CANADIAN GOLD MUTUAL FUNDS (March 29, 2010)
*as of Dec. 31/09
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
NORTH AMERICAN STOCK EXCHANGE INDICES (March 29, 2010)
52-week Date Mar. 22 Mar. 19 Mar. 18 Mar. 17 Mar. 16 High Low S&P/TSX-Ven Comp 1554.59 1564.06 1574.86 1577.78 1578.53 1628.72 901.80 TSX Composite 11967.17 11947.98 12040.01 12100.66 12089.40…
TSX SHORT POSITIONS (March 29, 2010)
Short positions outstanding at Mar. 15/10 (with changes from Feb. 28/10).
TSX VENTURE SHORT POSITIONS (March 29, 2010)
Short positions outstanding at Mar. 15/10 (with changes from Feb. 28/10).
DIVIDENDS (March 29, 2010)
Note:Cameco is increasing its annual div to 28 cents per sahre from 26 cents. Alcoa pays qrtly div of US93 cents on cultv prf stk on April 1, close March 12.
LENDING RATES (March 29, 2010)
Metal lease rates from www.kitco.com
EXCHANGE RATES (March 29, 2010)
CANADIAN/U. S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate) Date Mar. 22 Mar. 19 Mar. 18 Mar. 17 Mar. 16 US$ in C$ 1.0193 1.0155 1.0139 1.0113 1.0148 C$ in US$ 0.9811 0.9847 0.9863 0.9888 0…
Oilsands Quest turns to SAGD (March 29, 2010)
When Oilsands Quest (BQI-X) started drilling at its Axe Lake project in Saskatchewan in 2006, there was a much uncertainty in the industry about whether the oilsands of northern Alberta continued to the east.”A lot of people in the industry…
Technical Analysis Report: Oilsands plays
Despite the recent ill wishes from the World Wildlife Fund and Canadian actress Neve Campbell, the development of Alberta’s oilsands continues unabated.While a WWF report and a new documentary narrated by Campbell simultaneously unleashed…
China’s toehold in the oilsands may become a larger footprint (March 29, 2010)
Last September, China made its biggest jump into Canada’s oilsands with PetroChina (PTR-N) slapping down $1.9 billion for a 60% stake in two undeveloped projects near Fort McMurray in northern Alberta owned by privately held Athabasca Oil Sands…
BP returns to the oilsands
VANCOUVER — BP (BP-N, BP-L) has made a big swing back into Canada’s oilsands with two separate deals to develop properties in the Athabasca region.BP struck a deal with privately-held Value Creation to take a majority stake in the 740-sq.-km…
S. Pacific buys McKay remainder
Southern Pacific (STP-V) has signed a deal to increase its stake in the McKay oilsands project 45 km northwest of Fort McMurray, Alta., from 80% to 100%.Southern Pacific has agreed to pay $33 million for 59 sections of land from Bounty…