CNQ TRADING — July 29-Aug. 1, 2008
(100s) WEEK 12-MONTH STOCK TICKER VOLUME HIGH LOW LAST CHANGE HIGH LOW Avanti Mining AVMI 620 0.43 0.415 0.415 + 0.015 0.80 0.23 Bison Gold Exp BGEI 1900 0.20 0.08 0.20 + 0…
2008
Augen Gold on hot property
SITE VISIT JEROME, ONT. — Augen Gold (AUJ-V) CEO Michael Fowler believes that where there’s smoke, there’s probably fire. And with the Young-Shannon gold deposit close by (owned by Metallum…
Rio Tinto Alcan starts $200M community fund
Rio Tinto Alcan has started the $200-million Canada fund, aimed at giving back to communities in Quebec and British Columbia, where the company has operations. The subsidiary of mining juggernaut Rio …
TSX SHORT POSITIONS (August 11, 2008)
Short positions outstanding at July 15/08 (with changes from June 30/08).
DIVIDENDS (August 11, 2008)
Note: Vale will pay $0.52* on common and pr sh in two instlmnts on Apr 30 and Oct 31. Alcoa will pay its quarterly div of US$0.9375 for US$3.75 cmltv pr sh on Oct 1, rec Sept 12. Newmont Canada will p…
BID-ASK — JULY 29-AUG. 4, 2008
12-MONTH STOCK EXC BID ASK LAST HIGH LO Abington Vent V 0.14 0.17 0.14 0.21 0.14 Abitibi Mng V 0.04 0.05 0.05 0.19 0.04 Absolut Res V 0.80 0.98 0.98 1.30 0.00…
JV buys Kintyre from Rio Tinto
Cameco (CCO-T, CCJ-N) is teaming up with a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Corp. (MSBHY-O) to buy Rio Tinto’s (RTP-N, RIO-L) Kintyre uranium project in Australia for US$495 million.
Exeter rises on gold from Cerro Moro
VANCOUVER–News of the highest-grade intersection to date from the Cerro Moro gold-silver project, in Argentina, gave Exeter Resource (XRC-V, XRA-X) a nice share price lift.
Thumbs up for Silver Eagle’s Miguel Auza mine
The fully permitted Miguel Auza mine, which generated its first revenue for Silver Eagle Mines (SEG-T, SVEGF-O) during a bulk-sampling program last year, shows promising economics according to a prefe…
CANADIAN GOLD MUTUAL FUNDS (August 11, 2008)
as of Apr. 1/2008
LENDING RATES (August 11, 2008)
as of 9 a. m. ET, Aug 4, 2008 (%) Bank of Canada 3.25 Target overnight rate 3.00 Canadian Prime 4.75 U. S. Discount Primary 2.25 U. S. Fed Funds market rate 2.00 U. S. Prime 5….
EXCHANGE RATES (August 11, 2008)
CANADIAN/U. S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate) Date July 28 July 25 July 24 July 23 July 22 US$ in C$ 1.0222 1.0164 1.0114 1.0088 1.0085 C$ in US$ 0.9783 0.9839 0.9887 0.9913 0…