U.S. Markets – OCTOBER 6-12
Despite the looming risk of a double-dip recession and daily reminders — as if anyone needed them — that the road to recovery has major potholes ahead, U. S. equity markets enjoyed a relatively smoo…
2009
Toronto Stock Exchange – OCTOBER 6-9
The S&P/TSX composite index continued to show resilience over the holiday shortened Oct. 6-9 reporting period, despite widespread consensus that the market was due for a correction. The index gain…
TSX Venture Exchange – OCTOBER 6-9
Investors spent the Oct. 6-9 reporting period, shortened due to the Thanksgiving holiday in Canada, buying junior stocks and pushing the S&P/TSX Venture composite index up. The board gained every …
GobiMin Gets Into Gold
VANCOUVER — A cash-rich Gobi- Min (GBM-V, GMNFF-O) — it has $88 million in the bank — is making a foray into gold exploration.
Western Standard Buys Freegold’s Almaden Project
Freegold Ventures (ITF-T, FGOVF-O) is easing some debt pressures by selling its Almaden gold project in western Idaho to Western Standard Metals (WSM-V) for cash, shares and warrants.
Ventana Shares Rise On La Mascota Drilling
Ventana Gold (VEN-T, VENGF-O) has reported one of the most significant drill intercepts yet on its La Bodega gold property 400 km north of Bogota, Colombia, where it has just begun a scoping study on …
Exhibit Hall, Core Shack & Student Poster Session Hours
Tuesday, December 1 Exhibitor Set Up 8:00 am -5:00 pmWednesday, December 2 Exhibit Hall Open 9:00 am -7:30 pm Morning Coffee Break (mandatory break for all sessions) 9:35 am -10:20 am Walk Around Sandwich Lunch 12:00 noon -1:30 pm Afternoon…
OPENING MINDS . . . Mapping A Path To Mine
In order to continue opening new mines, people on all sides of the debate including companies, governments, NGOs and the public must recalibrate and open their minds to the views of others. Truth and trust must be advanced to generate a…
Welcoming Luncheon Featured Speaker (Invited)
Bob Abbey, Director of the Bureau of Land Management has been invited to speak at the Welcoming Luncheon.Bob has more than 32 years of experience working with states and federal land management agencies. He served eight years as the Nevada…
Industry Outlook Luncheon Featured Speaker (October 19, 2009)
“Mining in a Climate Controlled Regulatory World”, Jim Sims, President and CEO, Western Business RoundtableJim Sims is president and chief executive officer of the Western Business Roundtable, an organization comprised of CEOs and senior…
Short Courses (October 19, 2009)
MINING GEOLOGY AND GRADE CONTROL COURSE4-Day Course, Sunday -Wednesday 9:00 – 4:00 Cost – $2,500 Volume Discounts Available for Corporate Members – contact Mike Heywood at NWMA for more information. Email: mheywood@nwma.org Phone: (509)…
Technical Session Preliminary Program (October 19, 2009)
Wednesday, Dec. 2 -Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009 Concurrent sessions run 8:00 am -5:00 pm Friday, Dec. 4 concurrent sessions run 8:00 am -11:30 am Wednesday MorningTechnical Sessions 8:00 am -11:30 amSTATE AND PROVINCE REPORTSInterest Track:…