DIVIDENDS (May 12, 2008)
Company Div. Pay Record ($) Date Date First Quantum 0.54 May 2 Apr 15 Potash Corp of Sask 0.10* May 9 Apr 10 Alcoa 0.17* May 25 May 2 Goldcorp 0.015* May 27 May 16 Ba…
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LENDING RATES (May 12, 2008)
as of 9 a. m. ET, May 5, 2008 (%) Bank of Canada 3.25 Target overnight rate 3.00 Canadian Prime 4.75 U. S. Discount Primary 1.75 U. S. Fed Funds market rate 2.00 U. S. Prime 5….
EXCHANGE RATES (May 12, 2008)
CANADIAN/U. S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate) Date May 5 May 2 May 1 April 30 April 29 US$ in C$ 1.0125 1.0183 1.0189 1.0095 1.0131 C$ in US$ 0.9877 0.9820 0.9815 0.9906 0.987…
INTERNATIONAL QUOTES (May 12, 2008)
Australia (A$) May 6 April 22 Change Bendigo Mining 0.30 0.29 0.01 Centamin Egypt 1.39 1.51 -0.12 Croesus Mining 0.28 0.28 0.00 Kingsgate Cons. 5.00 4.31 0.69 Lion Se…
Record quarterly revenue for Metallica
It looks like Metallica Resources (MR-T, MRB-X) is on a roll. Fast on the heels of its planned merger with New Gold (NGD-T, NGD-X) and Peak Gold( PIK-V, PIKGF-O), the Denver-based gold and silver prod…
Sherwood irons out the wrinkles at Minto
VANCOUVER — Less than a year after commissioning its Minto mine, Sherwood Copper (SWC-V, SWOPF-O) has already expanded mill throughput by more than 50%.
Centamin thinks deep thoughts at Sukari
PERTH, WESTERN AUSTRALIA–The Sukari gold project in Egypt’s eastern desert has added resources and reserves so quickly over the past three years that owner Centamin Egypt (CEE-T, CEY-L) has become a …
Lihir Gold and Equigold merger will create global gold major
A diversified portfolio of producing mines, low cash costs and a growth pipeline are the upshot of a merger between Lihir Gold (LGG-T, LIHR-Q) and Equigold (EQI-A), the companies say.
Acadian to spin off gold assets
Halifax-based Acadian Mining (ADA-T, ADAIF-O) is spinning off its gold assets into a new public company to create value for its shareholders, the company says.
Tinka quick to infer silver resource in Peru (May 12, 2008)
VANCOUVER — One small drill program has produced a significant inferred resource estimate for Tinka Resources’ (TK-V, TKRFF-O) Colquipucro silver project in Peru.
Geo Minerals gets lift from old core
Re-sampling old drill results has proven profitable for Geo Minerals (GM-V).In Toronto on May 9 the Vancouver-bas…
Golden Goose raises Lac Levac resource (May 09, 2008)
Golden Goose Resources (GGR-V) has released a new National Instrument 43-101 technical report with an updated resou…