Carpathian Doubles Rovina Gold Resource
Carpathian Gold (CPN-T, CPNFF-o) has doubled the resource at its Rovina Valley project in the heart of the Golden Quadrilateral of western Romania’s Transylvania region, 300 km northwest of Bucharest.
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Thor Vein Returns Strong Gold Grades For Northern Abitibi
Discovered earlier this season by trenching, the Thor vein at the Viking gold project near Sops Arm, Nfld., is proving to be a promising discovery, reports operator Northern Abitibi Mining (NAI-V, NOM…
BHP Backs In On Peregrine’s Chidliak
BHP Billiton (BHP-N, BLT-l), the principal owner of Canada’s wildly successful Ekati diamond mine in the Northwest Territories, seems to think Peregrine Diamonds’ (PGD-t) Chidliak project, on southern…
Choice Spot, Tough Decision For Geologix
SITE VISIT Durango, Mexico — Geologix Explorations (GIX-T, GXEXF-o) is positioned on top of what could be Mexico’s next great polymetallic mine. Just an 85-km drive along a paved highway…
Second Time’s The Charm At Boyongan
Vancouver–The Boyongan copper- gold project’s second prefeasibility study this year has come to a different conclusion than the first.
Denison Slides On Midwest Deferral
Vancouver — Investors drove Denison Mines’ (DML-T, DNN-x) share price down 24% after the company announced plans to shut down the Tony M uranium mine in Utah and shelve development plans for the Midw…
Agnico Bewitched By Kittila
SITE VISIT Kittila, Finland — Finnish legend tells of a powerful witch named Paivio who lived in far northern Finland with the primeval Finnish shamans, famous for their magic. One…
On The Greenback, Gold And Global Growth
Global economic growth will be weak next year and commodity prices will remain under severe pressure. The consensus among many in the mining industry seems to be that metal prices won’t recover until …
Daily Metal Prices (December 08, 2008)
Date Dec. 1 Nov. 28 Nov. 27 Nov. 26 Nov. 25 BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne) Al Alloy 1280/1340 1285/1330 1300.50/1331 1310/1351 1301…
North American Stock Exchange Indices (December 08, 2008)
52-week Date Nov. 24 Nov. 21 Nov. 20 Nov. 19 Nov. 18 High Low S&P/TSX-Ven Comp 739.12 766.35 748.23 731.39 719.96 2886.39 685.07 TSX Composite 8406.21 9270.62 8753.77 8643.52…
Tsx Venture Short Positions (December 08, 2008)
Short positions outstanding at Nov. 15/08 (with changes from Oct. 31/08).
Exchange Rates (December 08, 2008)
CANADIAN/U. S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate) Date Dec. 1 Nov. 28 Nov. 27 Nov. 26 Nov. 25 US$ in C$ 1.2377 1.2372 1.2329 1.2342 1.2209 C$ in US$ 0.8080 0.8083 0.8111 0.8102 0….