Great Basin Raises $130M For Burnside Gold Project
Great Basin Gold (GBG-T, GBG-X) is determined to get its Burnside gold project in South Africa up and running by July 2010 and has completed an equity financing to do it.
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Quebec Promises Northern Highway Improvements
Mining and exploration companies are elated that the Quebec government has set aside about $698 million for road infrastructure projects in the province’s north.
TSX Venture Exchange – March 31-April 6
Over the March 30-April 6 trading period the S&P TSX Venture Composite Index saw three days of gains half erased by two days in the red, leaving the board up just 17.97 points by the end of the pe…
LME Warehouse Levels (April 13, 2009)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, Apr. 7, 2009 (change from Mar. 31 in brackets):
Endeavour Silver Boosts Revenues, Production
Endeavour Silver (EDR-T, EXK-X) seemed to defy gravity last year with revenues up 22% to US$39.3 million, production up 10% to 2.3 million oz. silver, and cash costs that fell 4% to US$9.03 per oz. si…
Spot Prices (April 13, 2009)
COURTESY OF SCOTIABANK
Producer And Dealer Prices (April 13, 2009)
Antimony: Mid-mkt US$4,250/t.
Ventana Extends La Mascota To 725 Metres, Raises $6M
When the first set of drill results from Ventana Gold’s (VEN-T) La Bodega gold project in Colombia came in, CEO Richard Warke says no one could believe it.
ABB To Supply Electrical Gear For Vale Plant
Power and automation supplier ABB (ABB-N) has signed a US$62- million deal with Vale (RIO-N) to supply electrical equipment to the company’s Oman Industrial Complex project, in the Middle Eastern coun…
Chinese Company To Buy Western Prospector
A Hong Kong-listed company with links to China National Nuclear Corp. — China’s former Ministry of Nuclear Industry, which built the country’s first atom bomb — wants to buy Western Prospector Group…
TSX Short Positions (April 13, 2009)
Short positions outstanding at Mar. 31/09 (with changes from Mar. 15/09).
Exchange Rates (April 13, 2009)
CANADIAN/U. S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate) Date Apr. 6 Apr. 3 Apr. 2 Apr. 1 Mar. 31 US$ in C$ 1.2429 1.2337 1.2384 1.2643 1.2602 C$ in US$ 0.8046 0.8106 0.8075 0.7910 0.793…