Short Position Report (March 22, 2011)
TSX Short Positions Short positions outstanding at Mar. 15/11 (with changes from Feb….
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Lundin’s board gives thumbs down to Equinox (March 22, 2011)
Lundin Mining (LUN-T) is urging its shareholders to reject a hostile takeover bid from Equinox Minerals (EQN-T, EQN-A) worth about $4.8 billion, arguing it is too low and that the Australian mining company would have to take on too much debt (a…
Venture limits losses in March 14-18 period
Vancouver – The S&P TSX Venture Exchange partially recovered from early losses in the March 14 to 18 period, but still ended down 22.87 points at 2,243.87 points for a second downward week as the Japanese disaster compounded middle east…
Capital Gold shareholders love a good fight (March 21, 2011)
Sometimes a fight can be a beautiful thing. And that is just the position that Capital Gold (CGC-A) shareholders are taking as they sit back and watch two rivals up their bids for the prized shares they hold.
TSX rides the roller coaster
After a wild ride over the March 14-18 period the TSX Composite Index recovered nicely from early losses and gained 244.63 points to finish at 13,789.63 points. Market volatility came courtesy of the tsunami in Japan and fears of a nuclear…
U.S. equities lose ground after Japanese disaster
It was a dark week for U.S. equities as Japan struggled to contain fires, explosions and radiation leaks at its crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 185.88 points or 1.54% to 11,858.52, while the S&P…
Lending rates (March 21, 2011)
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Problems plague Century’s Lamaque mine (March 21, 2011)
A failed cone crusher was the latest of several setbacks over the past year at Century Mining’s (CMM-V) Lamaque underground gold mine in Val d’Or, Que. The loss of the crusher shut down the Lamaque mill for nine days in February, and along with…
Promising drill results at Typhoon’s Fayolle
A 10-metre intercept averaged 7.14 grams gold per tonne at Typhoon Exploration’s (TYP-V) 100%-owned Fayolle gold project in Quebec’s Abitibi region.
Quadra FNX posts record earnings in 2010 (March 21, 2011)
Quadra Mining successfully completed its merger with FNX Mining in May 2010 and judging by the combined company’s earnings last year, the blend into Quadra FNX Mining (QUX-T) has been a success so far, with a little help from surging copper…