Volume 95 Number 50 - Feb 1 - Feb 7, 2010

The Canadian Exploration Geophysical Society has issued a call for papers for its 2010 PDAC Symposium, All That Glitters: Geophysical Exploration for Precious Metals.

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Vale’s (VALE-N) nickel subsidiary Vale Inco plans to train non-unionized supervisors and mill workers to work in the Voisey’s Bay open-pit nickel mine in Labrador after contract talks with striking mi…

Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, January 26, 2010 (change from Jan. 19 in brackets):

Antimony: Mid-mkt US$5750.00/t.

With the global mineral exploration industry converging on Vancouver for the annual Mineral Exploration Roundup convention, the third trading week of the year was filled with explorers touting their l…

With gold still grabbing the lion’s share of the headlines in the investment community, we thought it would be prudent in this week’s installment of The Technical Analysis Report to examine major gold…

Date Jan. 25 Jan. 22 Jan. 21 Jan. 20 Jan. 19 BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne) Al Alloy 1995/2020 1970/2000 1980/2005 1970/2000 1920/1…

*as of Dec. 31/09

52-week Date Jan. 25P> Jan. 22 Jan. 21 Jan. 20 Jan. 19 High Low S&P/TSX-Ven Comp 1546.85 1549.67 1558.91 1590.69 1612.86 1628.72 809.03 TSX Composite 11354.51 11343.43 114…

Short positions outstanding at Dec. 31/09 (with changes from Dec. 15/09).

Short positions outstanding at Dec. 31/09 (with changes from Dec. 15/09).