Tinpo plays white knight to Western Prospector
Western Prospector Group’s (WNP-V, WEPGF-O) confidence that Khan Resources’ (KRI-T, KHRIF-O) hostile takeover wou…
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Full Metal’s Little White Man gets bigger (July 14, 2008)
Vancouver – The first drill results from Full Metal Minerals’ (FMM-V) 2008 program have expanded the size of a zinc…
Ontario to block mining from boreal forest
Mining, forestry and all other kinds of development will be banned from nearly half of Ontario’s northern boreal re…
Mines Management clears a hurdle in Montana
Mines Management (MGT-T) has been given one official nod for its Montanore silver and copper project in northweste…
Barrick bids for junior energy company to mitigate oil costs
Barrick Gold (ABX-T, ABX-N) is hedging against soaring oil prices with an all-cash offer for Albertan oil and gas j…
Correction: Khan Resources
Khan Resources’ (KRI-T, KHRIF-O) Dornod project has probable reserves of 49 million lbs. uranium oxide from the No….
Monument raising $38M for Malaysia gold project
Monument Mining (MMY-V) is raising $38 million to move its 100%-owned Selinsing gold project in Malaysia toward production.
Helio hitting gold in Tanzania (July 14, 2008)
VANCOUVER — Helio Resource (HRC-V, HELOF-O) has been working away at the SMP gold project in southwestern Tanzania for two years and its efforts are starting to pay off. Strong drilling results from …
INTERNATIONAL QUOTES (July 14, 2008)
Australia (A$) June 24 June 17 Change Bendigo Mining 0.28 0.30 -0.02 Centamin Egypt 1.15 1.24 -0.09 Kingsgate Cons. 5.28 5.50 -0.22 Lion Selection Ltd 1.88 1.82 0.06 …
EXCHANGE RATES (July 14, 2008)
CANADIAN/U. S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate) Date July 7 July 4 July 3 July 2 July 1 US$ in C$ 1.0173 1.0155 1.0206 1.0129 Holiday C$ in US$ 0.9830 0.9847 0.9798 0.9873 Holid…
DIVIDENDS (July 14, 2008)
Note: Vale will pay $0.52* on common and pr sh in two instlmnts on Apr 30 and Oct 31. Alcoa will pay $0.9367* per share on $3.75* cmltv prf stk on July 1, rec June 13. Hecla Mining will pay $0.875* di…
LENDING RATES (July 14, 2008)
as of 9 a. m. ET, June 24, 2008 (%) Bank of Canada 3.25 Target overnight rate 3.00 Canadian Prime 4.75 U. S. Discount Primary 2.25 U. S. Fed Funds market rate 2.00 U. S. Prime …