DIVIDENDS (June 16, 2008)
Note: Vale will pay $0.52* on common and pr sh in two instlmnts on Apr 30 and Oct 31. Alcoa will pay $0.9367* per share on $3.75* cmltv prf stk on July 1, rec June 13. Hecla Mining will pay $0.875* di…
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INTERNATIONAL QUOTES (June 16, 2008)
Australia (A$) June 10 June 3 Change Bendigo Mining 0.30 0.30 0.00 Centamin Egypt 1.28 1.38 -0.10 Croesus Mining 0.04 0.04 0.00 Kingsgate Cons. 5.38 5.50 -0.12 Lion S…
Platosa shows expansion potential for Excellon
VANCOUVER — Excellon Resources’ (EXN-T, EXLLF-O) Platosa test mine is still flooded and operations suspended after workers unexpectedly hit a water-bearing fault. In the face of that bad news, howeve…
Make way for rising potash juniors
A $25-million financing cooked up overnight for new junior Potash North Resource (PON-V, PTNHF-O) shows how hungry investors are for up-and-comers moving into the fertilizer business.
Silvercorp Metals on fast track in China
Silvercorp Metals (SVM-T, SVMFF-O) is on a tear in China.
WSR drilling hits promising hole
VANCOUVER — WSR Gold (WSR-V, WSROF-O) got a healthy boost following news that the sixth drill hole into its Ring of Fire joint venture, in the James Bay lowlands, hit a significant width of volcanic-…
Cash Minerals considers coal project revival (June 16, 2008)
Now that coal’s back in style among investors, Cash Minerals (CHX-V, CHXMF-O) has decided to dust off a two-year-old feasibility study for its Division Mountain coal property in the Yukon.
Blockade ends at Minefinders’ Dolores project in Mexico
Two years ago, Minefinders Corp. (MFL-T, MFN-X) negotiated an agreement with the local Ejido community in which both parties agreed to work co-operatively in the development and operations of the comp…
East Asia Minerals bullish on Indonesia (June 16, 2008)
Trench sampling at its Miwah gold project, in Indonesia’s Aceh province, has returned intersections as promising as 14 metres of 9.41 grams gold per tonne, East Asia Minerals (EAS-V, EAIAF-O) says.
Firestone hits high-grade in Torlon Hill drilling
VANCOUVER — Firestone Ventures (FV-V, FSVEF-O) has been pulling some high-grade zinc-lead-silver core out of the ground at its Torlon Hill project in western Guatemala.
Antares study suggests Haquira economic
A scoping study and preliminary economic assessment of the nearsurface leachable portion of the Haquira copper deposit in south-central Peru suggest there is an opportunity for an economic operation a…
Foreign-trained engineers get licensing help in Ontario
The Ontario Society of Professional Engineers (OSPE) has received $83,800 from the government of Ontario to develop and deliver special bridge training courses for internationally trained engineers. T…