Canadian Gold Mutual Funds (April 30, 2007)
Fund name Apr.9($) Apr.2($) Change($) Change(%) YTD(%) MER*(%) Assets*(M$) AGF Pr Mtl 29.41 28.38 1.03 3.6 9.9 2.63 556 Altamira Pr & Str Mtl 13.56 13.14 0.42 3.2 4.6 2.67…
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International Quotes (April 30, 2007)
Australia (A$) Apr 23 Apr 16 Change Bendigo Mining 0.39 0.40 -0.01 Centamin Egypt 1.02 0.99 0.03 Emperor Mines 0.13 0.14 -0.01 Kingsgate Cons. 5.75 5.47 0.28 Lion Selection Gp…
Dianor bags a big one at last (April 30, 2007)
Dianor Resources (DOR-V, RSDNF-O) has had no trouble finding small diamonds just about everywhere it looks at its massive Leadbetter deposit, 12 km northeast of Wawa, Ont., and can now celebrate the d…
Dividends (April 30, 2007)
Company Div.($) Pay Date Record Date CVRD 0.683* Apr 30 Jan 23 Freeport-Mc 0.31* May 1 Apr 16 First Quantum 0.625 May 10 Apr 19 Potash C Sask 0.15 May…
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Ursa Major gets bulk sampling approval
Ursa Major Minerals (UMJ-V, UMJMF-O) has received provincial approval for a bulk-sampling program at its Shakespeare nickel-copper project west of Sudbury, Ont.
Benton gets PGM exploration boost (April 30, 2007)
Stillwater Mining (SWC-N) has agreed to pump $1.6 million into Benton Resources’ (BTC-V) Goodchild nickel-copper-platinum group metal project north of Marathon, Ont., giving Stillwater the option to e…
Barrick offloads entire stake in NovaGold (April 30, 2007)
Vancouver — Making good on the planned sale of its 14.8% stake in NovaGold Resources (NG-T, NG-X), Barrick Gold (ABX-T, ABX-N) has divested its 13.6-million share position in the company, which it ta…
Marathon options Gossan’s Bird River (April 30, 2007)
Marathon PGM (MAR-T, MRPGF-O) has struck an option agreement to acquire up to a 70% interest in Gossan Resources’ (GSS-V, GSSRF-O) Bird River platinum group metals (PGM) project in southeastern Manito…
Commerce green plan good for prefeasibility
Commerce Resources (CCE-V, CMRZF-O) shares jumped 55% recently on news that the company is taking action to get environmental approval for its Upper Fir tantalum-niobium project near Blue River, B.C.
Nickel frenzy continues with Sherritt takeover of Dynatec
As nickel prices surge to new levels, Sherritt International (S-T, SHERF-O) has agreed to buy Dynatec (DY-T, DYTCF-O), 40% owner of the massive Ambatovy nickel project in Madagascar, for $1.6 billion.
Lac Pelletier’s gold looks good to Alexis
A scoping study of Alexis Minerals’ (AMC-V, AXSMF-O) Lac Pelletier gold project, located 4 km southwest of Rouyn-Noranda, Que., concludes that a mine could be brought into production within a year and…