LENDING RATES (September 22, 2008)
as of 9 a. m. ET, Sept. 16, 2008 (%) Bank of Canada 3.25 Target overnight rate 3.00 Canadian Prime 4.75 U. S. Discount Primary 2.25 U. S. Fed Funds market rate 2.00 U. S. Prime …
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Bear Creek boosts Santa Ana silver (September 22, 2008)
VANCOUVER — A new resource estimate for Bear Creek Mining’s (BCM-V, BCEKF-O) Santa Ana silver deposit in southern Peru has almost tripled measured and indicated resources.
EXCHANGE RATES (September 22, 2008)
CANADIAN/U. S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate) Date Sept. 15 Sept. 12 Sept. 11 Sept. 10 Sept. 9 US$ in C$ 1.0677 1.0609 1.0796 1.0738 1.0679 C$ in US$ 0.9366 0.9426 0.9263 0.9313…
DIVIDENDS (September 22, 2008)
Note: Vale will pay $0.52* on common and pr sh in two instlmnts on Apr 30 and Oct 31. Alcoa will pay its quarterly div of US$0.9375 for US$3.75 cmltv…
INTERNATIONAL QUOTES (September 22, 2008)
Australia (A$) Sept 16 Sept 9 Change Bendigo Mining 0.15 0.17 -0.02 Kingsgate Cons. 4.50 4.47 0.03 Lion Selection Ltd 1.38 1.45 -0.07 Newcrest Mining 21.45 21.20 0.25 …
Tower Hill hits more gold at Livengood
VANCOUVER — The Livengood property continues to return long, low-grade intercepts for International Tower Hill Mines (ITH-V, THM-X) in Alaska.
Technical Session Preliminary Program (September 22, 2008)
Wednesday, Dec. 3 -Friday, Dec. 5, 2008
Aura’s new Aranzazu mine shows its strength
Vancouver – Aura Minerals (ORA-T) bought the Aranzazu mine in Zacatecas state, Mexico, three months ago for $70 mil…
Queenston carves dominant position in Kirkland Lake
Queenston Mining (QMI-T, QNMNF-O) staked its claims in Canada’s second largest gold camp early and often a strate…
Nyah Resources discovers new zones at Agnew Lake North uranium project
Having completed a 3,500 metre, 11-hole drill program on its 100%-owned Agnew Lake North uranium project, Nyah Reso…
URSA Major starts preproduction at Shakespeare nickel mine
As nickel prices plunge below the US$7-per-lb. range and world stockpiles grow, URSA Major Minerals (UMJ-T) is taki…
Sinchao hits another long intercept in Peru (September 18, 2008)
Vancouver – Long mineralized intercepts from Sinchao Metals’ (SMZ-V) namesake project in Peru seem to be becoming t…