Dividends (October 08, 2007)
Company Div.($) Pay Date Record Date Fording Coal 0.60 Oct 15 Sept 28 Yamana 0.01 Oct 12 Sept 28 Sherritt 0.03 Oct 12 Sept 28 Silvercorp 0.15 Oct 21 Sept…
News
Impact Building Third Mexican Mine
Vancouver — Groundbreaking at Its Planned Chivo Mine Has Junior Silver Producer Impact Silver (IPT-V, Isvlf-O) on Track to Grow Operations at Its Royal Mines of Zacualpan Mining Complex, 100 Km South…
Investment Dollars Flow Into Mexico
Monterrey, Mexico — Mexico’s long-neglected mineral reserves are set to get a historic boost over the next few years with record levels of mining investment, making Mexico the world’s number two dest…
Commentary: Climate change’s ‘consensus?’
The adage “history repeats itself” could have been invented to describe the science of geology. As it is axiomatic that present geological processes are for the most part, replays of past events, deci…
Colombia Poised for Project Startups
Medellin, Colombia — The imminent startup of production from Cambridge Mineral Resources’ (CDGMF-O, CMR-L) Quintana property in Colombia’s Antioquia department — expected within months — will pass …
Jet and Leeward to exit Myanmar
Just as the UN is finally being allowed into Myanmar, two Canadian exploration companies are getting out.
Ecu Finds Major Vein
With its shift from production to exploration at the Velardena property in Durango, Mexico, ECU Silver Mining (ECU-T, ECUXF-O) hopes the headway it has made will be reflected in the next resource esti…
Denver Forum rides bullish bullion
Denver, Colo. — On rising bullion prices and bullish market sentiment, the 2007 Denver Gold Forum saw strong numbers, with several hundred industry and financial executives attending the late Septemb…
Corrections (October 08, 2007)
First Metals’ Fabie Bay underground copper mine in Rouyn- Noranda, Que., is 90% developed, not 90% mined out, as reported in our Sept. 24-30/07 edition.
Editorial: Tiffany Breaks Out Smelling Salts for Woozy Tahera
The end of a financial quarter always springs a few surprises, and the week ended Sept. 29, the 39th trading week of 2007, had one for beleaguered Tahera Diamond shareholders, who have watched their i…
Canadian Gold Mutual Funds (October 08, 2007)
Fund name Sept. 24($) Sept. 17($) Change($) Change(%) YTD(%) MER*(%) Assets*(M$) AGF Pr Mtl 28.94 27.79 1.15 4.1 8.2 2.61 615.8 Altamira Pr & Str Mtl 12.71 11.97 0.74 6.2…
Dias Bras Looks to Build Mill at Bolivar
Dia Bras Exploration (DIB-V, DBEXF-O) has been pilot mining at the Bolivar copper-zinc mine in Chihuahua, Mexico, for nearly two years, but now that the company has completed a National Instrument 43-…