Peak Gold raises $110M
Vancouver — A $110-million financing will help Peak Gold (PIK-V, PIKGF-O) move ahead with continued exploration and efforts to increase production efficiencies at its Amapari and Peak mines, even tho…
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Toronto Stock Exchange Dec. 4-10
As global equity markets rallied on signs of resilience from the United States, the TSX Composite Index continued its upward momentum during the Dec. 4-10 trading period, with a 2.1% increase from the…
U.S. Markets Dec. 4-10
It was a relatively buoyant week for U.S. equity markets ahead of a widely expected interest rate cut. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 478.3 points to close at 13,727.03 over the Dec. 4-10 tradi…
International Quotes (December 17, 2007)
Australia (A$) Dec 10 Nov 19 Change Bendigo Mining 0.34 0.36 -0.02 Centamin Egypt 1.35 1.42 -0.07 Emperor Mines 0.07 0.07 0.00 Kingsgate Cons. 4.48 5.00 -0.52 Lion Selection Ltd…
Dividends (December 17, 2007)
Company Div($.($) Pay Date Record Date Barrick Gold 0.15* Dec 17 Nov 30 Goldcorp 0.015 Dec 28 Dec 21 Newmont Mining 0.10* Dec 28 Dec 7 Hecla Mining 0.875* Jan…
Pebble Creek plans $10M for India
Vancouver — India-focused explorer Pebble Creek Mining (PEB-V, PBLEF-O) plans a $10-million financing to advance its Askot copper-zinc project.
Freeport-McMoRan restarts Climax mine
With molybdenum prices trading recently at US$32.65 per lb. — up sharply from a 20-year high in 2004 of US$16 — it’s hardly surprising that Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold (FCX-N) plans to reopen…
Mirabela Nickel’s Santa Rita shines
When Mirabela Nickel’s (MNB-T, MBN-A) Santa Rita hard rock nickel deposit in Brazil starts producing 18,500 tonnes of nickel in concentrate a year beginning in mid-2009, it will be one of the world’s …
Lead surprise for Zincore (December 17, 2007)
Zincore Metals (ZNC-T) has found a little more lead than expected in its Yanque zinc oxide deposit in southern Peru.
TSX Venture Short Positions (December 17, 2007)
Short positions outstanding at Nov. 30/07 (with changes from Nov. 15/07).
North American Stock Exchange Indices (December 17, 2007)
Date Dec. 10 Dec. 7 Dec. 6 Dec. 5 Dec. 4 High Low S&P/TSX-Ven Comp 2751.27 2730.49 2716.37 2692.22 2694.44 3372.00 2348.80 TSX Composite 13940.36 13862.97 13849.80 13734.54 13579.62 14646.82…
Western Troy adds up at Macleod Lake (December 17, 2007)
Thanks to a field season’s drilling, Western Troy Capital Resources (WRY-V, WTCRF-O) has updated the resource estimate at its Macleod Lake molybdenum-copper project in north-central Quebec.