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DIVIDENDS (December 27, 2010)

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…


LENDING RATES (December 27, 2010)

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….


INTERNATIONAL QUOTES (December 27, 2010)

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 …


EXCHANGE RATES (December 27, 2010)

CANADIAN/U. S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate) Date Dec 13 Dec 10 Dec 9 Dec 8 Dec 7 US$ in C$ 1.0046 1.0093 1.0098 1.0099 1.0093 C$ in US$ 0.9954 0.9908 0.9903 0.9902 0.9908 EX…



Drillers working at Western Potash's Milestone project in Saskatchewan.

Three junior potash picks

With potash juniors continuing to enjoy the limelight, Mining Markets asked a few fertilizer analysts for their picks in the sector and came up with three companies that stood out.


Golden holes from Blackwater lift Richfield Ventures

VANCOUVER — Richfield Ventures’ (RVC-V) share price leapt up to a new all-time high on news of a 171-metre intercept grading 3.13 grams gold per tonne and 10.8 grams silver per tonne at the Blackwate…


Driving through Helio Resource's SMP gold project in Tanzania.

Helio gets SMP resource

VANCOUVER — Helio Resource (HRC-V) has released an initial resource estimate for its SMP gold project in Tanzania following a season of concentrated drilling on the Porcupine target.


A driller at work at Continental Gold's Buritica gold project in Colombia.

Continental Gold hits high grades at Buritica

VANCOUVER — The latest results from Continental Gold’s (CNL-T) ongoing 100,000-metre drill program at its Buritica gold project in Colombia show more high-grade intercepts.


Geologix Exploration's vice-president of exploration Siegfried Weidner discusses deposits and the potential for expansion at the Tepal copper-gold project in Mexico, while president Dunham Craig looks on.

Geologix keeps its simple at Tepal

TEPALCATEPEC, MEXICO — In early 2009 Geologix Explorations (GIX-T) found itself at a turning point. The company had just decided not to exercise its right to buy the San Agustin polymetallic project …


Helicopters near the camp at Peregrine Diamonds' Chidliak project on the south end of Baffin Island, Nunavut.

Chidliak’s results compare favourably to Diavik

While it’s still early days at Peregrine Diamonds’ (PGD-T) Baffin Island Chidliak diamond project, mini-bulk sample results from the promising CH-6 kimberlite compare well to the kimberlite pipes bein…


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