Mantle plans Ecstall takeover
Vancouver – Looking to consolidate ownership in the high-grade Akie zinc-lead project in northeastern British Colum…
2006
Record-breaking uranium price poised to go higher
Vancouver – Record-breaking uranium prices are poised to go higher as investor funds try to cash in on a rally that…
Resource up at Young-Davidson (December 18, 2006)
Resources at the Young-Davidson gold project near Matachewan, Ont., have grown substantially in a new estimate comm…
Ashton board agrees to new merger plan
A proposal from Stornoway Diamond (SWY-T, SWYDF-O) to merge Ashton Mining of Canada (ACA-T, AMCFF-O) into one of it…
TSX goes global with gold index (December 18, 2006)
To suit its beefed-up list that now includes non-Canadian gold companies, the Standard & Poor/Toronto Stock Exchang…
U.S. Markets December 5-11
Amidst talk of a slowing, but still growing U.S. economy, the markets were fairly stable during the Dec. 5-11 trading session, showing slight drops across the board after larger gains the previous wee…
TSX Venture Exchange December 5-11
The S&P-TSX Venture Composite Index took a breather over the Dec. 5-11 trading session, following slight pull-backs in bullion, copper and zinc spot prices, to close down 32.15 points at 2,805.52….
LME Warehouse Levels (December 18, 2006)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, Dec. 11, 2006 (change from Dec. 4 in brackets):
Daily Metal Prices (December 18, 2006)
BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)
Spot Prices Courtesy of Scotiabank Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2006
Precious Metals Price (US$/oz.) Change Gold $629.50 -13.50 Silver $13.85 -0.20 Platinum $1112.00 -18.00 Palladium $329.00 +3.00 Base Metals Price (US$/lb.) Change Nickel $15.74 +0.13 Lead $0.82 +0.01 Copper $3.08…
Gryphon Gold dealt major blow in Nevada
Vancouver — Reserve and resource miscalculations in a recently completed feasibility study for Gryphon Gold’s (GGN-T, GYPH-O) Borealis project in western Nevada’s Walker Lane trend have prompted the …
Producer and Dealer Prices (December 18, 2006)
Antimony : Mid-mkt US$5,450/t.