Canadian Stock Exchange Indices (November 20, 2006)
Date Nov. 13 Nov. 10 Nov. 9 Nov. 8 Nov. 7 High Low S&P/TSX-Ven Comp 2648.89 2674.25 2669.36 2631.78 2576.64 3309.90 1992.44 TSX Composite 12309.40 12340.47 12410.23 12378.20 12310.21 12494.72…
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Barrick Waives Minimum Tender Condition in NovaGold Bid
Vancouver — With about 20.6 million shares of NovaGold Resources (NG-T, NG-X) deposited under Barrick Gold’s (ABX-T, ABX-N) US$16.00-per-share hostile bid, the gold major has waived the 50.1% minimum…
TSX Venture Rights & Warrants (November 20, 2006)
Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM.WT.U) — Wt buys sh @ US$19 to Nov 14/07.
Dividends (November 20, 2006)
Company Div.($) Pay(Date) Record(Date) Peabody Energy 0.06* Nov 22 Nov 1 Goldcorp 0.015* Nov 24 Nov 17 Alcoa 0.15* Nov 25 Nov 3 Noranda Incm Fd 0.085 Nov 27 Oct…
Imperial Metals Pulls Plug on Hostile Offer for bcMetals
Vancouver — Unable to stomach bcMetals’ (C-V, BMTLF-O) poison pill, Imperial Metals (III-T, IPMLF-O) has withdrawn its unsolicited 95-per-share bid for the junior.
Lending Rates (November 20, 2006)
as of 4 pm ET, Nov. 13, 2006 (%) Bank of Canada 4.50 Target overnight rate 4.25 Canadian Prime 6.00 U.S. Discount Primary 6.25 U.S. Fed Funds market rate 5.25…
International Quotes (November 20, 2006)
Australia (A$) Nov 13 Nov 7 Change Bendigo Mining 0.81 0.83 -0.02 Centamin Egypt 0.66 0.67 -0.01 Croesus Mining 0.28 0.28 0.00 Emperor Mines 0.34 0.31 0.03 Kingsgate Cons. 4.08…
Exchange Rates (November 20, 2006)
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Letter to the Editor: Foreign takeovers could signal end of Canadian based research
The October announcement of the virtual extinction of Inco’s, board of directors by Companhia Vale do Rio Doce concludes another chapter in the globalization of the mining industry and raises serious …
Leading the World in Exploration
On behalf of the Association for Mineral Exploration British Columbia (AME BC) and the Conference Organizing Committee, we would like to invite you to the 24th annual Mineral Exploration Roundup, the …
Roundup Rockhounds (November 20, 2006)
In co-operation with AME BC, the Mineral Resources Education Program of BC will once again be involving elementary and secondary students and their teachers in Mineral Exploration Roundup 2007. We are…
Great Quest Drills Out Djambaye
A resource estimate prepared for Great Quest Metals (GQ-V, GQMLF-O) on its Djambaye 2 gold prospect in the Kenieba gold belt of western Mali shows a preliminary resource of just over 130,000 oz.