Exeter rises on Cerro Moro high grade
Vancouver – News of the highest-grade intersection to date from the Cerro Moro gold-silver project in Argentina gav…
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Lydian gets good results in Kosovo
The Drazhnje project in Kosovo has yielded Lydian International (LYD-T) its best drill results yet and the market t…
Intrepid posts Indonesian resource (July 29, 2008)
Vancouver – A resource estimate for a portion of the Tujuh Bukit gold project in Indonesia only a few months after …
More intercepts for Mexoro (July 28, 2008)
Vancouver – Thanks to an infusion of cash from Paramount Gold and Silver (PZG-T) this spring, Mexoro Minerals (MXOM…
Peabody expanding presence in Australia
Peabody Energy (BTU-N) is taking all of the Millennium coal mine in Australia.The coal producer says it has alr…
Altius posts $52-million impairment charge
Altius Minerals’ (ALS-T) annual net income was drastically cut by its investment in a multi-billion-dollar oil refi…
Newmont keeps tight grip on costs; strong second-quarter results
Despite industry-wide challenges of escalating operating and capital costs, Newmont Mining Corp. (NEM-N) says its s…
Copper Mountain weighs re-opening mine in B.C.
Re-starting a past-producing copper and precious metals mine in southern British Columbia looks more and more likel…
Augen Gold explores Swayze greenstone belt
Jerome, Ont. – Michael Fowler hopes to make a gold and molybdenum discovery here in the Swayze greenstone belt, a p…
LENDING RATES (July 28, 2008)
as of 9 a. m. ET, July 22, 2008 (%) Bank of Canada 3.25 Target overnight rate 3.00 Canadian Prime 4.75 U. S. Discount Primary 2.25 U. S. Fed Funds market rate 2.00 U. S. Prime …
EXCHANGE RATES (July 28, 2008)
CANADIAN/U. S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate) Date July 21 July 18 July 17 July 16 July 15 US$ in C$ 1.0021 1.0053 1.0016 1.0017 1.0020 C$ in US$ 0.9979 0.9947 0.9984 0.9983 0…
INTERNATIONAL QUOTES (July 28, 2008)
Australia (A$) July 22 July 14 Change Bendigo Mining 0.28 0.28 0.00 Centamin Egypt 1.15 1.06 0.09 Kingsgate Cons. 6.04 4.90 1.14 Lion Selection Ltd 1.62 1.65 -0.03 Ne…