Volume 96 Number 34 - Oct 11 - 17, 2010

VANCOUVER — Demonstrating the feverish excitement about the Yukon, Wolverine Minerals’ (WLV-V) share price spiked on news that it had secured a large block of property in the territory.

The hostile US$40-billion takeover bid by BHP Billiton for Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan took another big step forward on Oct. 1 with the release of a report on the bid by the Conference Board of Canad…

In June, Harvard Law School’s International Human Rights Clinic released a 200-page study titled “Bearing the burden: the effects of mining on First Nations in British Columbia.” The report highlights…

The building of a decline at Fronteer Gold’s (FRG-T, FRG-N) Northumberland project in Nevada has been awarded to J.S. Redpath Corp. of Sparks, Nev. Blasting and excavation of the portal is expected to…

Montreal-based engineering and construction firm SNC-Lavalin (SNC-T) has been awarded the lead contract for a feasibility study of Stornoway Diamond’s (SWY-T) Renard diamond project in Quebec’s Otish …

SaskPower is proposing to build a new 230-kilovolt transmission line to service Shore Gold’s (SGF-T) diamond mine project within the Fort la Corne Provincial Forest.

VANCOUVER — Soho Resources (SOH-V) has released the numbers from a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) on its Tahuehueto polymetallic project in Durango, Mexico.

The TSX composite index rose marginally for the Sept. 27 -Oct 1 period to 12,363.08 from 12, 246.37.

The S&P-TSX Venture composite index continued its growth streak during the Sept. 27-Oct. 1 trading period with a 45.25-point gain to put the board at 1,744.79 points, its highest in almost two yea…

Gold continued its ascent during the week of Sept. 27-Oct. 1 to finish at US$1,318.60 per oz. while U.S. equities dipped on both the Dow Jones industrial average and the S&P 500 index.

COURTESY OF SCOTIABANK

Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, Oct. 4, 2010 (change from Sept. 20 in brackets):