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CNQ Trading — Feb. 12-15, 2008

( 100s) WEEK 12- MONTH STOCK TICKER VOLUME HIGH LOW LAST CHANGE HIGH LOW Alliance Mining AMCL 220 0.15 0.10 0.15 + 0.03 0.23 0.09 Avanti Mining AVMI 300 0.51 0.39 0.5…


Lending Rates (February 25, 2008)

as of 9 a. m. ET, Feb. 19, 2008 (%) Bank of Canada 4.25 Target overnight rate 4.00 Canadian Prime 5.75 U. S. Discount Primary 3.50 U. S. Fed Funds market rate 3.00 U. S. Prime …


Exchange Rates (February 25, 2008)

CANADIAN/ U. S. EXCHANGE ( Bank of Canada noon rate) Date Feb. 18 Feb. 15 Feb. 14 Feb. 13 Feb. 12 US$ in C$ Holiday 1.0016 0.9970 0.9995 0.9963 C$ in US$ Holiday 0.9984 …


International Quotes (February 25, 2008)

Australia ( A$) Feb 12 Feb 5 Change Bendigo Mining 0.35 0.34 0.01 Centamin Egypt 1.57 1.45 0.12 Emperor Mines 0.06 0.06 0.00 Kingsgate Cons. 4.05 4.27 – 0.22 Li…


President Ewan Downie of Premier Gold Mines (with core) and project manager Matt Long (at right) examine drill core from the Rahill-Bonanza project in Red Lake, Ont.

New Bonanza resource lifts Premier’s stock

A new National Instrument 43-101 resource estimate for the Rahill- Bonanza property in Red Lake, Ont., has pleased joint-venture partners Premier Gold Mines (PG-T, PIRGF-O) and Goldcorp (G-T, GG-N).


Hecla buys Rio’s stake in Greens Creek

Hecla Mining (HL-N) has struck a US$750-million deal to buy out its majority partner Rio Tinto (RTP-N, RIO-L) at their co-owned Greens Creek underground silver mine near Juneau, in Alaska’s panhandle.


Newmont sees new woes in Indonesia

Less than a year after being acquitted of pollution charges on Sulawesi Island in Indonesia, Newmont Mining (NMC-T, NEM-N) is back in hot water again at another mine in the Southeast Asian nation.


(Top) Miners collect their rescue packs, safety equipment and lamps from the Lamproom prior to going underground at AngloGold Ashanti's Mponeng mine in South Africa. (Bottom) Open-pit mining at the Yatela project in Mali.

Mining execs converge at South Africa’s Indaba

CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA — The keynote session at the recent Mining Indaba conference in Cape Town, South Africa, saw leaders from many of the world’s largest mining houses step to the podium to discu…



Coro to buy Chilean copper mine

VANCOUVER–Looking to fast-track its plan to become a copper producer, Coro Mining (COP-T) has struck a deal to buy the operating CerroNegromine, located in Chile’s Region V.


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