TSX Venture Exchange august 1-4
On the back of steady precious and base metal prices, the S&P-TSX Venture Composite Index chiselled out a modest gain of 32.85 points to close at 2,646.62 over the midsummer holiday-shortened Aug….
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Toronto Stock Exchange august 1-4
The market made marginal gains over the holiday-shortened Aug. 1-4 period, with the S&P-TSX Composite Index up 105.72 points to 11,936.68 as a slight rise in unemployment made further increases in…
Editorial: Aussie PM warming to nuke power (August 14, 2006)
There’s nothing quite like the whiff of big money to make people abandon their longest-held principles….
Young-Davidson story grows with Northgate exploration
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Further delays for Platinex in native land dispute
After a 5-month delay of its exploration drilling program at Big Trout Lake, in northern Ontario, junior explorer Platinex (PTX-V) is facing at least another five months of paralysis, owing to an Onta…
Aurora drills wide uranium at Michelin
Vancouver — Drilling on Aurora Energy Resources’ (AXU-T, AUEGF-O) Michelin deposit in the Central Mineral Belt of coastal Labrador has intersected a number of wide, higher-grade uranium intervals….
Newmont sees strong earnings in Q2
Vancouver — Shares of Newmont Mining (NMC-T, NEM-N) slipped almost 5% the same day it announced earnings of US$161 million (36 per share) in its latest second quarter, up 83% from last year’s corres…
North American Palladium boosts output at Lac des les
Vancouver — With underground operations now fully on-stream, North American Palladium’s (PDL-T, PAL-X) Lac des les mine, just north of Thunder Bay, Ont., showed improved performance over its second-…
Exmin, Hochschilds not finicky about Moris
Vancouver-based junior Exmin Resources (EXM-V, EXMFF-O) has teamed up with Peru’s Hochschild Mining Group to buy the closed Santa Maria de Moris heap-leach gold-silver mine located in the Moris distri…
New World drills wide intercept at Lipea (August 14, 2006)
Vancouver — Initial drilling by New World Resource (NW-V, NWFFF-O) on its Lipea project in southwestern Bolivia has returned a wide intercept of copper, gold and silver mineralization….
Farallon raising $30M for Campo Morado
Vancouver — Farallon Resources (FAN-T, FRLLF-O) has lined up a $30-million financing to advance its Campo Morado polymetallic project in Guerrero state, Mexico….
Lending Rates (August 14, 2006)
as of 4 pm ET, Aug. 7, 2006(%)…