Blue Note dusts off Caribou
Bathurst, N.B. — The dormant Caribou and Restigouche zinc-lead mines in northern New Brunswick are once again getting a new lease on life, thanks to robust metal prices and strong investor confidence…
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Editorial: Russia tightening its grip on natural resources (October 30, 2006)
Foreign investors of time and money in Russia’s mining sector would do well to keep a close eye on the increasingly bullying stance the Russian government is taking towards foreign oil companies, beca…
Trouble afoot in markets, Part II
Commentary — The following is the second of three edited parts of a speech presented at the recent Silver Summit in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. The realization that both the financial…
Daily Metal Prices (October 30, 2006)
BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)
Producer and Dealer Prices (October 30, 2006)
Antimony : Mid-mkt US$5,240/t.
Dividends (October 30, 2006)
Company Div. Pay Record ($) Date Date Goldcorp 0.015* Oct 27 Oct 20 Pr Mtls Mng Trust 0.05 Nov 15 Oct 31 Alcoa 0.15* Nov 25 Nov 3 Noranda Incm…
Queenstake trimming fat at Jerritt Canyon (October 30, 2006)
Vancouver — Looking to garner greater market respect, Queenstake Resources (QRL-T, QEE-X) is moving to slash production costs at its Jerritt Canyon mining complex in northeastern Nevada and will look…
Quimsacocha resource grows (October 30, 2006)
The last season of drilling at the Quimsacocha gold deposit in southern Ecuador has expanded the resource on the project by 21% and established that high-grade mineralization is continuous between the…
TSX Short Positions (October 30, 2006)
Short positions outstanding at Oct. 15, 2006 (with changes from Sept. 30).
TSX Venture Short Positions (October 30, 2006)
Short positions outstanding at Oct. 15, 2006 (with changes from Sept. 30).
New zone shaping up at Jaguar Mining’s Turmalina
Drilling by Jaguar Mining (JAG-T, JAGNF-O) on a target near its Turmalina gold project in Brazil shows potential to increase resources on the property and extend the mine life.
Toronto Stock Exchange October 17-23
Royal Dutch Shell’s offer to buy Shell Canada fuelled speculation of more mergers and acquisition activity in the oil sector over the Oct. 17-23 trading session, leading to a 57.61-point gain on the T…