TSX Venture Exchange October 17-23
Renewed buoyancy was evident in the junior mining-dominated S&P-TSX Venture Composite Index last week, which turned in a gain of 39.09 points over the Oct. 17-23 trading session to close at 2,461….
2006
LME Warehouse Levels (October 30, 2006)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, Oct. 23, 2006 (change from Oct. 16 in brackets):
CVRD scoops up 76% of Inco, extends offer (October 30, 2006)
Marking a turning in Canadian mining history, Brazil’s Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (RIO-N) has reported that 174,623,019 shares of Inco (N-T, N-N) have been deposited to its $86-per-share cash offer, r…
Canadian Stock Exchange Indices (October 30, 2006)
Date Oct. 23 Oct. 20 Oct. 19 Oct. 18 Oct. 17 High Low S&P/TSX-Ven Comp 2461.27 2456.69 2453.41 2430.43 2413.09 3309.90 1957.46 TSX Composite 12119.15 12035.57 12060.62 11966.00 11996.63 12494.72…
CNQ Trading (October 30, 2006)
Oct. 17-23, 2006
Buffalo Gold cuts more Mount Kare high-grade
Vancouver — Buffalo Gold’s (BUF.U-V, BYBUF-O) Mount Kare project in Papua New Guinea continues to deliver wide, high-grade gold intercepts in the latest drilling on the North-Western Roscoelite zone …
Canadian Gold Mutual Funds (October 30, 2006)
Fund name Oct 23($) Oct 16($) Change($) Change(%) YTD(%) MER*(%) Assets*(M$) AGF Pr Mtl 22.72 22.66 0.06 0.3 39.2 2.68 407 Altamira Pr & Str Mtl 10.89 10.88 0.01 0.1…
International Quotes (October 30, 2006)
Australia (A$) Oct 23 Oct 16 Change Bendigo Mining 0.98 1.00 -0.02 Centamin Egypt 0.67 0.65 0.02 Croesus Mining 0.28 0.28 0.00 Emperor Mines 0.38 0.33 0.05 Kingsgate Cons. 4.00…
Campbell offering held up
A rights offering by Campbell Resources (CCH-T, CBLRF-O) to assist the restructuring of the financially troubled company is ready, its final prospectus having been approved by securities regulators. B…
Cigar Lake flooded
Vancouver — Mine development at Cameco’s (CCO-T, CCJ-N) 50%-owned Cigar Lake uranium project in the Athabasca basin of northern Saskatchewan was dealt a blow recently, when a rock fall caused major f…
Petaquilla lifts veil on Jinchuan talks (October 30, 2006)
Petaquilla Minerals (PTQ-T, PTQMF-O) has revealed that it is in talks with Chinese nickel producer Jinchuan Group to finance Petaquilla’s buyout of its partners at the Petaquilla copper project in Pan…
Lending Rates (October 30, 2006)
as of 4 pm ET, Oct. 23, 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 5.24…