North American Stock Exchange Indices (December 21, 2009)
52-week Date Dec. 14 Dec. 11 Dec. 10 Dec. 9 Dec. 8 High Low S&P/TSX-Ven Comp 1425.08 1417.11 1417.60 1410.08 1402.24 1466.49 684.95 TSX Composite 11545.69 11423.93 11464.57 11379.22 11368.93…
2009
TSX Short Positions (December 21, 2009)
Short positions outstanding at Nov. 30/09 (with changes from Nov. 15/09).
Dividends (December 21, 2009)
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 $0.15* …
Lending Rates (December 21, 2009)
as of 9 a.m. ET. Dec 15, 2009 (%) Bank of Canada 0.50 Target overnight rate 0.25 Canadian Prime 2.25 U.S. Discount Primary 0.50 U.S. Fed Funds market rate 0-0.25 U.S. Prime 3.2…
Exchange Rates (December 21, 2009)
CANADIAN/U. S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate) Date Dec. 14 Dec. 11 Dec. 10 Dec. 9 Dec. 8 US$ in C$ 1.0593 1.0585 1.0519 1.0552 1.0604 C$ in US$ 0.9440 0.9447 0.9507 0.9477 0.9…
International Quotes (December 21, 2009)
Australia (A$) Dec. 15 Dec. 8 Change Aquila Resources 9.1 8.95 0.15 Bendigo Mining 0.24 0.24 0.00 Centennial Coal 3.53 3.31 0.22 Fortescue Res 4.38 4.21 0.17 Iluka Re…
Nevada Copper Tweaks Pumpkin Hollow Scoping Study
Nevada Copper (NCU-T) has updated a March 2008 preliminary economic assessment on its Pumpkin Hollow copper project near Yerington, Nev., incorporating a high-grade underground scenario with a much lo…
Eurasian Drills High-Grade Gold At Grand Bois In Haiti
VANCOUVER–On drill-hole results from its Grand Bois property in Haiti, Eurasian Minerals (EMX-V) shares jumped nearly 20% or 40¢ to close at $2.50 in early December.
Newstrike Buys Goldcorp’s Stake In Morelos For $52M In Cash And Shares
An advanced-stage gold project in Mexico will soon be in the hands of two Canadian juniors.
Rubicon Hikes Red Lake Spending
As soon as Rubicon Minerals (RMX-T, RBY-X) completes a $25-million first-phase drill program at the Phoenix gold project in Red Lake at the end of the first quarter of 2010, it will embark on a $60-mi…
Avanti Delivers Positive Prefeasibility For Kitsault
VANCOUVER — With the receipt of a positive prefeasibility study, Avanti Mining (AVT-V) has taken another step towards its goal of reopening the historic Kitsault molybdenum mine in northern British C…
First Quantum Rises On $260M Offer For Kiwara
VANCOUVER — Dipping into its US$800-million treasury, First Quantum Minerals (FM-T) is buying Zambian base metals explorer Kiwara (KWR-J) in a cash-and-shares deal worth US$260 million. Investors hap…