Exchange Rates (December 08, 2008)
CANADIAN/U. S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate) Date Dec. 1 Nov. 28 Nov. 27 Nov. 26 Nov. 25 US$ in C$ 1.2377 1.2372 1.2329 1.2342 1.2209 C$ in US$ 0.8080 0.8083 0.8111 0.8102 0….
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Dividends (December 08, 2008)
Note: Alcoa will pay its quarterly div of US$0.9375 for US$3.75 cmltv pr sh on Jan 1, rec Dec 12. Xstrata Canada will pay $0.2863 div for pref sh series…
Lending Rates (December 08, 2008)
as of 9 a. m. ET. Nov. 25, 2008 (%) Bank of Canada 2.50 Target overnight rate 2.25 Canadian Prime 4.00 U. S. Discount Primary 1.25 U. S. Fed Funds market rate 1.00 U. S. Prime …
International Quotes (December 08, 2008)
Australia (A$) Nov 25 Nov 4 Change Bendigo Mining 0.12 0.12 0.00 Kingsgate Cons. 2.80 2.93 -0.13 Lion Selection Ltd 0.92 1.10 -0.18 Newcrest Mining 24.45 20.65 3.80 R…
Thor Vein Returns Strong Gold Grades For Northern Abitibi
Discovered earlier this season by trenching, the Thor vein at the Viking gold project near Sops Arm, Nfld., is proving to be a promising discovery, reports operator Northern Abitibi Mining (NAI-V, NOM…
Carpathian Doubles Rovina Gold Resource
Carpathian Gold (CPN-T, CPNFF-o) has doubled the resource at its Rovina Valley project in the heart of the Golden Quadrilateral of western Romania’s Transylvania region, 300 km northwest of Bucharest.
HudBay-Lundin merger draws fire
Vancouver – What was supposed to be a friendly merger between HudBay Minerals (HBM-T) and Lundin Mining (LUN-T, LMC…
Iberian: Five years in reserves at Condestable
Vancouver – Iberian Minerals (IZN-V) has added 30% more contained copper to its proven and probable reserves at the…
Intrepid gets top gold grade at Tujuh Bukit; company wants protection status changed
Vancouver – Recent drilling at Zone A of the Tumpangpitu prospect delivered Intrepid Mines’ (IAU-T, IAU-A) be…
Northern Dynasty and Anglo update Pebble resource
Vancouver – As a joint-venture between Northern Dynasty Minerals (NDM-T) and Anglo American (AAUK-N, AAL-L) moves t…
Bravo sees more high grade potential at Homestake
Vancouver – Long and high-grade gold intercepts at Bravo Venture’s (BVG-V) Homestake Ridge property, 35…
Guyana Goldfields to team up with Aranka Gold
As the global economy cools down, deal flow in the junior sector seems to be heating up.