2011

The week before the Christmas break was a busy one in the capital markets, with plenty of mergers and acquisitions and a plethora of financings in the junior mining sector.

MineSense Technologies has completed the PreCalculatOre evaluation tool in partnership with XPS (Xstrata Process Support) and Sudbury’s Centre of Excellence in Mining Innovation.

Peterstow Aquapower has developed a drilling system which promises to save mining companies millions of dollars in capital and operational costs, while dramatically reducing the industry’s environment…

Software services provider Micromine has opened a new regional office in Santiago, Chile, to increase the company’s presence in South America.

SGS’s Advanced Systems Group has released a new version of its flagship AHEAD (asset health, effectiveness and diagnostics) toolkit for asset performance management.

Featured Fund : AGF Presious Metals as of 11/30/10 (in weighted order): Central Fund of Canada, Goldcorp, Barrick Gold, Eldorado Gold, Semafo, European Goldfields, Tahoe Resources, Kinross Gold, Agnic…

52-week Date Dec. 20 Dec. 17 Dec. 16 Dec. 15 Dec. 14 High Low TSX Composite 13193.28 13201.46 13181.23 13229.07 13280.08 13367.60 10990.41 S&P/TSX-Ven Comp 2147.15 2134.33 2105.81 2100.94 2117.70…

Short positions outstanding at Dec. 15/10 (with changes from Nov. 30/10).

Short positions outstanding at Dec. 15/10 (with changes from Nov. 30/10).

Note: Vale will pay $0.24* per outstanding common or prf sh on Oct 20. Alcoa will pay a $0.9375* div on it $3.75* cmltv pr stock on Oct 1, rec Sept 10. Franco-Nevada monthly div of 0.025 starting in J…

as of 9 a.m. ET. Aug. 23, 2010 (%) Bank of Canada 1.00 Target overnight rate 0.75 Canadian Prime 2.75 U.S. Discount Primary 0.75 U.S. Fed Funds market rate 0-0.25 U.S. Prime 3….

Australia (A$) Aug 24 Aug 17 Change Aquila Resources 8.3 8.69 -0.39 Bendigo Mining 0.18 0.18 0.00 Centennial Coal 6.03 6.04 -0.01 Fortescue Res 4.50 4.56 -0.06 Iluka …