling at the well-tested Windfall gold project in Urban Township, Que., has yielded a pleasant surprise for Noront Resources (NOT-V, NOSOF-O).