Chavez inauguration chills investors
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez waved the socialist banner broadly at his inauguration ceremony on Jan. 10, but comments from his finance committee eased some market concerns.
2007
Toronto Stock Exchange January 9 – 15
The partial recovery in prices for industrial metals from recent lows helped propel the S&P-TSX Composite Index upward over the Jan. 9-15 trading period, despite oil prices remaining low. The Comp…
North American Stock Exchange Indices (January 22, 2007)
Date Jan. 15 Jan. 12 Jan. 11 Jan. 10 Jan. 9 High Low S&P/TSX-Ven Comp 2892.23 2848.02 2794.30 2766.45 2799.91 3309.90 2291.43 TSX Composite 12755.36 12678.81 12519.90 12457.55 12467.99 13042.77…
CNQ Trading Jan. 9-15, 2007
STOCK TICKER VOLUME(100s) HIGH LOW LAST CHANGE HIGH LOW Aspire CALS 300 0.07 0.07 0.07 0.00 0.16 0.035 Bannockburn Res BKNN 297 2.00 1.55 2.00 +1.25 2.00 0.25 CDG Invest…
Arrow options properties in Atikokan
Canadian Arrow Mines (CRO-V) has signed options agreements to acquire four nickel-copper properties in northwestern Ontario’s Atikokan area.
Tribute pulls high-grade zinc at Arrow
Drilling at the Arrow massive sulphide project in the Confederation Lake area of northwestern Ontario has intersected more massive sulphide mineralization.
Wealthy foes target Northern Dynasty
Vancouver — Wealthy opponents appear to be lining up against Northern Dynasty Minerals (NDM-V, NAK-X) as it works to develop a remote project in southern Alaska that ranks among the world’s largest c…
Canadian Gold Mutual Funds (January 22, 2007)
Fund name Jan 12($) Jan 8($) Change($) Change(%) YTD(%) MER*(%) Assets*(M$) AGF Pr Mtl 25.94 25.20 0.74 2.9 -3.0 2.63 513 Altamira Pr & Str Mtl 12.48 12.24 0.24 2.0…
International Quotes (January 22, 2007)
Australia (A$) Jan 15 Jan. 8 Change Bendigo Mining 0.48 0.31 0.17 Centamin Egypt 0.81 0.80 0.01 Croesus Mining 0.28 0.28 0.00 Emperor Mines 0.17 0.17 0.00 Kingsgate Cons. 3.98…
Benton defines new PGM zone at Bermuda (January 22, 2007)
Vancouver — Final assay results from initial drilling on the west end of Benton Resources’ (BTC-V) Bermuda project, near Marathon, Ont., indicates a new copper and platinum group metal (PGM) minerali…
New tax scheme coming to Bolivia (January 22, 2007)
Speculation over President Evo Morales’ plans for Bolivia’s mining sector was rekindled recently by strong words from his mining minister, who suggested that the country’s mineral export tax was too l…
Exchange Rates (January 22, 2007)
CANADIAN/U.S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate)