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News August 20, 2006

International Quotes (August 20, 2006)

Australia (A$)

Aug 15

Aug 7

Change

Bendigo Mining

1.60

1.68

-0.08

Centamin Egypt

0.65

0…

News August 20, 2006

Boddington gets the green light

On care and maintenance since the last of the oxide reserves were mined out at the end of 2001, the Boddington gold mine in Australia received the go-ahead earlier this year for a US$1.35-US$1.5 billi…

News August 20, 2006

Lending Rates (August 20, 2006)

as of 4 pm ET, Aug. 15, 2006

(%)

Bank of Canada

4.50

Target overnight rate

4.25

Canadian Prime

6.00

Teck Cominco president and CEO Donald Lindsay delivers a speech concerning his company's plans at the recent Diggers and Dealers convention in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia.

News August 20, 2006

Teck Cominco looks at bigger Australian footprint (August 20, 2006)

Kalgoorlie, Western Australia — There were a lot of people who thought Teck Cominco (TCK.B-T, TCK-N) chief executive Donald Lindsay should either be in New York or Toronto on Aug. 7. Instead, he was…

News August 20, 2006

Freeport earnings up on higher prices (August 20, 2006)

Despite lower copper and gold production from the Grasberg operation in Indonesia, higher metal prices let Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold (FCX-N) make net income of US$367 million on revenue of US…

One of many local, small-scale gold panners in the area surrounding Mindoro Resources' Agata gold project in northern Mindanao, Philippines.

News August 20, 2006

Mindoro stays the course in the Philippines

Vancouver — Philippines-focused metals explorer Mindoro Resources (MIO-V, MNODF-O) has undertaken an ambitious program of drill-testing on several prospects in its large portfolio of precious and bas…

Stock Markets/Investing August 20, 2006

TSX Venture Exchange August 8-14

A slight sag in gold and copper prices over the week was matched by a 43.33-point decline in the junior mining dominated S&P-TSX Venture Composite Index, which closed the Aug. 8-14 trading session…

Stock Markets/Investing August 20, 2006

U.S. Markets August 8-14

U.S. markets showed some signs of upward momentum as fears eased over inflation and whether the Federal Reserve’s pause in interest rate hikes would be short-lived. Investors seem more confident that…

News August 20, 2006