First Nickel boosts Lockerby resource 289%
Since buying its Lockerby mine near Sudbury, Ont., less than three years ago, First Nickel (FNI-T, FNKLF-O) has boosted indicated resources at the mine more than tenfold, according to a new resource e…
2008
TSX Short Positions (February 11, 2008)
Short positions outstanding at Jan. 15/08 (with changes from Dec. 31/07).
Canadian Gold Mutual Funds (February 11, 2008)
Fund name Jan. 28 Jan. 21 Change Change YTD MER* Assets* ($) ($) ($) (%) (%) (%) ( M$) AGF Pr Mtl 29.48 26.73 2.75 10.3 3.3 2.60 653.1 Altamira Pr & S…
Antares, Mansfield hit new zone at Rio Grande (February 11, 2008)
VANCOUVER — Stepout drilling by Rio Grande joint-venture partners Antares Minerals (ANM-V, ANMFF-O) and Mansfield Minerals (MDR-V, MFMNF-O) has identified significant copper-gold mineralization in a …
CNQ Trading — Jan. 29 – Feb. 4, 2008
( 100s) WEEK 12- MONTH STOCK TICKER VOLUME HIGH LOW LAST CHANGE HIGH LOW Alliance Mining AMCL 420 0.13 0.12 0.12 0.00 0.23 0.09 Bison Gold Exp BGEI 5 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.00 0.48 …
Exchange Rates (February 11, 2008)
CANADIAN/ U. S. EXCHANGE ( Bank of Canada noon rate) Date Feb. 4 Feb. 1 Jan. 31 Jan. 30 Jan. 29 US$ in C$ 0.9931 0.9943 1.0022 0.9937 0.9977 C$ in US$ 1.0069 1.0057 0.9…
Lending Rates (February 11, 2008)
as of 9 a. m. ET, Feb. 5, 2008 (%) Bank of Canada 4.25 Target overnight rate 4.00 Canadian Prime 5.75 U. S. Discount Primary 3.50 U. S. Fed Funds market rate 3.00 U. S. Prime 6…
Hunting for nickel in Tanzania
Tanzania’s prospective Kabanga nickel belt was first discovered by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in the 1970s.
GFMS forecasts US$1,000 gold in 2008
London-based precious metal consultant, GFMS, has released an updated version of its latest gold market report, Gold Survey 2007.
Editorial: Aluminum gets a rise from power crises in South Africa and China
While aluminum has made the headlines during the past couple of years owing to all the mega-mergers among producers, the fifth trading week of 2008 saw prices for the metal stand out, as supply was hi…
Barrick signs tire deal with Yokohama
Gold giant Barrick Gold (ABX-T, ABX-N), has signed a 10-year agreement with Japanese tire company Yokohama Rubber.
U.S. Markets Jan. 29 -Feb. 4
Dismal economic news continued to spook the U.S. Federal Reserve Board, which trimmed its benchmarkovernight lending rate by another half a percentage point on Jan. 30 to prevent the economy from slip…