Nickel juniors shine in buoyant market
While the fourteenth week of 2007 was shortened to four trading days owing to the Good Friday holiday, there was plenty of sizzling stock action for investors in the mining sector.
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Toronto Stock Exchange April 3-9
Metals and gold prices set the TSX Composite Index sailing to new records during the holiday-shortened trading period April 3-9. After hitting a benchmark of 13,448.31 on April 4, the TSX rose 316.83 …
Exchange Rates (April 16, 2007)
CANADIAN/U.S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate)
Dividends (April 16, 2007)
Company Div.($) Pay Date Record Date Falconbridge pf2 f Apr 12 Mar 30 Sherrit Int’l 0.03 Apr 13 Mar 30 Fording Cdn Coal Trust 0.65 Apr 16 Mar 30 Yamana…
Lending Rates (April 16, 2007)
as of 9 a.m. ET, Apr. 10, 2007(%)
GBS Gold loads up treasury with $46M bought-deal
Vancouver — After closing a $46-million bought-deal financing, GBS Gold International (GBS-T, GBSFF-O) has a well-padded treasury ready for its acquisition and project development plans.
U.S. Markets April 3-9
Markets on the Hudson rose steadily but gently during the reporting period April 3-9, as the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 186.84 points, or 1.5%, to 12,569.14. There was little surprise in any of…
Georgia soars on Mexican moly plans (April 16, 2007)
Vancouver — News of Georgia Ventures’ (GVI-V, GGVTF-O) plans to acquire the Creston molybdenum deposit in Sonora state, Mexico, sent the junior’s stock soaring recently, as much as 200% on strong tra…
Back Forty drilling cuts gold too (April 16, 2007)
Aquila Resources (AQA-V, AQARF-O) has completed two new holes on the Back Forty base metal deposit in Menominee Cty., Mich., and both have intersected gold mineralization as well as copper and zinc.
Goldrea, Molycor rally on old moly results
Vancouver — Sister companies and joint-venture partners Goldrea Resources (GOR-V, GORAF-O) and Molycor Gold (MOR-V, MLYFF-O) fired up investors after dusting off some past drill results from a couple…
Daily Metal Prices (April 16, 2007)
BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)
Producer and Dealer Prices (April 16, 2007)
Antimony : Mid-mkt US$5,400/t.