TSX Venture Short Positions (January 11, 2010)
Short positions outstanding at Dec. 15/09 (with changes from Nov. 30/09). Largest short positions Romarco Minerals R 4234987 -551113 Manicouagan Minerals MAM 2492000 2492000 Galway R…
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Dividends (January 11, 2010)
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 $0.15* p…
Lending Rates (January 11, 2010)
as of 9 a.m. ET. Jan. 5, 2009 (%) Bank of Canada 0.50 Target overnight rate 0.25 Canadian Prime 2.25 U.S. Discount Primary 0.50 U.S. Fed Funds market rate 0-0.25 U.S. Prime 3.2…
Exchange Rates (January 11, 2010)
CANADIAN/U. S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate) Date Jan. 4 Jan. 1 Dec. 31 Dec. 30 Dec. 29 US$ in C$ 1.0378 n/a 1.0466 1.0525 1.0405 C$ in US$ 0.9131 n/a 0.9555 0.9501 0.9611 EX…
International Quotes (January 11, 2010)
Australia (A$) Jan. 5 Dec. 18 Change Aquila Resources 10.98 8.89 2.09 Bendigo Mining 0.26 0.24 0.02 Centennial Coal 4.00 3.69 0.31 Fortescue Res 4.60 4.26 0.34 Iluka …
Augusta Rejigs Debt, Advances Rosement
Augusta Resource (AZC-T) is restructuring US$40 million in debt to ease the pressure to secure financing for its massive Rosemont copper project in Arizona before it matures this June.
Yamana’s In The Money
Yamana Gold (YRI-T, AUY-N, YAU-L) has amplified its unsecured revolving credit facility from US$500 million to US$680 million thanks to a syndicate of international banks in a deal orchestrated by Sco…
Detour Drills 101,000 Metres In ’09
Detour Gold (DGC-T) says assays from the latest batch of infill drilling results at the Detour Lake open pit project 180 km northeast of Cochrane, Ont., were “as expected,” confirming continuity of go…
FNX To Boost Production In 2010
FNX Mining (FNX-T) forecasts production from its Sudbury mining assets in 2010 will reach 891,000 tons of ore shipped, a 31% increase over the company’s 2009 production plan.
Russian Mountain Robust For Full Metal
Drill results from its 2009 exploration season at the Russian Mountain project in Alaska demonstrated multiple gold-silver- copper-bearing structures for Full Metal Minerals (FMM-V).
Haile Grows For Romarco
VANCOUVER– The extent of mineralization at Romarco Minerals’ (R-V) Haile project in South Carolina continues to grow.
SouthGobi Sells Indonesian Coal Property
SouthGobi Energy Resources (SGQ-T) is selling its stake in the Mamahak coal project in Indonesia to focus on developing its coal assets in Mongolia, the company says. The news sent SouthGobi’s shares …