Exchange Rates (December 04, 2006)
CANADIAN/U.S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate)
2006
Pirquitas to go into production (December 04, 2006)
Silver Standard Resources (SSO-T, SSRI-Q) will go ahead with construction of a mine at its Pirquitas silver project in Jujuy province, Argentina, which would produce about 9 million oz. per year over …
Canadian Gold Mutual Funds (December 04, 2006)
Fund name Nov 27($) Nov 20($) Change($) Change(%) YTD(%) MER*(%) Assets*(M$) AGF Pr Mtl 25.57 24.37 1.20 4.9 56.7 2.68 440 Altamira Pr & Str Mtl 12.47 11.78 0.69 5.9…
Western Canadian Coal set to start second mine
Vancouver — Efforts to transform northeastern British Columbia into a major supplier of metallurgical coal to the Korean and Japanese steel industries have taken another step forward with news that W…
Gold Hawk set to restart Coricancha
Vancouver — Recent Peruvian government resolutions lifting a 2002 “stop work order” on the concentrator at its Coricancha gold- silver-lead-zinc mine, located 90 km east of Lima in west-central Peru,…
Oxiana adds Kalimantan projects
Australian copper and gold producer Oxiana (OXFLY-O, OXR-A) has signed an agreement with Vancouver junior Kalimantan Gold (KLG-V, KMGLF-O) to earn an interest in Kalimantan’s KSK copper-gold property …
CNQ Trading (December 04, 2006)
Nov. 21-27, 2006
TSX Debentures (December 04, 2006)
Alamos Gold (AGI.DB-T) — 5.5% convertible at holder’s option to common shares (AGI-T) at $5.30 before maturity or redemption.
Abcourt waking from deep sleep
Patience is a virtue Renaud Hinse, president of Quebec-based Abcourt Mines (ABI-V, ABMBF-O), has nearly perfected over the last 16 years, waiting for silver and zinc prices to rise so production could…
Debuts and debates
Commentary In a business where engineers and scientists have always had a central role, it was perhaps inevitable that the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada should have become a…
Editorial: Mining and CSR, Part I
Major mining companies and most juniors have adopted progressive environmental and social policies designed to help them gain their “social licence” to operate, at home or abroad.
Suppliers News (December 04, 2006)
Richmont to mill Rocmec ore