Dividends (February 12, 2007)
Company Div.($) Pay Date Record Date Falconbridge pf2 f Feb 12 Jan 31 Potash C Sask 0.15* Feb 12 Jan 22 Royal Untilites 0.08 Feb 15 Jan 31 Goldcorp 0.15…
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People (February 12, 2007)
Keegan Res. — Roman Shklanka appointed to advisory board.
Teck Cominco Mulling Options for Gold Assets
Vancouver — With about 50% of its exploration budget devoted to copper, Teck Cominco (TCK.B-T, TCK-N) is mulling over what to do with its gold operations, and will likely make a decision once its Pog…
Saskatchewan Potash Mine Not Threatened by Flood: Mosaic
Vancouver — U.S. fertilizer giant The Mosaic Co. (MOS-N) has moved to ease concerns that a flooding problem may threaten to disrupt production at its Esterhazy, Sask., operation which ranks among the…
Imperial Gets a Leg Up on Taseko in bcMetals Tussle
Vancouver –Imperial Metals (IPMLF-O, III-T) may have delivered the knockout punch in the battle to acquire bcMetals (C-V, BMTLF-O), raising its previous bid by 20 to $1.70 a share.
Northern Peru Copper Gets Positive Prefeasibility for Galeno
Vancouver — A positive prefeasibility study for Northern Peru Copper’s (NOC-T, NPUCF-O) Galeno project in Peru’s Yanacocha district indicates good preliminary economics for an open-pit operation on t…
BID-ASK — Jan. 30-Feb. 5, 2007
STOCK EXC BID ASK LAST HIGH LO Adamus Res V 0.30 … … … 0.001 Afrasia Minl F V 0.36 0.55 0.36 0.45 0.265 Agau Res V 0.45 0.50 0.60…
Lonmin Finishes AfriOre Takeover
Lonmin’s (LNMIF-O, LMI-L) all-cash offer for AfriOre (AFO-T, AFO-L) has succeeded, attracting 94% of AfriOre’s shares.
Toronto Stock Exchange Jan. 30-Feb. 5
The TSX Composite Index rose 220.73 points to set a new all-time high of 13,166.69 for the Jan. 30-Feb. 5 trading period. The rise came as commodity prices gained momentum on signs that the U.S. econo…
TSX Venture Exchange Jan. 30-Feb. 5
With gold prices strengthening on the back of a weakening U.S. dollar, the S&P-TSX Venture Exchange Composite Index rose 69.29 points to 2,974.51 over the Jan. 30-Feb. 5 trading session. Average d…
U.S. Markets Jan. 30-Feb. 5
Equity markets south of the line found some strength in macroeconomic news during the reporting period Jan. 30-Feb. 5. The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index climbed 26.37 points to 1,446.99, for a gain …