News

*as of Dec. 31/09

52-week Date Mar. 1 Feb. 26 Feb. 25 Feb. 24 Feb. 23 High Low S&P/TSX-Ven Comp 1537.61 1531.19 1517.94 1519.41 1519.99 1628.72 809.03 TSX Composite 11728.06 11629.63 11631.44 …

Short positions outstanding at Feb. 15/10 (with changes from Jan. 31/10).

Short positions outstanding at Feb. 15/10 (with changes from Jan. 31/10).

Note: Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold will pay $0.60* div with the first payment of $0.15* paid on Feb. 1, 2010.Cameco is increasing its annual div to 28 cents per sahre from 26 cents. Alcoa pays q…

as of 9 a.m. ET. March 2, 2010 (%) Bank of Canada 0.50 Target overnight rate 0.25 Canadian Prime 2.25 U.S. Discount Primary 0.50 U.S. Fed Funds market rate 0-0.25 U.S. Prime 3….

CANADIAN/U. S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate) Date Mar. 1 Feb. 26 Feb. 25 Feb. 24 Feb. 23 US$ in C$ 1.0420 1.0526 1.0675 1.0550 1.0517 C$ in US$ 0.9596 0.9500 0.9368 0.9479 0….

Australia (A$) Mar 03 Feb. 23 Change Aquila Resources 9.82 9.71 0.11 Bendigo Mining 0.22 0.24 -0.02 Centennial Coal 3.71 3.75 -0.04 Fortescue Res 4.70 4.84 -0.14 Iluk…

VANCOUVER — Golden Predator Royalty & Development (GPD-T) has hit high-grade gold in the latest drill program at its Golden Ridge project in California. The company plans to identify and tap into…

After putting down a dissident shareholder manoeuvre led by Lukas Lundin last September, a triumphant Ulli Rath — Chariot Resources’ (CHD-T) president and chief executive — told a gathering of share…

VANCOUVER — Two successful silver companies have joined forces to tackle the Navidad project in Argentina, one of the largest undeveloped silver deposits in the world. In what has now become a famili…