Murgor boasts 25.6 grams gold over 7 metres
Strong gold grades drove Murgor Resources (MGR-V) shares 48% higher today after the company released results from i…
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Griffin Mining to take over Yukon Zinc
Vancouver – A Barbados-based company is taking over Yukon Zinc (YZC-V) to get its hands on the silver-rich polymeta…
Thompson Creek weighs risk and reward at Davidson (April 21, 2008)
Vancouver — Risk-averse major mining companies didn’t rush to revive molybdenum properties as prices began to clim…
Eldorado moves on Frontier Pacific
Vancouver – Frontier Pacific (FRP-V) is fighting an unsolicited takeover offer from Eldorado Gold (ELD-T) in a batt…
First Quantum hopes to acquire Scandinavian Minerals
First Quantum Minerals (FM-T, FQM-L) plans to pick up Scandinavian Minerals (SGL-T) and its giant nickel deposit in…
Perseverance pays for Equinox at Lumwana
SITE VISIT Solwezi, Zambia — At Equinox Minerals’ (EQN-T, EQMIF-o) Lumwana copper project in northwestern Zambia, it’s all about scale and perseverance. “This is an earth-moving operation, more than a…
U. S. MARKETS APRIL 8-14
Those clinging to an intangible optimism about the state of the U. S. economy let go a little during the April 8-14 trading period, which started off with some pessimistic news from the U. S. Federal …
TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE APRIL 8-14
The S&P-TSX Venture Composite Index posted a small gain in the second week of April, inching up 1.7 points over the April 8-14 trading session to close at 2,547.66.
BID-ASK — APRIL 8-14, 2008
12-MONTH STOCK EXC BID ASK LAST HIGH LO Absolut Res V 0.80 0.98 0.98 1.30 0.001 Affinor Res V 0.16 0.17 0.16 0.25 0.12 Afrasia Minl F V 0.28 0.42 0.28 0.55 0….
CANADIAN GOLD MUTUAL FUNDS (April 21, 2008)
as of Apr. 1/2008
DIVIDENDS (April 21, 2008)
Note: Xstrata will pay its pref sh series 3 div of $0.2862 on June 2, rec May 15. Vale will pay $0.52* on common and pr sh to be paid in two installments on Apr 30 and Oct 31. Alcoa will pay $0.9367* …
LENDING RATES (April 21, 2008)
as of 9 a. m. ET, April 15, 2008 (%) Bank of Canada 3.75 Target overnight rate 3.50 Canadian Prime 5.25 U. S. Discount Primary 2.50 U. S. Fed Funds market rate 2.25 U. S. Prime …