Daily Metal Prices (December 01, 2008)
Date Nov. 24 Nov. 21 Nov. 20 Nov. 19 Nov. 18 BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne) Al Alloy 1315/1375 1325/1370 1315/1355 1350.50/1420 138…
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North American Stock Exchange Indices (December 01, 2008)
52-week Date Nov. 24 Nov. 21 Nov. 20 Nov. 19 Nov. 18 High Low S&P/TSX-Ven Comp 722.79 704.17 691.95 730.09 750.25 2886.39 685.07 TSX Composite 8440.87 8155.39 7724.76 8490.56…
Expansion Drilling Turns Up More Gold For Central Sun
Vancouver–Even though a failed financing has forced the company to suspend a major development project at one of its two Nicaraguan gold mines, Central Sun Mining (CSM-T, SMC-x) continues to hit good…
Tsx Short Positions (December 01, 2008)
Short positions outstanding at Nov. 15/08 (with changes from Oct. 31/08).
Red Back Boosts Bought Deal To $60M
Vancouver — Within three hours of announcing a $40-million bought deal, Red Back Mining (RBI-T, RBIFF-o) went back to the wire and boosted that number by $20 million.
Canadian Gold Mutual Funds (December 01, 2008)
Featured Fund: Altamira precious & Strategic Metals, as of 07/31/08 (in weighted order): Goldcorp, Barrick Gold, Kinross Gold, Agnico-Eagle Mines, Yamana Gold, Franco-Nevada, Newmont Mining, Compa…
Tsx Venture Short Positions (December 01, 2008)
Short positions outstanding at Nov. 15/08 (with changes from Oct. 31/08).
Dividends (December 01, 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 $0.2863 div for pref sh series…
Arctic Star Diamond Pushes Ahead With Nickel Discovery
When junior explorer Arctic Star Diamond (ADD-v) acquired its Credit Lake property — “within sight of Canada’s greatest diamond mines” in the Northwest Territories four years ago–it didn’t expect to…
Lending Rates (December 01, 2008)
as of 9 a. m. ET. Nov. 25, 2008 (%) Bank of Canada 2.50 Target overnight rate 2.25 Canadian Prime 4.00 U. S. Discount Primary 1.25 U. S. Fed Funds market rate 1.00 U. S. Prime …
Exchange Rates (December 01, 2008)
CANADIAN/U. S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate) Date Nov. 24 Nov. 21 Nov. 20 Nov. 19 Nov. 18 US$ in C$ 1.2250 1.2854 1.2855 1.2370 1.2239 C$ in US$ 0.8163 0.7780 0.7779 0.8084 0…
International Quotes (December 01, 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…