The investment case for phosphate, Quebec, and Arianne
When Michael Goldberg of Stonecap Securities looks at Arianne Resources (DAN-V) and its phosphate project in northern Quebec he sees one thing: a takeover target.
Canada
Venture recovery hits a snag in August 27-31 period
VANCOUVER — The mid-August rebound of the S&P TSX Venture Composite Index came to a halt in the August 27 to 31 period as four days of losses left the index down 11.14 points at 1,240.74. Volume was in line with recent weeks at an…
Plus a change: a trip down memory lane with Frank Callaghan’s International Wayside at Cariboo
With all the hullabaloo swirling around Barkerville Gold Mines (BGM-V) and the new resource estimate for its Cow Mountain gold deposit in central B.C. that has led to a trading halt imposed on the stock by the B.C. Securities Commission…
Toronto Stock Exchange
The S&P/TSX Composite Index slipped 7.66 points during the trading week to close at 12,082.23.
TSX Venture Exchange
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index climbed for a second week, up 18.46 points in the period to end at 1,251.88 points after four days of gains. Volume was fairly consistent and reached an average of 68 million shares traded daily.
Metals, mining and money markets
SPOT PRICESCourtesy of ScotiaBankTuesday, August 7, 2012 Precious MetalsPrice…
Short position reports
TSX Short Positions Short positions outstanding at Aug 15/12 (with changes from July…
Letters to the editor: Barkerville article ‘disturbing’
We have been very long-time subscribers of your newspaper as a source of factually correct information in the mining industry. We want to draw your attention to some serious errors found in your article, “Barkerville in the doghouse with…
Exchange rates
EXCHANGE RATES CANADIAN/U.S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate) Date Aug 6 Aug 3 Aug 2 Aug 1 July 31 US$ in C n/a 0.9986 1.0062 1.0017 1.0014 …
Northern Tiger rouses Sleeping Giant
Northern Tiger Resources (NTR-V) has renewed interest in the Sleeping Giant zone at the 3Ace project in southeast Yukon, with some encouraging sample results.
Letters to the editor: TNM discriminating against chrysotile asbestos
What a deception to read in your editorial, “Ooh la la: Is Plan Nord becoming Plan Non?” (T.N.M. Aug. 20–26/12) that you qualify the support to chrysotile asbestos mining in the Eastern Townships by the Quebec and federal…
Saskatchewan potash developers pull in their horns
Rising costs and inconsistent downstream demand have taken a toll on potash and fertilizer producers during the first half of 2012, with volatile global markets now impacting the strategies of several mega miners in Saskatchewan’s…