The S&P/TSX Composite Index gained during the trading week to close at 12,268.01, up 319 points from where it began.The lift followed two major announcements, including the European Central Bank’s plan to buy government bonds from…
The TSX Venture Exchange collected itself and resumed its forward march. After falling four straight days the week before, the holiday shortened period saw the index climb 31 points to 1,276.71 points, on the back of renewed enthusiasm for…
SPOT PRICESCourtesy of ScotiaBankTuesday, September 11, 2012 Precious MetalsPrice…
TSX Short Positions Short positions outstanding at Aug 31/12 (with changes from Aug 15/12). Largest Short Positions Security Ticker Total Short Change Lundin Mining LUN 44646706 476706…
The Yukon government has extended a mineral-staking ban in the Peel watershed until May 4, 2013, while it develops a land-use plan for the region. The ban was set to expire on Sept. 4.
EXCHANGE RATES CANADIAN/U.S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate) Date Sept 10 Sept 7 Sept 6 Sept 5 Sept 4 US$ in C 0.9762 0.9778 0.9825 0.9902 0.9863 …
Rainy River Resources’ (RR-T) updated preliminary economic assessment (PEA) proposes a smaller, higher-grade and lower-cost gold mine at its namesake project in northwestern Ontario. Given the current negative market conditions, the…
Athabasca Uranium — Paula Rogers appointed a director.Atlanta Gold — Wm. Ernest Simmons appointed president and CEO.Aura Minerals — Britt Reid departed as executive VP and COO.Canadian Electrolytic Zinc — Eva Carissimi…
Pretium Resources’ (PVG-T, PVG-N) saw total resources at its Brucejack gold-silver project in northern B.C. decrease after publishing an updated resource estimate for one of the project’s underground deposits.
Lake Shore Gold (LSG-T) has completed a $90-million public offering to strengthen its balance sheet, which was in “bad shape” even after closing several other financings this year, says Haywood Securities’…
On Aug. 16, 2012, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) published CSA Staff Notice 43-307 Mining Technical Reports – Preliminary Economic Assessments, which sets out staff’s position on several issues regarding the use and…
Deciding whether to provide similar levels of pay for work of equal value is a natural consideration for Canadian companies with operations abroad — internal equity is a key platform for human resource strategy. However, a number of…
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