Plan B: Northgate pitches for Aussie miner
Vancouver — After a recent blow against its Kemess North copper-gold project in B.C., Northgate Minerals (NGX-T, NXG-X) has set its sights on buying Australian gold producer Perseverance Corp. (PSV-A…
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Spot Prices Courtesy of Scotiabank Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2007
Precious Metals Price (US$/oz.) Change Gold $784.00 +26.50 Silver $14.18 +0.61 Platinum $1446.00 +3.00 Palladium $368.00 +5.00 Base Metals Price (US$/lb.) Change Nickel $14.02 +0.36 Lead $1.60 -0.08 Copper $3.49…
Producer and Dealer Prices (November 05, 2007)
Antimony : Mid-mkt US$5,590/t.
North American Stock Exchange Indices (November 05, 2007)
Date Oct. 29 Oct. 26 Oct. 25 Oct. 24 Oct. 23 High Low S&P/TSX-Ven Comp 3150.62 3091.62 3052.18 3018.68 3018.26 3372.00 2348.80 TSX Composite 14427.35 14296.43 14124.94 14088.19 14087.49 14646.82…
Anaconda drills high-grade iron ore at San Gabriel (November 05, 2007)
When Rio Tinto (RTP-N, RIO-L) found iron oxide copper-gold deposits 1,000 km north of Santiago, Chile, 10 years ago, it completed 11 reverse-circulation (RC) drill holes targeting magnetic anomalies. …
Barrick bids for Arizona Star (November 05, 2007)
Don’t look now, but Barrick Gold (ABX-T, ABX-N) is going on a spending spree.
Colt picks up where the Romans left off
SITE VISIT Penedono, Portugal — On a windswept granite hillside dotted with scrub bushes near this historic town, you can still see marks left by the picks and chisels of…
Editorial: US House tightens noose around miners’ necks
The biggest story during the week ended Oct. 27, the 43rd trading week of 2007, was the growing momentum in the U.S. House of Representatives for the passage of the pernicious Hardrock Mining and Recl…
Correction (November 05, 2007)
Canadian Royalties holds a 2% net smelter return royalty in its Expo-Ungava property, which is part of its Nunavik Nickel project. An article in our Oct. 29-Nov 4/07 issue incorrectly stated that Unga…
TSX Venture Rights & Warrants (November 05, 2007)
Blue Sky Uranium (BSK.WT) — Wt buys sh @ $1.30 to Mar 23/09.
Lending Rates (November 05, 2007)
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Exchange Rates (November 05, 2007)
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