U.S. Markets – NOVEMBER 17-23
U. S. markets remained in a holding pattern during the Nov. 17-23 reporting period, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average inching up just 13.53 points or 0.13% to close at 10,450.95, while the S&P…
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TSX Venture Exchange – NOVEMBER 17-23
The S&P/TSX Venture composite index continued to break 52-week highs, gaining 38.69 points over the Nov. 17-23 reporting period to close at 1,416.63. Strong commodity prices bolstered investor app…
Toronto Stock Exchange – NOVEMBER 17-23
The S&P/TSX composite index continued to show resilience over the Nov. 17-23 reporting period, warding off the previous week’s minor slump to finish at 11,624.03 points — a gain of more than 100 …
Lucara Builds On African Assets
Lucara Diamond (LUC-V) is acquiring a big stake in the AK6 diamond project in Botswana.
Cliffs Wins Freewest’s Chromite
Noront Resources’ (NOT-V) failed hostile takeover bid for Freewest Resources Canada (FWR-V) last month jolted Cliffs Natural Resources( CLF-N)out of complacency — prompting the world’s largest iron o…
Mexican Environmental Agency Shutters New Gold Mine
VANCOUVER — It seems New Gold( NGD-T, NGD-X) has little room to appeal an order to cease operations at its producing Cerro San Pedro mine in Mexico — a decision that the attorney general of the Mexi…
Gleichen Gets Teck’s Morelos Gold Project
VANCOUVER — On the heels of closing a $241-million financing, Gleichen Resources (GRL-V) has acquired Teck Resources’ (TCK. B-T, TCK-N) 78.8% stake in the Morelos gold project for US$150 million and …
People (November 30, 2009)
Atacama Minerals — Tim Miller appointed president, CEO and a director, replacing a retiring Edward Posey.
Cabo Drilling Boosts Its Treasury
North Vancouver-based driller Cabo Drilling (CBE-V) is planning to use a $870,000 private placement to build its equipment arsenal at a time when discounts are plentiful.
Cliffs Warms To Ring Of Fire
Ontario’s enticing but remote Ring of Fire polymetallic exploration camp took another step towards becoming a mining centre in late November with the first significant move into the camp by a miner ac…
PDAC Makes Pre-Budget Proposals
— The following is an edited excerpt of the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada’s (PDAC) pre-budget recommendations to the federal government.
LME Warehouse Levels (November 30, 2009)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, November 24, 2009 (change from Nov. 17 in brackets):