GobiMin upgrades Yellow Mountain
Vancouver As it continues to sink shafts at its Yellow Mountain property about 100 km southeast of Hami city in n…
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Spurred on in China (August 19, 2008)
Second quarter results showed Spur Ventures (SVU-T, SPVEF-O) to be well on its way to becoming a key fertilizer sup…
Victory Nickel bids for Independent Nickel
Victory Nickel (NI-T) hopes to expand its nickel holdings in Manitoba and has made an unsolicited, all-share takeov…
Red Hill to sample Ulaan Ovoo coal
Red Hill Energy (RH-V) is combining a bulk sample program with an open pit expansion program at its Ulaan Ovoo coal…
Sultan Minerals drills moly, identifies new tungsten zone at Jersey-Emerald
Vancouver For Sultan Minerals (SUL-V), five million tonnes is the magic number. Sultan president and CEO Arthur T…
SilverCrest Mines takes two steps forward at Santa Elena
SilverCrest Mines (SVL-V, STVZF-O) has checked off two more boxes on its “to-do” list before it can move its Sant…
Chinese zirconium play lists on the TSX
Rock samples taken from several Apollo space missions suggest that zirconium is found in higher concentrations on t…
More gold for Aquila
Aquila Resources (AQA-T) got a slight lift from drills testing a porphyry deposit at its Back Forty project in Mich…
TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE AUG. 5-11
The S&P-TSX Venture Composite Index continued its slide over the Aug. 5-11 trading session. Red closes far overshadowed a single six-point gain, leaving the board to close down 222.76 points at 2,…
LME WAREHOUSE LEVELS (August 18, 2008)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, August 12, 2008 (change from August 5 in brackets):
SPOT PRICES (August 18, 2008)
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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…