DAILY METAL PRICES (June 02, 2008)
Date May 26 May 23 May 22 May 21 May 20 BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne) Al Alloy Holiday 2665/2695 2730/2740 2700/2730 2680/2715 Alu…
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NORTH AMERICAN STOCK EXCHANGE INDICES (June 02, 2008)
52-week Date May 26 May 23 May 22 May 21 May 20 High Low S&P/TSX-Ven Comp 2718.75 2706.37 2680.33 2671.76 2661.14 3341.56 2340.21 TSX Composite 14758.57 14723.36 14792.36 147…
TSX VENTURE SHORT POSITIONS (June 02, 2008)
Short positions outstanding at May. 15/08 (with changes from Apr. 30/08).
Ontario’s Mining Act under fire
Platinex (PTX-V, PANXF-O) is suing the government of Ontario for more than $70 million, claiming it didn’t fulfill its duty to consult with a First Nation group before granting the junior exploration …
TSX SHORT POSITIONS (June 02, 2008)
Short positions outstanding at May. 15/08 (with changes from Apr. 30/08).
CANADIAN GOLD MUTUAL FUNDS (June 02, 2008)
Fund name May. 16 May. 12 Change Change YTD MER* Assets* ($) ($) ($) (%) (%) (%) (M$) AGF Pr Mtl 28.33 27.78 0.55 2.0 -0.8 2.60 724.7 Altamira Pr & Str Mtl 12.34 11.89 0.45…
Paramount set to redo San Miguel estimate with host of new results
VANCOUVER — Paramount Gold and Silver’s (PZG-T, PZG-X) San Miguel project has produced an impressive set of drill results over the last year, boosted in large part by the results out of the newly dis…
Western Prospector rejects Khan’s all-share bid
The board of Western Prospector Group (WNP-V, WEPGF-O) has rejected Khan Resources’ (KRI-T, KHRIF-O) unsolicited takeover bid for the company, saying it is “inadequate and falls significantly short of…
CNQ TRADING — MAY 20-26, 2008
(100s) WEEK 12-MONTH STOCK TICKER VOLUME HIGH LOW LAST CHANGE HIGH LOW May 20-26, 2008 Alliance Mining AMCL 740 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.00 0.23 0.085 Avanti Mining AVMI 20 0.28 0.28 0…
LENDING RATES (June 02, 2008)
as of 9 a. m. ET, May 27, 2008 (%) Bank of Canada 3.25 Target overnight rate 3.00 Canadian Prime 4.75 U. S. Discount Primary 2.25 U. S. Fed Funds market rate 2.00 U. S. Prime 5…
EXCHANGE RATES (June 02, 2008)
CANADIAN/U. S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate) Date May 26 May 23 May 22 May 21 May 20 US$ in C$ 0.9896 0.9883 0.9861 0.9844 0.9930 C$ in US$ 1.0105 1.0118 1.0141 1.0158 1.0070…
DIVIDENDS (June 02, 2008)
Note: Xstrata will pay its pref sh series 3 div of $0.2862 on June 2, rec May 15. Vale will pay $0.52* on common and pr sh to be paid in two instlmnts on Apr 30 and Oct 31. Alcoa will pay $0.9367* per…