Petra borrows US$78M
Leading rough diamond Petra Diamonds (PDL-L) hopes to treble annual diamond production to 3 million carats by 2019 with the help of a US$78 million loan from the International Finance Corp. (IFC) and …
Stock Markets/Investing
IFC to invest in Argentex Mining
VANCOUVER — Argentex Mining (ATX-V, AGXM-O) has announced a proposed $7.3-million private placement by the World Bank’s International Finance Corp. (IFC) that will help further the development of its…
Silver market strong in 2009: Silver Institute
When the levee breaks, a common safe haven for the investment community is gold. But according to the World Silver Survey 2010, prepared by GFMS for the Silver Institute, despite the financial bedlam …
Xstrata pulls plug on new investments in Australia
The backlash against Australia’s proposed Resource Super Profits Tax (RSPT) is starting to draw blood with Xstrata’s (XTA-L, XSRAF-O) decision to suspend US$495.2-million worth of investments in its W…
Short Position Report (June 08, 2010)
TSX Short PositionsShort positions outstanding at May 31/1…
Venture board down daily in first week of June
Vancouver – It was a week in the red for the S&P-TSX Venture Composite Index over the June 1-4 trading per…
TSX market report
Global markets continued to be a study in volatility and the TSX Composite Index was no exception as it fell o…
Metals Creek finds new zone at Ogden in Timmins
Attractive drill results and the discovery of a new gold zone at Metal Creek Resources’ (MEK-V) Ogden property in Timmins, Ont., lifted the junior’s share price.
TSX Warrants (June 04, 2010)
The following is a list of mining-related warrants now trading of the Toronto Stock Exchange:
TSX Venture Exchange Warrants (June 03, 2010)
The following is a list of mining-company warrants now trading on the TSX Venture Exchange:
Commodities sink in jittery markets
The twentieth trading week of the year was characterized by a wide retreat in commodity prices as doubts grew regarding the health of the global economy in the face of continued sovereign debt problem…
Barrick boasts record Q1 profit
Higher production and sales, lower cash costs and strong gold and copper prices pushed up Barrick Gold’s (ABX-T, ABX-N) adjusted first quarter net income by 149% to US$741 million (US75¢ per shar…