Cameco’s Cigar Lake suffers major setback
Vancouver – Mine development at Cameco’s (CCO-T, CCJ-N) 50%-owned Cigar Lake uranium project in the Athabasca Basin…
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Teachers back McEwen
Rob McEwen’s efforts to force a vote by Goldcorp (G-T, GG-N) shareholders on the proposed US$8.6-billion takeover o…
Nuinsco climbs on high grade nickel concentrate
Metallurgical test results from Nuinsco Resources’ (NWI-T) wholly owned Minago deposit came in, and the news is goo…
Spot Prices Courtesy of Scotiabank Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2006
Precious Metals Price (US$/oz.) Change Gold $594.90 +17.65 Silver $11.85 +0.64 Platinum $1094.00 +10.00 Palladium $323.00 +17.00 Base Metals Price (US$/lb.) Change Nickel $15.26 +0.29 Lead $0.70 +0.03 Copper $3.44…
TSX Rights & Warrants (October 23, 2006)
Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM.WT.U) — Wt buys sh @ US$19 to Nov 14/07.
Canadian Stock Exchange Indices (October 23, 2006)
Date Oct. 16 Oct. 13 Oct. 12 Oct. 11 Oct. 10 High Low S&P/TSX-Ven Comp 2422.18 2393.35 2356.83 2343.48 2361.4 3309.90 1957.46 TSX Composite 12061.54 11908.57 11719.09 11619.14 11755.15 12494.72…
Schaft Creek drilling returns high-grade gold for Copper Fox (October 23, 2006)
Vancouver — Partial assays from initial 2006 drilling at Copper Fox Metals’ (CUU-V, CPFXF-O) Schaft Creek project, in northwestern British Columbia, indicate a new high-grade gold zone.
Colombia attracting mining’s heavy hitters
Marmato, Colombia — Efforts by Colombian authorities to attract international mining investment are bearing fruit as the ranks of foreign investors taking a serious look at the country swell. A year …
When it rains it pours in Pine Valley
The list of problems for junior coal-producer Pine Valley Mining (PVM-T, PVMCF-O) is long: a washplant with poor recoveries; a pit with more oxidized coal than expected; and a loan agreement that coul…
Editorial: McEwen’s right, but does anyone still care?
While Rob McEwen and Ian Telfer are two of mining’s most successful CEOs, you couldn’t get more pronounced differences in personality and style, with McEwen, the obsessive maverick, embodying the clas…
Trouble afoot in markets
COMMENTARY — The following is the first of three edited parts of a speech presented at the recent Silver Summit in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. I am rabidly bullish on the…
Toronto Stock Exchange October 10-16
The market made a healthy gain over the Oct. 10-16 trading session, as both gold and base metals rallied. Overall the TSX Composite Index gained 3% to 12,061.54. Gold was up US$16.85 per oz., pushing …