Northern Miner Staff, Author at The Northern Miner

Stock Markets/Investing September 11, 2006

Toronto Stock Exchange Aug. 29 – Sept. 1

Merger news in the gold sector and strong earnings from two of the big banks helped the TSX Composite Index fight through a mid-week slump over the holiday-shortened Aug.29-Sept. 1 period. The index w…

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Canadian Gold Mutual Funds (September 11, 2006)

Fund name

Sept 1($)

Aug 28($)

Change($)

Change(%)

YTD(%)

MER*(%)

Assets*(M$)

AGF Pr Mtl

24.22

…

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International Quotes (September 11, 2006)

Australia (A$)

Sep 5

Aug 29

Change

Bendigo Mining

1.73

1.56

0.17

Centamin Egypt

0.70

0….

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Stornoway, Rio change break fee (September 11, 2006)

Stornoway Diamond (SWY-T, SWYDF-O) and Rio Tinto (RTP-N, RIO-L) have agreed to changes in their lock-up agreement that would see a $2-million break fee paid out to all shareholders of Ashton Mining of…

Stock Markets/Investing September 11, 2006

U.S. Markets Aug. 29 – Sept. 1

Lower oil prices and a hurricane season that wasn’t as bad as feared kept trading activity on U.S. markets bubbling over the trading period Aug. 29-Sept. 1. The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index rose 10…

Stock Markets/Investing September 11, 2006

TSX Venture Exchange Aug. 29 – Sept. 1

Solid metal prices coupled with further mining mergers continued to buoy the S&P-TSX Venture Composite Index, which gained 68.41 points to close up 2.5% at 2,761.29 over the Aug. 29-Sept. 1 sessio…

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Producer and Dealer Prices (September 11, 2006)

Antimony: Mid-mkt US$5,375/t….

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Spot Prices (September 11, 2006)

COURTESY OF SCOTIABANK…

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Corani silver resource gets even bigger

Continued drilling at Bear Creek Mining’s (BCM-V, BCEKF-O) Corani discovery in the high Andes of southern Peru has resulted in a 27% increase in the overall contained silver resource, highlighted by a…

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Goldcorp, Glamis to merge

Vancouver — The latest in a series of mega-mining mergers sees Goldcorp (G-T, GG-N) looking to boost its ranking amongst the world’s top gold companies through an agreement to merge with mid-tier pro…

BY RYAN WALKERAlexis Minerals geologist Sophie Lafontaine discusses core from the Louvex VMS project, near the Louvicourt copper-zinc mine, not far from Val d'Or, Que.

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Alexis goes two camp

As the old adage goes, the best place to find a mine is in the shadow of a headframe. The odds, then, seem stacked in favour of Alexis Minerals (AMC-V, AXSMF-O), which is poking around behind some 60…

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