Canadian Gold Mutual Funds (September 24, 2007)
Fund name Sept. 10 ($) Aug. 27 ($) Change ($) Change (%) YTD (%) MER* (%) Assets* (M$) AGF Pr Mtl 27.79 27.42 0.37 1.3 3.9 2.61 615.8 Altamira Pr…
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Dividends (September 24, 2007)
Company Div.($) Pay Date Record Date Noranda 0.085 Sept 25 Aug 31 Newmont 0.10* Sept 28 Sept 6 Goldcorp 0.015* Sept 28 Sept 21 Xstrata 0.40625 Oct 1 Sept 14…
Vaaldiam Resources strikes pink in Brazil (September 24, 2007)
With pink diamonds commanding some of the highest prices per carat ever paid, there was much back-slapping at the Toronto offices of Vaaldiam Resources (VAA-T, VAAFF-O) after the Toronto junior found …
Lending Rates (September 24, 2007)
as of 9 a.m. ET, September 18, 2007(%)
Eldorado pulls strong gold grades from Efemcukuru (September 24, 2007)
Vancouver — Though its Kisladag mine remains under court-ordered closure, Eldorado Gold (ELD-T, EGO-X) is continuing to work unabated at its other Turkish gold project, releasing a slew of drill resu…
Virginia adds to Coulon JV after positive summer exploration (September 24, 2007)
Breakwater Resources (BWR-T, BWLRF-O) shares were among the busiest in Toronto recently on good news from the company’s Coulon joint-venture in Quebec with Virginia Mines (VGQ-T, VGMNF-O).
Extended zones for Pure Nickel (September 24, 2007)
The final 8 of 19 diamond-drill holes on Pure Nickel’s (NIC-T, PNCKF-O) Fond du Lac nickel-copper property, in northern Saskatchewan, have confirmed extensions of nickel mineralization.
Editorial: Cracks in US economic juggernaut
Gold bugs had plenty of disturbing macroeconomic news to chew on during the week ended Sept. 15, the 37th trading week of 2007, and almost all of it was broadly bullish for gold.
Blimpin’ your ride
Last year, warm weather closed the ice road to the Diavik diamond mine on March 26 — a full two weeks earlier than usual. Diavik, a joint venture of Aber Diamond (ABZ-T, ABER-Q) and Rio Tinto (RTP-N,…
Antares, Mansfield hit best Rio Grande intercept yet (September 24, 2007)
Vancouver — Rio Grande project partners Antares Minerals (ANM-V, ANMFF-O) and Mansfield Minerals (MDR-V, MFMNF-O) got a recent market boost, following the release of some of the best drill results to…
LME Warehouse Levels (September 24, 2007)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, Sept. 17, 2007 (change from Sept. 10 in brackets):
Kinross helps fund Queen’s professorship
Kinross Gold has partnered with the Department of Mining Engineering at Queen’s University to establish the Kinross professorship in mining and sustainability.