Exchange Rates (June 08, 2009)
CANADIAN/U. S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate) Date June 1 May 29 May 28 May 27 May 26 US$ in C$ 1.0872 1.0961 1.1124 1.1120 1.1199 C$ in US$ 0.9198 0.9123 0.8990 0.8993 0.8929…
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Lending Rates (June 08, 2009)
as of 9 a. m. ET. June 2, 2009 (%) Bank of Canada 0.50 Target overnight rate 0.25 Canadian Prime 2.25 U. S. Discount Primary 0.50 U. S. Fed Funds market rate 0-0.25 U. S. Prime …
Dividends (June 08, 2009)
Note:Vale will pay $0.4795 for common and preferred class A shares on Oct 30. Anglo American has suspended its dividend which totals $0.44* for the year. Teck Cominco and Harry Winston Diamond have al…
International Quotes (June 08, 2009)
Australia (A$) June 2 May 26 Change Bendigo Mining 0.30 0.28 0.02 Kingsgate Cons. 6.40 6.15 0.25 Lion Selection Ltd 1.07 1.02 0.05 Newcrest Mining 33.89 32.00 1.89 Zi…
Dios And Sirios Explore Opinaca Nord
Grab samples recently taken from outcrops at Dios Exploration (DOS-V, DIOSF-O) and Sirios Resources’ (SOI-V, SIREF-O) Opinaca Nord project in the James Bay area of northern Quebec have returned uraniu…
High River May Get Bailout
Financially strapped High River Gold Mines (HRG-T, HRIVF-O) says its largest shareholder, Russian steelmaker Severstal, has expressed a non-binding interest in making a cash offer of 18¢ per shar…
Gold Fields Options Mindoro Projects In Philippines
Mindoro Resources (MIO-V, MNODF-O) and Gold Fields (GFI-N, GFI-J) have signed an agreement giving the South African gold mining giant the option to earn into Mindoro’s El Paso, Lobo and Talahib porphy…
Red Back Posts Record Q1
There aren’t many mining companies that are setting new share-price highs at the moment, but Red Back Mining (RBI-T, RBIFF-O) is one of them.
Sherritt’s Ambatovy Nears Completion
Political unrest in Madagascar has had no impact on Sherritt International’s (S-T, SHERF-O) massive Ambatovy nickel project in the troubled island nation. Construction is past the halfway mark and the…
Jilin Jien Moves In On Canadian Nickel
VANCOUVER — Earning into Goldbrook Ventures’ (GBK-V, GBKVF-O) Raglan project and scooping up half of troubled Liberty Mines (LBE-T), China’s Jilin Jien Nickel is becoming an important player in the C…
Ursa Major And Canadian Arrow Consider Merger
Nickel prices are still in the dumps but that’s not stopping nickel juniors Canadian Arrow Mines (CRO-V, CDARF-O) and Ursa Major Minerals (UMJ-T, UMJMF-O) from planning ahead for a price comeback.
Antioquia Looks For Colombian Gold
Calgary-based Antioquia Gold (AGD-V) is looking to prove Colombia can keep up with its Peruvian and Ecuadorian neighbours to the south when it comes to gold.