Aura Gold follows trail of Brazil’s garimpeiros
Few garimpeiros are seen these days near Aura Gold’s (ORA-T, AUGIF-O) newly acquired Cumaru gold project in north-central Brazil’s Para state — a dramatic contrast with the scene during a 1980s rush,…
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Editorial: Our 2006 Mining Person of the Year: Robert Friedland
The world’s top athletes, scholars, artists and gurus all talk one way or another about the importance of finding and then living in that narrow zone that exists at the very limits of your intellect a…
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 …
Glencairn works to get Nicaraguan gold projects on track
SITE VISIT Managua, Nicaragua — Toronto-based Glencairn Gold (GGG-T, GLE-X) has been growing recently, supplementing its original gold producer — the Limon mine in Nicaragua…
Resource up at Young-Davidson (January 01, 2007)
Resources at the Young-Davidson gold project near Matachewan, Ont., have grown substantially in a new estimate commissioned by Northgate Minerals (NGX-T, NXG-X).
Dragon hunts Tiberon
With its strong Vietnam focus, investment bank Dragon Capital Management has offered to buy Tiberon Minerals (TBR-T, TBMLF-O) for $251 million so it can help develop the Nui Phao fluorspar- tungsten m…
Lending Rates (January 01, 2007)
as of 4 pm ET, Dec. 20, 2006 (%) Bank of Canada 4.50 Target overnight rate 4.25 Canadian Prime 6.00 U.S. Discount Primary 6.25 U.S….
Dividends (January 01, 2007)
Company Div.($) Pay Date Record Date Endeavour Mn Cp 0.05 Dec 29 Dec 22 Goldcorp 0.015* Dec 29 Dec 22 Alcoa 3.75cumpr 0.9375* Jan 1…
International Quotes (January 01, 2007)
Australia (A$) Dec 20 Dec 19 Change Bendigo Mining 0.78 0.76 0.02 Centamin Egypt 0.77 0.78 -0.01 Croesus Mining 0.28 0.28 0.00 Emperor Mines 0.17…
Canadian Gold Mutual Funds (January 01, 2007)
Fund name Dec 20($) 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…
CNQ Trading (January 01, 2007)
STOCK TICKER (100s)VOLUME HIGH LOW LAST CHANGE HIGH LOW Dec. 19-20, 2006 Aspire CALS 110 0.05 0.035 0.05 + 0.015 0.16 0.035 Bannockburn Res BKNN…