Canadian Gold Mutual Funds (January 12, 2009)
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…
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TSX Venture Short Positions (January 12, 2009)
Short positions outstanding at Dec. 15/08 (with changes from Nov. 30/08). Largest short positions Gold Wheaton Gold GLW 1426300 756827 Westernzagros Res WZR 1128911 -15500 Fortuna Si…
Dividends (January 12, 2009)
Company Div. Pay Record ($) Date Date Iamgold 0.06* Jan 12 Dec 24 Sherritt Int’l 0.036 Jan 14 Dec 31 Yamana 0.01 Jan 14 Dec 31 Cameco 0.06 Jan 15 Dec 31 Royal Gold …
Lending Rates (January 12, 2009)
as of 9 a. m. ET. Jan. 6, 2009 (%) Bank of Canada 1.75 Target overnight rate 1.50 Canadian Prime 4.00 U. S. Discount Primary 0.50 U. S. Fed Funds market rate 0-0.25 U. S. Prime …
Exchange Rates (January 12, 2009)
CANADIAN/U. S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate) Date Jan. 5 Jan. 2 Jan. 1 Dec. 31 Dec. 30 US$ in C$ 1.1914 1.2107 Holiday 1.2246 1.2217 C$ in US$ 0.8393 0.8260 Holiday 0.8166 0….
International Quotes (January 12, 2009)
Australia (A$) Jan 6 Dec 23 Change Bendigo Mining 0.15 0.15 0.00 Kingsgate Cons. 3.53 3.09 0.44 Lion Selection Ltd 0.78 0.73 0.05 Newcrest Mining 31.60 32.40 -0.80 Zi…
First Bauxite’s ‘Huge Vision’
VANCOUVER — There’s a new junior exploring for bauxite, the redcoloured rock that provides the world with aluminum. And the company is no shrinking violet — with support from a major, First Bauxite …
Silver Eagle Suspends Mining At Miguel Auza
The Mexican government has given its stamp of approval to an agreement Silver Eagle Mines (SEG-T, SVEGF-O) has reached with its union to temporarily shut down the company’s Miguel Auza mine in Zacatec…
MagIndustries Makes Headway At Kouilou
Using a treasury that held consolidated working capital of more than US$100 million in September, Mag- Industries (MAA-V, MAAFF-O) continues to advance its Kouilou potash project in the Republic of Co…
Nayarit Hits Best Gold Yet At Orion
VANCOUVER– Drilling in the northwestern corner of Nayarit Gold’s (NYG-V, NYRTF-O) Orion property, 110 km north of Tepic, Mexico, has returned 25 metres grading 6.63 grams gold per tonne and 500.9 gra…
Mirabela Adds To Santa Rita Resource
Mirabela Nickel (MNB-T, MBN-A) likes to describe its Santa Rita project in Brazil as the world’s largest greenfield nickel sulphide discovery in the last 12 years.
African Copper On The Ropes At Mowana
VANCOUVER — A massive value writedown for its brand new Mowana copper mine in Botswana, depressed copper prices, and a share price barely off the floor has put African Copper (ACU-T, AFNCF-O) in a to…