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VANCOUVER– Three years ago International Tower Hill Mines (ITH-V, THM-X) started its first drill program at the Livengood project, a modest 2,500-metre program designed to follow up on interesting go…

VANCOUVER — The medals that will be awarded at the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Vancouver are some of the heaviest in the history of the Games and all the metal used in making the big, beauti…

Ryan Matthiesen, a senior associate at Macquarie Capital Advisors in Toronto, had worked on the finance side of the mining sector for more than five years.

Quebec-based international business law and litigation heavy-hitters, Fasken Martineau, has announced plans to merge with Parisian counterparts Gravel, Leclerc & Partners.

Resurgent commodity prices usually translate into a perked-up pace of M&A and other corporate wheeling and dealing in the junior sphere, and the 41st trading week of the year was no different.

Advanced Explorations — Jim Excell appointed a director.

Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, October 20, 2009 (change from Oct. 13 in brackets):

COURTESY OF SCOTIABANK

Antimony: Mid-mkt US$6,150/t.

Daily Metal Prices

52-week Date Oct. 19 Oct. 16 Oct. 15 Oct. 14 Oct. 13 High Low S&P/TSX-Ven Comp 1338.77 1331.57 1328.40 1336.70 1322.28 1338.90 678.62 TSX Composite 11538.39 11504.76 11504.51 11532.78 11413.54…

Short positions outstanding at Sept. 30/09 (with changes from Sept. 15/09).