Teck’s dilemma: How to pay off a $10-billion debt while metal prices fall all around
Vancouver – For the last few years Teck Cominco (TCK.B-T, TCK-N) has been a reliable, dividend-paying investment op…
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Ecuador approves resolution to eliminate tariffs on some equipment
Ecuador’s Council of External Commerce and Investment has approved a resolution to eliminate import tariffs on a ra…
Livengood keeps growing for International Tower Hill
Vancouver – International Tower Hill’s (ITH-V) resource expansion program at the Livengood gold project near …
Boyongan returns positive economics in Philex Gold’s prefeasibility study
Vancouver – It is the Philippine project’s second prefeasibility study this year.
Coal at Division Mountain looks economic for Cash Minerals
An updated study demonstrates that its Division Mountain coal property in the Yukon is economically viable for Cash…
Good gold grades for Northern Abitibi
Discovered earlier this season by trenching, the Thor vein at the Viking gold project in near Sops Arm, Nfld. is pr…
Minefinders pours first gold at Dolores, Mexico
Minefinders’ (MFL-T, MFN-X) Dolores mine in Chihuahua, Mexico is expected to produce more than 1.7 million oz…
Monument to build Selinsing
Vancouver — Monument Mining (MMY-V, MMTMF-o) is building a mine at its Selinsing gold project, about 100 km north of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Hana hits more copper at Ghanzi (November 17, 2008)
Vancouver — Hana Mining has (HMG-v) quadrupled the strike length of Zone 2 at its Ghanzi copper project, in northwestern Botswana, to 2 km. The zone is one of six Hana has targeted on the 4,370-sq.-k…
Kinbauri tops 2M oz. gold at El Valle and Carles
Vancouver — Resources at Kinbauri Gold’s (KNB-V, KINBF-o) El Valle and Carles mines in northwestern Spain continue to grow in the wake of a completed 30,000- metre drilling campaign. All told, the pr…
TSX VENTURE SHORT POSITIONS (November 17, 2008)
Short positions outstanding at Oct. 31/08 (with changes from Oct. 15/08).
EXCHANGE RATES (November 17, 2008)
CANADIAN/U. S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate) Date Nov. 10 Nov. 7 Nov. 6 Nov. 5 Nov. 4 US$ in C$ 1.1942 1.1835 1.1818 1.1596 1.1499 C$ in US$ 0.8374 0.8450 0.8462 0.8624 0.869…