2009

52-week Date Dec. 7 Dec. 4 Dec. 3 Dec. 2 Dec. 1 High Low S&P/TSX-Ven Comp 1434.40 1450.46 1461.61 1461.79 1450.49 1466.49 683.80 TSX Composite 11489.63 11510.80 11636.55 11779.73 11707.32…

Short positions outstanding at Nov. 30/09 (with changes from Nov. 15/09).

Short positions outstanding at Nov. 30/09 (with changes from Nov. 15/09).

Note:Alcoa will pay US93.75 cents per share on its US$3.75 cmltv prf stk payable Jan 1, record close Dec 11. Freeport Mc- MoRan Copper & Gold will pay $0.60* div with the first payment of $0.15* p…

as of 9 a.m. ET. Dec 8, 2009 (%) Bank of Canada 0.50 Target overnight rate 0.25 Canadian Prime 2.25 U.S. Discount Primary 0.50 U.S. Fed Funds market rate 0-0.25 U.S. Prime 3.25…

CANADIAN/U. S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate) Date Dec. 7 Dec. 4 Dec. 3 Dec. 2 Dec. 1 US$ in C$ 1.0511 1.0517 1.0542 1.0468 1.0432 C$ in US$ 0.9514 0.9508 0.9486 0.9553 0.9586…

Australia (A$) Dec. 8 Dec. 1 Change Aquila Resources 8.95 10.29 -1.34 Bendigo Mining 0.24 0.25 -0.01 Centennial Coal 3.31 3.36 -0.05 Fortescue Res 4.21 4.27 -0.06 Ilu…

Osisko Mining (OSK-T) has signed a deal with Orex Exploration (OX-V) that includes spending $8 million in exploration by 2013 to acquire up to a 60% interest in the Goldboro project, near Antigonish, …

VANCOUVER– Richfield Ventures (RVC-V) is reigniting interest in a gold-silver prospect in northern British Columbia by drilling lengthy intercepts carrying good mineralization.

Lake Shore Gold (LSG-T) is raising $100 million to pay for aggressive expansion plans that include producing 100,000 oz. of gold in 2010 and building production over the following three years to about…