Keys to painless POP offerings
It has been several months since the prompt offering procedure (the “POP system”) in National Instrument (NI) 44-101 was opened up to smaller reporting issuers. Many of these issuers have found the PO…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Producer and Dealer Prices (September 25, 2006)
U.S. Markets September 12-18
Resource-based stocks listed on U.S. markets enjoyed a modest recovery over the report period Sept. 12-18 following a recent sell-off driven in part by the perception that commodity and energy prices…
Bringing Chile’s copper unions into the modern age
Santiago, Chile — The union representing 2,052 workers at the Escondida copper mine in Chile’s Region II signed a new collective contract on Sept. 1, bringing an end to a 25-day strike and giving wor…
TSX Venture Exchange September 12-18
With gold’s recent price plunge levelling out at the US$580-per-oz. level, the S&P-TSX Venture Composite Index continued its decline over the Sept. 12-18 trading session to close down 26.91 points…
Daily Metal Prices (September 25, 2006)
BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)…
Iamgold bids for Cambior (September 25, 2006)
A friendly deal between Iamgold (IMG-T, IAG-N, IGD-A) and Cambior (CBJ-T, CBJ-X) would see Iamgold take over the Montreal-based gold miner in a paper deal valued at $1.3 billion to form a gold company…
CNQ Trading (September 25, 2006)
Sept. 12-18, 2006…
Exchange Rates (September 25, 2006)
CANADIAN/U.S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate)…
Lumina merging with Western Copper
Vancouver — The latest in a series of industry consolidations sees Lumina Resources (LUR-T, LUMNF-O) merging with Western Copper (WRN-T, WCPCF-O) in an all-share deal….
National Instrument 43-101: Pros and cons
National Instrument (NI) 43-101 is a rule developed by the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) and administered by the provincial securities commissions that governs how public companies disclose…
Toronto Stock Exchange September 12-18
Despite a continued slide in the price of metals, the TSX Composite Index managed to advance, rising 106.98 points to 11,763.55 over the Sept. 12-18 trading session….