Yamana CEO proves his mettle
SITE VISIT ALTO HORIZONTE, BRAZIL — Settling into the cramped seat of an eight-seater jet, Yamana Gold (YRI-T, AUY-N, YAU-L) chairman and CEO Peter Marrone says he hasn’t had a…
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SRA revives Mid-Tennessee zinc complex
SITE VISIT GORDONSVILLE, TENNESSEE–During 28 years of production at the Mid-Tennessee zinc mine complex, it wasn’t always the zinc that kept business afloat. Agricultural lime, gravel, germanium and even a…
Canadain Gold Mutual Funds
as of Jan. 31/2007
Sweden’s shrewd scion
SITE VISIT STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN — Lukas Lundin is clear about where he wants to take Lundin Mining (LUN-T, LMC-N). The chairman of Lundin and progeny of resource legend Adolf Lundin…
Ucore eyes Alaskan uranium production
SITE VISIT KETCHIKAN, ALASKA — Old-time prospector Bob Dotson is anxiously watching the exploration program under way by Ucore Uranium( UCU-V, UURAF-O) on the past-producing Bokan Mountain uranium property, on…
TSX Short Positions (March 03, 2008)
Short positions outstanding at Feb. 15/08 (with changes from Jan. 30/08).
CNQ Trading– Feb. 19-25, 2008
( 100s) WEEK 12- MONTH STOCK TICKER VOLUME HIGH LOW LAST CHANGE HIGH LOW Bird River Mines BRMI 200 0.15 0.15 0.15 0.00 0.15 0.05 CDG Investments CDGI 230 …
Int’l Minerals mulls options at Gaby
A prefeasibility study for International Minerals’ (IMZ-T, IMZLF-O) Gaby open-pit gold project in Ecuador found that all four processing options tested would be too costly at a base case gold price of…
Exchange Rates (March 03, 2008)
CANADIAN/ U. S. EXCHANGE ( Bank of Canada noon rate) Date Feb. 25 Feb. 22 Feb. 21 Feb. 20 Feb. 19 US$ in C$ 0.9980 1.0156 1.0087 1.0190 1.0160 C$ in US$ 1.0020 0.9846 0…
Lending Rates (March 03, 2008)
as of 9 a. m. ET, Feb. 26, 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 …
Richmont raises reserves (March 03, 2008)
While Richmont Mines (RIC-T, RIC-X) increased production only slightly in 2007, it raised gold reserves significantly, to 361,000 oz. gold from about 49,000 oz. the year before as a result of its expl…
International Quotes (March 03, 2008)
Australia ( A$) Feb 26 Feb 19 Change Bendigo Mining 0.34 0.33 0.01 Centamin Egypt 1.63 1.65 – 0.02 Emperor Mines 0.06 0.06 0.00 Kingsgate Cons. 3.85 3.94 – 0.09 …