Gustavson to complete Contact prefeasibility
Boulder, Colo.-based consulting firm Gustavson Associates has been hired to prepare a prefeasibilty study for International Enexco’s (IEC-V, IEXCF-O) Contact copper project in Nevada.
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TSX SHORT POSITIONS (September 01, 2008)
Short positions outstanding at Aug. 15/08 (with changes from Jul. 31/08).
LENDING RATES (September 01, 2008)
as of 9 a. m. ET, Aug 19, 2008 (%) Bank of Canada 3.25 Target overnight rate 3.00 Canadian Prime 4.75 U. S. Discount Primary 2.25 U. S. Fed Funds market rate 2.00 U. S. Prime 5…
Aretech buys majority stake in Xcalibur
Multinational engineering company Aretech Solutions is acquiring a majority stake in Xcalibur Airborne Geophysics.
EXCHANGE RATES (September 01, 2008)
CANADIAN/U. S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate) Date Aug. 25 Aug. 22 Aug. 21 Aug. 20 Aug. 19 US$ in C$ 1.0464 1.0458 1.0456 1.0628 1.0607 C$ in US$ 0.9557 0.9562 0.9564 0.9409 0…
CANADIAN GOLD MUTUAL FUNDS (September 01, 2008)
Featured Fund: Altamira precious & Strategic Metals, as of 07/31/08 (in weighted order): Goldcorp, Barrick Gold, Kinross Gold, Agnico-Eagle Mines, Yamana Gold, Franco-Nevada, Newmont Mining, Compa…
INTERNATIONAL QUOTES (September 01, 2008)
Australia (A$) Aug 12 Aug 5 Change Bendigo Mining 0.18 0.20 -0.02 Kingsgate Cons. 4.80 5.60 -0.80 Lion Selection Ltd 1.58 1.50 0.08 Newcrest Mining 23.49 26.31 -2.82 …
DIVIDENDS (September 01, 2008)
Note: Vale will pay $0.52* on common and pr sh in two instlmnts on Apr 30 and Oct 31. Alcoa will pay its quarterly div of US$0.9375 for US$3.75 cmltv pr sh on Oct 1, rec Sept 12. Newmont Canada will p…
Goldsource shares slide
VANCOUVER– Goldsource Mines (GXS-V, GXSFF-O) is back into thick coal intercepts at its Border property near Hudson Bay, Sask. But after dizzying gains in the past few months, the results translated i…
Aurora works harder in face of uranium moratorium (September 01, 2008)
VANCOUVER — Aurora Energy Resources (AXU-T, AUEGF-O) is determined to keep advancing its Central Mineral Belt uranium project in Labrador despite a moratorium on uranium production in the region, and…
Nichols Ranch study upbeat
A preliminary economic assessment for Uranerz Energy’s (URZ-T, URZ-X) Nichols Ranch uranium project in Wyoming’s Powder River basin suggests building an in-situ operation that could produce nearly 3.3…
A growing Storie for Columbia Yukon (September 01, 2008)
VANCOUVER — A new resource estimate upgrading most of the Storie molybdenum deposit to the indicated category is just what Columbia Yukon Explorations (CYU-V, CYUXF-O)was aiming for with its aggressi…