Toronto Stock Exchange April 25-May 1
The S&P-TSX Composite Index fell 107.67 points to close the April 25-May 1 report period at 12,234.56. Bank of Canada head David Dodge hinted at further modest interest rate hikes, which helped pu…
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New Cantech tables Lucky Ship moly resource (May 08, 2006)
Vancouver — A mineral resource estimate is now in hand for New Cantech Ventures’ (NCV-V, NCTVF-O) Lucky Ship molybdenum deposit, located 65 km southwest of Houston, in west-central British Columbia….
OURD more than power utilities
LETTER TO THE EDITOR…
Feds extend ITCE program
In its first budget, Canada’s Conservative government announced that it will re-introduce the Investment Tax Credit for Exploration (ITCE) — commonly known as the “super” flow-through share program -…
John V. Tully
OBITUARY…
Continental to take over Great China (May 08, 2006)
A friendly deal to take over Great China Mining (GCHA-O) will see Hunter-Dickinson company Continental Minerals (KMK-V, KMKCF-O) trade one of its shares for 8.7843 Great China shares. The bid, under w…
Suppliers News (May 08, 2006)
Rocmec works on Russian Kid…
Editorial: Silver paper
It used to be said in the Canadian Football League that the Toronto Argonauts won the Grey Cup every June. Silver is the Toronto Argonauts of the metals: it has had its breakout year every December si…
New silver investors cause price hike: CPM Group
METALS COMMENTARY…
Silver soars on ETF debut (May 08, 2006)
The silver spot price raced US89, or more than 7% higher, to US$13.36 per oz. in morning trading in New York on April 28, after the widely anticipated launch of Barclays Global Investors Internationa…
Falconbridge soars on buoyant base metals
Higher metal prices helped Falconbridge (FAL.LV-T, FAL-N) more than double its earnings during the first three months of 2006….
Strike looms over Yanacocha (May 08, 2006)
Roughly two weeks after a group of workers at Latin America’s biggest mine returned to work, miners at Peru’s Yanacocha gold mine are threatening to walk off the site again….