CANADIAN GOLD MUTUAL FUNDS (May 19, 2008)
Fund name May. 12 May 5 Change Change YTD MER* Assets* ($) ($) ($) (%) (%) (%) (M$) AGF Pr Mtl 27.78 27.33 0.45 1.6 -2.7 2.60 724.7 Altamira Pr & Str Mtl 11.89 11.64 0.25 …
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TSX SHORT POSITIONS (May 19, 2008)
Short positions outstanding at Apr. 30/08 (with changes from Apr. 15/08). Largest Short Positions Yamana Gold YRI 29175691 3056885 Equinox Min EQN 25908975 7579497 Lundin Mining LU…
LENDING RATES (May 19, 2008)
as of 9 a. m. ET, May 13, 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…
DIVIDENDS (May 19, 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 installments on Apr 30 and Oct 31. Alcoa will pay $0.9367* …
EXCHANGE RATES (May 19, 2008)
CANADIAN/U. S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate) Date May 12 May 9 May 8 May 7 May 6 US$ in C$ 1.0039 1.0061 1.0149 1.0021 1.0035 C$ in US$ 0.9961 0.9939 0.9853 0.9979 0.9965 EXC…
INTERNATIONAL QUOTES (May 19, 2008)
Australia (A$) May 13 May 6 Change Bendigo Mining 0.29 0.30 -0.01 Centamin Egypt 1.38 1.39 -0.01 Croesus Mining 0.04 0.28 0.00 Kingsgate Cons. 5.30 5.00 0.30 Lion Sel…
Same recipe, different dish: Rio Alto CEO sticks to the script with La Arena purchase
With its planned acquisition of Iamgold’s (IMG-T, IAG-N) La Arena copper-gold project, Rio Alto Mining’s president and chief executive Alex Black has signalled he’s ready to again make his mark on min…
Galway looks to improve Victorio economics (May 19, 2008)
Galway Resources (GWY-V, GWYRF-O) is using the recommendations from a scoping study on its Victorio molybdenum-tungsten project, in New Mexico, to improve the economics of the project in a prefeasibil…
Western Bushveld has more to give to Platinum Group
Platinum Group Metals (PTM-T, PLG-X) picked a good time to release its first resource for one of the projects on its joint-ventured Western Bushveld property in South Africa.
Newmac pulls more deep moly at Crazy Fox
VANCOUVER — Newmac Resources’ (NER-V, NEWRF-O) continued efforts at the Crazy Fox molybdenum project, in central B. C., are paying off with long mineralized intercepts.
China investing big in Africa (May 19, 2008)
China continues in its race to secure mineral resources in Africa, with a plan to invest more than US$9 billion in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
Gemcom taken out by private equity firms for $180M
VANCOUVER–In a commodity supercycle, it pays to remember that mining companies don’t go it alone. Without support and supplies from a whole range of companies, from equipment manufacturers to archite…