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The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index clawed back much of the steep losses it had suffered the week prior, gaining 81.39 points to end the period at 1,309.27 points after four days of straight gains. The gains came despite fairly low volumes,…
U.S Markets
Volatility remains the buzzword following a roller-coaster ride of a week on Wall Street that saw indexes plunge to multi-month lows before rebounding to modest weekly gains. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell to 12,315.95 before making a…
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EXCHANGE RATES CANADIAN/U.S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate) Date May 28 May 25 May 24 May 23 May 22 US$ in C 1.0241 1.0285 1.0275 1.0275 1.0191 …
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GE pursues two underground equipment makers
People
Abzu Gold — Allan Serwa resigned as CEO; Tim McCutcheon appointed CEO and a director.Alcoa — Max Laun appointed VP and general counsel; Donna Dabney top retire Aug. 1 as VP and corporate secretary; Audrey Strauss appointed chief…
Mineral Mountain enters deal with Holy Terror in Homestake belt
VANCOUVER — Mineral Mountain Resources (MMV-V) is betting that the legendary Homestake gold belt still has some life left in it.
Thompson Creek provides the lowdown on Mt. Milligan
VANCOUVER — As the old adage goes, it tends to always be darkest before the dawn, and that seems an apt description for Colorado-based molybdenum (moly) player Thompson Creek Metals (TCM-T, TC-N). The company is bulling through a stage of…
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EXCHANGE RATES CANADIAN/U.S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate) Date May 21 May 18 May 17 May 16 May 15 US$ in C N/A 1.0210 1.0164 1.0102 1.0029 …
Gold Standard strikes again at Railroad
It looks like Gold Standard Ventures (GV-V) has done it again. The company’s shares jumped 51%, or 91¢ on April 26, following the new results from the North Bullion zone at its Railroad gold property outside of Elko, Nev. Gold…
Lifton describes copper as ‘nerves of civilization’
In a keynote address at Byron Capital Markets’ third annual conference on electric metals in Toronto on April 19, Jack Lifton warned that copper shortages should be a far greater concern than electric metals, such as rare earths, graphite…