Toronto Stock Exchange Jan. 29 -Feb. 4
Although the TSX Composite Index had its worst January since 1990, falling 4.9% over the month, Canada’s benchmark index started February off on a better note.
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TSX Venture Exchange Jan. 29 -Feb. 4
With gold pulling back off new record highs, the S&P-TSX Venture Composite Index eked out a very modest 9.93-point gain over the Jan. 29-Feb. 4 trading session — closing at 2,567.73 on an average…
U.S. Markets Jan. 29 -Feb. 4
Dismal economic news continued to spook the U.S. Federal Reserve Board, which trimmed its benchmarkovernight lending rate by another half a percentage point on Jan. 30 to prevent the economy from slip…
ABB heads to the Congo
Swiss-based power and automation group, ABB, has just signed a $15- million deal for six thyristor rectifier plants and related engineering services for a newcopper and cobalt refinery in the Democrat…
People (February 11, 2008)
Adex Mining Inc. — Victor Hendriken appointed operations manager for Mount Pleasant mine property.
HudBay marks 80th birthday with $1M donation
HudBay Minerals
Columbia Yukon’s Storie keeps growing (February 11, 2008)
VANCOUVER — The more Columbia Yukon Explorations (CYU-V, CYUXF-O) drills its Storie deposit, in northern B.C., the more molybdenum it finds. Results from a 76-hole drill campaign late last year inclu…
McFauld’s West samples promising
Shares of Probe Mines (PRB-V, PROBF-O) shot up 40% in mid-day trading recently on news that the company had found anomalies in nickel, copper, cobalt and silver, as well as anomalous values in gold, a…
Maximus confirms gold and silver-rich zone at Hope Bay
Results from its 2007 drilling program in the Hope Bay gold belt of Nunavut have yielded significant gold and silver values for Maximus Ventures (MXV-V, MXVEF-O).
Jinshan releases Dadiangou gold resource
Just six months after pouring its first 500-oz. gold dor bar from the remote Chang Shan Hao mine in Inner Mongolia, Jinshan Gold Mines (JIN-T, JINFF-O) is off and running in China’s Gansu province wi…
Apogee cuts silver-zinc at Pulacayo
VANCOUVER — Shares of Bolivian-focused junior Apogee Minerals (APE-V, AGEEF-O) jumped as much as 67% on strong volume in recent trading, on the results of a pair of drill holes that returned wide, hi…
Full Metal Minerals sifts through 40 Mile results
Full Metal Minerals (FMM-V, FLMTF-O) is receiving the last of its 2007 drill assays from its 40 Mile property in eastern Alaska.