TSX Venture Short Positions (February 09, 2009)
Short positions outstanding at Jan. 15/09 (with changes from Dec. 31/08).
News
B2Gold Swoops In On Central Sun
VANCOUVER — With only hours to go before a 5 p. m. deadline on Jan. 30, Linear Gold (LRR-T, LGCFF-O) dropped its bid for Central Sun Mining (CSM-T, SMC-N) instead of topping B2Gold’s (BTO-T, BGLPF-O)…
Freeport Defends Phelps Takeover After US$13B Writedown
VANCOUVER — Impairment and goodwill charges primarily related to Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold’s (FCX-N) acquisition of Phelps Dodge in March 2007 have come back to haunt it with a US$13.9-billi…
Eldorado Aims For 400,000 Oz. Gold Production In 2010
VANCOUVER — Although its yearend numbers and production forecasts suggest Eldorado Gold (ELD-T, EGO-X) is catching up to the majors, Eldorado chief financial officer Earl Price says: “We actually lik…
Canadian Gold Mutual Funds (February 09, 2009)
“Featured Fund: BMO precious metals as of 12/31/08 (in weighted order): Kinross Gold, Allied Nevada Gold, Agnico-Eagle Mines, Goldcorp, Red Back Mining, San Gold, Quadra Mining, Franco-Nevada, Lihir G…
Dividends (February 09, 2009)
Note:Xstrata PLC subsidiary, Xstrata Canada is sending a notice of redemption for all outstanding Cmltv prf sh, series 3, redeemable Mar 1 for $25 each in cash, plus accruded and unpaid dividends. Alc…
Colombia proving golden for Ventana
Vancouver – An intense three-year drilling effort in Colombia keeps returning bonanza gold grades for Ventana Gol…
Sacked CEO fights to replace Polar Star board
Ex-Polar Star Mining (PSR-V) president and CEO, Douglas Willock, is rallying shareholders to help him replace the c…
Minera Andes outlines US$2.7B copper project in Argentina
Vancouver – The price-tag to develop Minera Andes’ (MAI-T) Los Azules copper project is US$2.7 billion, the company…
Southern Copper plays white knight to Frontera Copper
Less than two months after the board of Frontera Copper Corp. (FCC-T, FRCPF-O) urged shareholders to reject an unso…
Pacific North West buys past-producing Nixon Fork gold mine
While many resource companies are experiencing considerable pain in a bear market precipitated by worldwide recessi…
Victoria Gold gets busy in Nevada
Nevada-focused Victoria Gold (VIT-V, VITFF-O) plans to focus on five core projects this year, be it drilling, engin…