U. S. MARKETS AUG. 5-11
Major U. S. indices were up during the Aug. 5-11 trading session, on the back of a continuing drop in the oil price. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 167 points, or 1.4%, to 11,782; the S&P …
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NORTH AMERICAN STOCK EXCHANGE INDICES (August 18, 2008)
52-week Date Aug. 11 Aug. 8 Aug. 7 Aug. 6 Aug. 5 High Low S&P/TSX-Ven Comp 2015.35 2091.47 2130.19 2148.46 2142.44 3192.55 2013.80 TSX Composite 13203.19 13341.74 13385.17 13…
TSX VENTURE SHORT POSITIONS (August 18, 2008)
Short positions outstanding at July 31/08 (with changes from July 15/08).
Xstrata eyes Lonmin’s platinum
Xstrata (XSRAF-O, XTA-L) wants to widen its reach in its efforts to become the world’s pre-eminent diversified miner.
Crandall Canyon disaster may lead to huge settlement
VANCOUVER–Among other defendants, American coal giant Murray Energy wants to settle out of court a complaint filed against it by families of victims who died or were injured in the Crandall Canyon mi…
Western Copper jumps environmental hurdle at Carmacks
VANCOUVER — An OK from the Yukon Environmental and Socioeconomic Board (YESAB) on Western Copper’s (WRN-T, WCPCF-O) Carmacks copper project paves the wayfor a mining licence, Julien Francois, Western…
Small, rich resource for Avino (August 18, 2008)
VANCOUVER–A solid resource estimate for one vein near the historic Avino mine is bolstering hopes that Avino Silver & Gold Mines (ASM-V, ASGMF-O) will soon be able to restart the mine that Spania…
DAILY METAL PRICES (August 18, 2008)
Date Aug. 11 Aug. 8 Aug. 7 Aug. 6 Aug. 5 BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne) Al Alloy 2495/2530 2471/2520 2475/2535 2480/2530 2500/2520 …
Hathor continues to hum (August 18, 2008)
Hathor Exploration (HAT-V)wants to attract major interest in its Midwest NorthEast project in the Athabasca basin, and with its latest drill holes it continues to do just that.
Teal grows resource, grades at Namibian project
Teal Exploration & Mining’s (TL-T, TEL-J) Otjikoto gold project in Namibia is demonstrating higher grades and resources, the company reports.
CANADIAN GOLD MUTUAL FUNDS (August 18, 2008)
as of Aug. 11/08
EXCHANGE RATES (August 18, 2008)
CANADIAN/U. S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate) Date Aug. 11 Aug. 8 Aug. 7 Aug. 6 Aug. 5 US$ in C$ 1.0676 1.0678 1.0511 1.0470 1.0426 C$ in US$ 0.9367 0.9365 0.9514 0.9551 0.959…