North American Stock Exchange Indices (December 15, 2008)
52-week Date Dec. 8 Dec. 5 Dec. 4 Dec. 3 Dec. 2 High Low S&P/TSX-Ven Comp 698.18 684.31 697.86 712.08 731.10 2886.39 678.62 TSX Composite 8567.12 8117.03 8057.82 8296.96 83…
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BHP Maps Olympic Dam Plans
BHP Billiton (BHP-N, BLT-L),the world’s largest mining company, is planning to expand its Olympic Dam copper-uranium-gold mine in Australia, envisioning a sixfold increase in mining and milling capaci…
Tsx Venture Short Positions (December 15, 2008)
Short positions outstanding at Nov. 30/08 (with changes from Nov. 15/08).
Dividends (December 15, 2008)
Note: Alcoa will pay its quarterly div of US$0.9375 for US$3.75 cmltv pr sh on Jan 1, rec Dec 12. Xstrata Canada will pay $0.2863 div for pref sh series…
Mine Consultant Recognized As Top Family-Friendly Firm
Mine consulting and engineering firm Jacques Whitford has been named one of Canada’s top 20 family-friendly employers by Today’s Parent magazine for the third year in a row.
Kodiak’s Golden Mile Growing
Vancouver — The Golden Mile project is starting to outgrow its name: Kodiak Exploration (KXL-V, KXLAF-O) has traced its rich quartz vein gold system near Thunder Bay, Ont., along 8 km of strike and t…
Commentary: Survey Shows Miners Upbeat Over The Long Term
It doesn’t take a genius to figure out that the mining industry is not immune to the goings on of the world financial markets. Anyone who opens a newspaper, or better yet, has a stock portfolio with a…
Evolving Pulling Gold At Rattlesnake Hills
Vancouver — A first-pass drill program at Rattlesnake Hills in Wyoming is returning promising results for Evolving Gold (EVG-V, EVOGF-O).
Correction (December 15, 2008)
In the T. N. M. Nugget attached to the story “Uranium price will rebound,” in our Outlook 2009 section (Dec. 8-14/08), we inaccurately stated that reactor consumption of uranium in 2006 was 27,000 ton…
Aguila Showing Size Potential For Duran Ventures
Vancouver — Drilling efforts at the Aguila copper-molybdenum prospect in Ancash, Peru, are starting to define a sizable zone for owner Duran Ventures (DRV-V, DUVNF-O).
Wilco, Jessup Return More Nevada Gold For Rye Patch
Rye Patch Gold (RPM-V, RPMGF-O) has reported more gold intersections in drilling at its Wilco and Jessup projects in Nevada.
Tsx Short Positions (December 15, 2008)
Short positions outstanding at Nov. 30/08 (with changes from Nov. 15/08).