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Short positions outstanding at Sept. 30/09 (with changes from Sept. 15/09).

Short positions outstanding at Sept. 30/09 (with changes from Sept. 15/09).

*as of Sept. 30/09

Note: Vale will pay $0.4795 for common and prf class A shares on Oct 30. Alcoa will pay US93.75 cents per share on its US$3.75 cmltv prf stk payable Jan 1, record close Dec 11.

CANADIAN/U. S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate) Date Oct. 12 Oct. 9 Oct. 8 Oct. 7 Oct. 6 US$ in C$ Holiday 1.0424 1.0535 1.0619 1.0571 C$ in US$ Holiday 0.9593 0.9492 0.9417 0.9…

as of 5 p. m. ET. Oct 13, 2009 (%) 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 …

Australia (A$) Oct. 13 Oct. 5 Change Aquila Resources 7.48 7.05 0.43 Bendigo Mining 0.25 0.24 0.01 Centennial Coal 3.35 3.12 0.23 Fortescue Res 3.90 3.59 0.31 Iluka R…

Western Areas (WSA-T, WSA-A) has received final consent from Australia’s Environment Ministry to start building a mine at its high-grade Spotted Quoll nickel deposit and the company expects production…

Investors in East Asia Minerals (EAS-V, EAIAF-O) have watched the stock move from 12¢ a share in November 2008 to $3.10 per share in August 2009.

VANCOUVER — A cash-rich Gobi- Min (GBM-V, GMNFF-O) — it has $88 million in the bank — is making a foray into gold exploration.

Freegold Ventures (ITF-T, FGOVF-O) is easing some debt pressures by selling its Almaden gold project in western Idaho to Western Standard Metals (WSM-V) for cash, shares and warrants.

Ventana Gold (VEN-T, VENGF-O) has reported one of the most significant drill intercepts yet on its La Bodega gold property 400 km north of Bogota, Colombia, where it has just begun a scoping study on …