TSX SHORT POSITIONS (October 20, 2008)
Short positions outstanding at Sept. 30/08 (with changes from Sept. 15/08). Largest short positions Lundin Mining LUN 23973922 -2240139 Ivanhoe Mines IVN 17773821 627410 Eldorado Gol…
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EXCHANGE RATES (October 20, 2008)
CANADIAN/U. S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate) Date Oct. 13 Oct. 10 Oct. 9 Oct. 8 Oct. 7 US$ in C$ n/a 1.1907 1.1486 1.1249 1.1058 C$ in US$ n/a 0.8398 0.8706 0.8890 0.9043 EXC…
LENDING RATES (October 20, 2008)
as of 9 a. m. ET, Oct. 14, 2008 (%) Bank of Canada 2.75 Target overnight rate 2.50 Canadian Prime 4.25 U. S. Discount Primary 1.75 U. S. Fed Funds market rate 1.50 U. S. Prime …
DIVIDENDS (October 20, 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$3.75 cmltv…
INTERNATIONAL QUOTES (October 20, 2008)
INTERNATIONAL QUOTES Australia (A$) Oct 14 Oct 7 Change Bendigo Mining 0.15 0.16 -0.01 Kingsgate Cons. 0.66 0.64 0.02 Lion Selection Ltd 1.39 1.50 -0.11 Newcrest Mining 26….
SouthGobi finds more coal near Ovoot Tolgoi (October 20, 2008)
Field reconnaissance and trench work in Mongolia have paid off for SouthGobi Energy Resources (SGQ-V, SGQRF-o), which has found yet more coal just 10 km southeast of its producing Ovoot Tolgoi coal mi…
Oroco rises on assays from Cerro Preito
Oroco Resource (OCO-v) received a wee lift on drill results from its Cerro Prieto property, in Sonora State, Mexico.
Canada Zinc posts strong results from Cardiac Creek (October 20, 2008)
Vancouver–The first set of assay results from the ongoing drill program at the Akie property, in northeastern B. C., returned well-mineralized intercepts for Canada Zinc Metals (CZX-V, CZXMF-o).
Aquiline logs positive scoping study from Navidad
Vancouver — Aquiline Resources (AQI-T, AQLNF-o) has tabled a positive scoping study looking at developing one zone of the Navidad silver project in Chubut province, Argentina.
International Royalty grows its business (October 20, 2008)
International Royalty (IRC-T, ROY-x) has snapped up more gold royalties — the latest on the Pinson gold project and trend in Nevada, a joint venture between Barrick Gold (ABX-T, ABX-n) and Atna Resou…
ATW hits VG in new Burnakura gold zone
Vancouver — Visible gold has been found in high-grade inter- sections at ATW Venture’s (ATW-V, ATWVF-o) Burnakura project in Western Australia.
Alaskan rock kind to Full Metal
Recent drill results from Full Metal Minerals’ (FMM-V, FLMTF-o) 40 Mile property, in Eastern Alaska, failed to garner market attention, despite some promising grades.