U.S. Markets (November 20, 2006)
Interest rate speculation and the impact of U.S. mid-term elections weighed heavily on the minds of investors during the Nov. 7-13 trading session, sending the Dow Jones Industrial Average up 26.33 po…
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TSX Venture Exchange (November 20, 2006)
Steady gold and weakening copper prices marked a fairly static week for the S&P-TSX Venture Composite Index over the Nov. 7-13 trading session, inching down 5.06 points to 2,648.89. Average daily …
Spot Prices: Courtesy of Scotiabank Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2006
Precious Metals Price (US$/oz.) Change Gold $625.75 +24.85 Silver $12.62 +0.54 Platinum $1173.00 +99.00 Palladium $328.00 +9.00 Base Metals Price (US$/lb.) Change Nickel $14.87 -0.18 Lead $0.80 +0.05 Copper $3.35…
Return of Ortega in Nicaragua Chills Miners
Vancouver — The return to power of former Marxist guerilla leader Daniel Ortega in Nicaragua has sent a chill through a small community of Canadian mining companies with operations in the Central Ame…
Canadian Gold Mutual Funds (November 20, 2006)
Fund name Nov 13($) Nov 6($) Change($) Change(%) YTD(%) MER*(%) Assets*(M$) AGF Pr Mtl 25.13 24.71 0.42 1.7 54.0 2.68 440 Altamira Pr & Str Mtl 12.08 11.88 0.20 1.7…
Canadian Stock Exchange Indices (November 20, 2006)
Date Nov. 13 Nov. 10 Nov. 9 Nov. 8 Nov. 7 High Low S&P/TSX-Ven Comp 2648.89 2674.25 2669.36 2631.78 2576.64 3309.90 1992.44 TSX Composite 12309.40 12340.47 12410.23 12378.20 12310.21 12494.72…
Iceberg Proves Diamond-Bearing but Shows Low Count
Despite disappointing microdiamond counts from the newly discovered Iceberg kimberlite, Indicator Minerals (IME-V, IMEEF-O) remains enthusiastic about the potential of the Darby project, where some 95…
Nuinsco Climbs on High-Grade Nickel Concentrate
Metallurgical test results from Nuinsco Resources’ (NWI-T, NUIRF-O) wholly owned Minago deposit are in, and the news is good.
Tri Origin Tables Woodlawn Zinc Resource
Vancouver — Tri Origin Exploration (TOE-V, TROIF-O) has put forth a resource estimate for its Woodlawn base metals project in New South Wales, Australia.
Western Canadian Coal set to start second B.C. mine
Vancouver – Efforts to transform northeastern British Columbia into a major supplier of metallurgical coal to the K…
Gold Hawk to restart Coricancha mine
Vancouver – Recent Peruvian Government resolutions lifting a 2002 “stop work order” on the concentrator has Gold Ha…
Australia’s Western Areas backs Mustang at Maskwa (November 17, 2006)
Perth, Australia-based nickel miner Western Areas (WSA-T, WSA-A) is investing up to $5 million in Mustang Minerals …