Editorial: Another wild and woolly year for mining
While this past year was another very strong one for the mining industry, it wasn’t without its twists, turns and dramatic flare-outs. Here’s our reckoning of the top 10 mining stories of 2007:
News
Canadian Gold Mutual Funds (January 07, 2008)
Fund name Dec. 17($) Dec. 10($) Change($) Change(%) YTD(%) MER*(%) Assets*(M$) AGF Pr Mtl 26.44 29.00 -2.56 -8.8 -1.2 2.61 644 Altamira Pr & Str Mtl 11.64 12.85 -1.21 -9.4…
North American Stock Exchange Indices (January 07, 2008)
Date Dec. 18 Dec. 17 Dec. 14 Dec. 13 Dec. 12 High Low S&P/TSX-Ven Comp 2595.28 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a TSX Composite 13358.07 13387.11 13674.23 13747.25 13809.38 14646.82…
Camino Rojo results keep Canplats rising
Vancouver — For the second time in two weeks, Canplats Resources (CPQ-V, CPQRF-O) got a share price boost on results from the company’s Camino Rojo discovery in Zacatecas state, Mexico.
CNQ Trading — December 18-24, 2007
STOCK TICKER VOLUME HIGH LOW LAST CHANGE HIGH LOW Avanti Mining AVMI 340 0.49 0.48 0.48 0.00 0.80 0.40 Bison Gold Exp BGEI 505 0.15 0.01 0.15 0.00 0.50 0.01…
Positive feasibility study for Inca Pacific’s Magistral (January 07, 2008)
Vancouver — The feasibility study for Inca Pacific Resources’ (IPR-V, IPRFF-O) Magistral copper-molybdenum project in Peru shows the project is robust, despite a considerable capital cost increase co…
Explorator finds high-grade gold in search for copper
Gold grades reaching into the double and triple digits at the El Espino-Venus copper-gold project, in Chile, have prompted Explorator Resources (EXO-V, EXRAF-O) to focus more on the yellow metal in it…
Asian Mineral granted Ban Phuc mining licence
Vancouver — With receipt of a mining licence for its Ban Phuc massive sulphide nickel deposit in northwestern Vietnam, Asian Mineral Resources (ASN-V, AIERF-O) can begin construction.
Dividends (January 07, 2008)
Company Div.($) Pay Date Record Date Goldcorp 0.015 Dec 28 Dec 21 Newmont Mining 0.10* Dec 28 Dec 7 Hecla Mining 0.875* Jan 1 Dec 14 Iamgold 0.06* Jan 11…
Andean drills high-grade oreshoot at Cerro Negro
Andean Resources (AND-T, AND-A) has found its Cerro Negro project in southern Argentina contains more than meets the eye.
People (January 07, 2008)
Allied Nevada — Murray Sinclair, a director, has resigned.
Bear Creek touts Santa Ana potential
More results from Peru have Bear Creek Mining (BCM-V, BCEKF-O) thinking about building another silver mine in the South American country.