Capella Stock Soars On Lajitas Gold Intercept
Capella Resources (KPS-V) has intersected 105 metres of 1.59 gram gold per tonne in a drill hole on its Lajitas project in the Maricunga district of the Andes in northern Chile. The intercept starts a…
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Daily Metal Prices (April 13, 2009)
Date Apr. 6 Apr. 3 Apr. 2 Apr. 1 Mar. 30 BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne) Al Alloy 1310/1350 1270/1300 1235/1270 1201/1240 1240/1240 …
North American Stock Exchange Indices (April 13, 2009)
52-week Date Apr. 6 Apr. 3 Apr. 2 Apr. 1 Mar. 31 High Low S&P/TSX-Ven Comp 963.17 975.59 978.27 970.09 956.81 2735.30 678.62 TSX Composite 9016.17 9065.76 9073.14 8941.82 8…
Denison Records US$80M Loss
VANCOUVER — The economic downturn has hit the uranium market hard and Canadian producer Denison Mines (DML-T, DNN-X) is feeling the pinch. In recent months, the company reported a 2008 loss of US$80….
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 Venture Short Positions (April 13, 2009)
Short positions outstanding at Mar. 31/09 (with changes from Mar. 15/09).
Dividends (April 13, 2009)
Note:Vale will pay $0.4795 for all shares on Apr 30 and Oct 30. Anglo American has suspended its dividend which totals $0.44* for the year. Teck Cominco and Harry Winston Diamond have also suspended t…
U. S. Markets – March 31-April 6
U. S. equity markets rallied during the Mar. 31-Apr. 6 reporting period, with the Dow-Jones Industrial Average up 454 points, or 6%, to 7,976, the S&P 500 index adding 48 points, or 6.1%, to 835, …
TSX Short Positions (April 13, 2009)
Short positions outstanding at Mar. 31/09 (with changes from Mar. 15/09).
Exchange Rates (April 13, 2009)
CANADIAN/U. S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate) Date Apr. 6 Apr. 3 Apr. 2 Apr. 1 Mar. 31 US$ 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…