Golden Predator To Spin Out Gold Assets
Golden Predator Mines (GP-T, GPDRF-O) is going to separate its gold and silver assets from its base metal assets in a spinoff that should draw attention to the company’s strong portfolio of precious m…
2009
Woodjam Shaping Up For Fjordland And Cariboo
VANCOUVER — Drill intercepts showing long intervals with consistent grades of copper, molybdenum and gold on the Woodjam property, 50 km east of Williams Lake, B. C., buoyed the share prices of 60/40…
TSX Short Positions (January 19, 2009)
Short positions outstanding at Dec. 31/08 (with changes from Dec. 15/08).
Moon Dust And Hairy Rocks
The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) in Toronto has opened the doors to its Earth’s Treasures exhibit located in the Teck Suite of Galleries, sponsored by Teck (TCK. B-T, TCK-N).
LME Warehouse Levels (January 19, 2009)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, Jan. 13, 2009 (change from Jan. 6 in brackets):
Continental Nickel Makes Headway In Tanzania
Nickel prices may be in the dumps, but that isn’t dampening Continental Nickel’s (CNI-V, CNKDF-O) drive at its Nachingwea nickel sulphide project in Tanzania, which recently returned some encouraging …
People (January 19, 2009)
American Creek Resources — Seamus Young has retired as a director.
U.S. Markets – Jan. 6-12
Many are wondering how far the bailout package in the United States will go in fixing the economy. Ben Bernanke, chairman of the Federal Reserve, says the US$700-billion stimulus should help revive th…
Toronto Stock Exchange – Jan. 6-12
The TSX fell during the Jan. 6-12 trading session, with the S&P/TSX composite index losing 492 points, or 5.3%, to 8,793. Metal and mining issues sustained heavier losses, with the S&P/TSX Cap…
TSX Venture Exchange -Jan. 6-12
VANCOUVER — It was an up-and-down week for the S&P/TSX Venture composite index over the Jan. 6-12 trading session. The board started the week by climbing above the 900-point mark, a height it has…
First Majestic Drilling Grows La Encantada Reserves By 187%
VANCOUVER — A 6,700-metre drill program at the La Encantada mine in the northeastern Mexican state of Coahuila has paid off for First Majestic Silver (FR-T, FRMSF-O).
Spot Prices (January 19, 2009)
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