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News
Empire now a mining company, eyes Turkish copper
Vancouver-based capital pool company Empire Mining (EPC-V) has completed the qualifying transaction it first announced in mid-September, with Global Securities acting as sponsor.
New gold zone at Juby (November 19, 2007)
Drilling by Temex Resources (TME-V, TMXRF-O) at its Juby joint-venture property, 20 km west of Gowganda, Ont., has discovered new gold mineralization on the deposit.
Finkolo gold results lift Etruscan (November 19, 2007)
Vancouver — Etruscan Resources’ (EET-T, ETRUF-O) sinking share price got a little boost recently, after the company released drill results from the Finkolo gold project in Mali and announced a $35-mi…
Newmont reports solid results (November 19, 2007)
Higher metal prices helped buoy third-quarter results for gold heavyweight Newmont Mining (NMC-T, NEM-N).
Vior outlines Douay resource
A new resource calculation for Vior Mining Exploration (VIO-V) has doubled the size of the Douay gold deposit, about 60 km south of Matagami, Que.
Taunus resource by March: Oro
Oro Gold Resources (ORG-V, OGRSF-O) says that drill results from its Taunus resource expansion program in Sinaloa, Mexico, are prompting the company to expand its 2,000-metre program.
Resources up, profits down for Silver Standard (November 19, 2007)
Vancouver — Hoping good news can cancel out bad news in the minds of investors, Silver Standard Resources (SSO-T, SSRI-Q) announced an increase to the indicated resource at the company’s Pitarrilla s…
North American Stock Exchange Indices (November 19, 2007)
Date Nov. 12 Nov. 9 Nov. 8 Nov. 7 Nov. 6 High Low S&P/TSX-Ven Comp 2952.62 3048.54 3068.86 3108.95 3173.64 3372.00 2348.00 TSX Composite 13604.96 13869.82 14128.59 14118.18 14370.56 14646.82…
CNQ Trading — Nov. 6-12, 2007
STOCK TICKER VOLUME HIGH LOW LAST CHANGE HIGH LOW Alliance Mining AMCL 1200 0.23 0.16 0.23 0.00 0.23 0.10 Avanti Mining AVMI 760 0.80 0.60 0.69 + 0.08 0.80 0.40…
Ironing out possible mega merger
Spurned by the board of Rio Tinto (RTP-N, RIO-L, RIO-A) in a friendly approach, BHP Billiton (BHP-N, BLT-L, BHP-A) has made its proposal for a US$138-billion all-share bid public in an attempt to brin…
‘Dark clouds’ over Tahera
Tahera Diamond’s (TAH-T, TAHEF-O) future appears about as grim as the company’s books, which have been saturated in red ink since commercial production began at its Jericho diamond mine, in Nunavut, i…