Botswana returning copper-silver hits for Hana Mining
Vancouver – New results from the Ghanzi copper-silver project in Botswana show promising grades for owner Hana Mini…
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Rusoro extends deadline for Gold Reserve offer
Less than 3% of Gold Reserve’s (GRZ-T) shares have been tendered so far in Rusoro Mining’s (RML-V) hostile takeover…
Short Position Report (January 20, 2009)
TSX Short PositionsShort positions outstanding at Jan. 15/09 (w…
North American Palladium ups resource at Lac des Iles
North American Palladium (PDL-T, PAL-N) has increased indicated resources at its shuttered Lac des Iles mine near T…
Great Western Minerals looks to South Africa for rare earths
As China continually tightens its reigns on rare earth exports, Great Western Minerals Group (GWG-V) is trying to s…
Ring of Fire strong in silver and zinc too
Since 2007 when Noront Resources (NOT-V) discovered a high-grade nickel-copper-platinum-palladium deposit in the Ja…
More gold for Osisko
With a feasibility study and a 6.3 million oz. reserve already done on its main orebody Osisko Mining (OSK-T) wants…
Regent takes reins at Barrick
It is not every day that the world’s largest gold company changes leaders at the helm, but such a rare day occurr…
Alexco Rises On Silver Wheaton Payment
VANCOUVER — On news that it received its first US$15-million payment from Silver Wheaton (SLW-T, SLW-N) in December, Alexco Resource (AXR-T, AXU-X) got a nice share price lift from investors who know…
TSX Short Positions (January 19, 2009)
Short positions outstanding at Dec. 31/08 (with changes from Dec. 15/08).
Exchange Rates (January 19, 2009)
CANADIAN/U. S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate) Date Jan. 12 Jan. 9 Jan. 8 Jan. 7 Jan. 6 US$ in C$ 1.2077 1.1923 1.1888 1.1853 1.1823 C$ in US$ 0.8280 0.8387 0.8412 0.8437 0.845…
Teck Slashes Jobs, Coal Production
VANCOUVER– Another day, another announcement of job and production cuts: Teck (TCK. B-T, TCK-N) is letting go of 1,400 workers and reducing its 2009 coal production target to 20 million tonnes.