Exchange Rates (April 18, 2005)
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TSX Shorts (April 18, 2005)
Short positions outstanding at Mar. 31, 2005 (change from Mar. 15)….
Activity down in US markets
U.S. stock markets climbed marginally higher during the April 5-11 period. The S&P 500 index rose 5.09 points to close at 1,181.21 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 27.42 points to finish…
Thistle gets reprieve
Creditor protection for
Copper’s bull run, part 2
This following is the concluding part of a talk on the copper market, delivered at the recent convention of the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada in Toronto. Part one appeared in our…
Aussies scope Mt. Kare while Madison eyes Nevada
Vancouver — Developing mines in the remote Central Highlands of Papua New Guinea (PNG) is an expensive proposition, even for a major company, so it’s no surprise
Silver Standard in red despite best year
Vancouver — Expensing of stock options put
Liberty and order Colombia’s tortuous road back to normalcy
Colombia. The name stirs up fearful images of car bombs, cocaine cartels, kidnappings, dirty money and endless guerrilla war in the jungle….
Tahera busy at Jericho
Construction of the Jericho diamond mine in Nunavut is under way now that
Gold and the UK election
If Michael Howard becomes prime minister of Great Britain, he will have to compare 1936 with 2005. In 1940, Winston Churchill promised blood, toil, tears and sweat; today the head of the Conservative…
Anvil to fast-track Kulumaziba (April 18, 2005)
Lundin shrinks Zinkgruvan
Vancouver — An in-house estimate suggests that reserves at the Zinkgruvan zinc-lead-silver mine in Sweden are smaller than previously calculated….