Skybridge scoring good grades in Nunavut
VANCOUVER–The Downie brothers are at it again.
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NORTH AMERICAN STOCK EXCHANGE INDICES (September 01, 2008)
52-week Date Aug. 25 Aug. 22 Aug. 21 Aug. 20 Aug. 19 High Low S&P/TSX-Ven Comp 1940.01 1951.63 1949.68 1919.75 1901.73 3192.55 1881.41 TSX Composite 13288.96 13447.29 13539.22 …
TSX VENTURE SHORT POSITIONS (September 01, 2008)
Short positions outstanding at Aug. 15/08 (with changes from Jul. 15/08).
TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE AUG. 19-25
The S&P-TSX Venture Composite Index posted a gain over the Aug. 19-25 trading week, closing up 16.37 points at 1,940.01. It was the first weekly gain in several months for the junior board. Daily …
Gustavson to complete Contact prefeasibility
Boulder, Colo.-based consulting firm Gustavson Associates has been hired to prepare a prefeasibilty study for International Enexco’s (IEC-V, IEXCF-O) Contact copper project in Nevada.
LENDING RATES (September 01, 2008)
as of 9 a. m. ET, Aug 19, 2008 (%) Bank of Canada 3.25 Target overnight rate 3.00 Canadian Prime 4.75 U. S. Discount Primary 2.25 U. S. Fed Funds market rate 2.00 U. S. Prime 5…
HudBay’s Balmat zinc operation goes bust
VANCOUVER–Less than two years after ramping the Balmat mine back up to full production, HudBay Minerals (HBM-T, HBMFF-O) is closing the New York state zinc mine and concentrator.
Imperial gets Sterling drill results in Nevada
VANCOUVER — Imperial Metals (III-T) is having success at the past-producing Sterling gold mine, 185 km northwest of Las Vegas, Nev., with positive drill results from its 144 zone.
ArcelorMittal shores up Brazilian iron ore assets
VANCOUVER — ArcelorMittal (MT-N) cut two sizable cheques on the same day for two iron assets in Brazil.
Baffin Island sparkles for Peregrine
It’s not every day that you find diamonds outcropping at surface in the Arctic and some miners will go a lifetime without ever seeing it happen. Oftentimes, kimberlite pipes of interest in the Far Nor…
Douglas Lake taps Tanzminex for Mbwembkuru
Tanzanian-focused mineral exploration company Douglas Lake Minerals (DKLM-O) has contracted Tanzanian Mineral Exploration (Tanzminex) to prepare a resource estimate for the company’s Mbwemkuru alluvia…
Chinalco limited to 15% Rio Tinto stake
The Australian government has approved a maximum holding of 14.99% in the shares of Rio Tinto PLC( RTP-N, RIO-L) for Aluminum Corp. of China (Chinalco). The approval is subject to the conditions that …