GREATEST VALUE TRADED, DEC. 5-11
ExchgVal($000s)HighLowCloseChangeAlcoa*N55589940.4537.9038.53+0.43…
2001
The Northern Miner — North American Mining Index (December 17, 2001)
66.19 (-0.69)(Sept. 30/98 = 100)…
Silver Standard hits bonanza grades
Vancouver — Silver Standard Resources (SSO-V) has tabled more high-grade results from infill and exploration drilling at the Manantial Espejo silver-gold project in Argentina’s Santa Cruz province.So…
Spot Prices Wed. December 12, 2001
Precious MetalsPrice (US$/oz.)ChangeGold$273.25-$2.50Silver$ 4.29+$0.14Platinum$466.00+$…
TSE Short Positions (December 17, 2001)
Short positions outstanding at November 30, 2001Larger individual positions include:Agnico-Eagle 1,905,785 up 949,900; Alcan Inc; P> 1,460,722 up 371,386; Barrick Gold 10,815,328 up 155,839; Bolide…
Gold Funds (December 17, 2001)
Gold Funds as of December 6, 2001Dundee Precious MetalsCentral FundNet Value$12.93$5.31Price$9.15$5.25…
Lending Rates (December 17, 2001)
as of 4 pm Dec. 11, 2001 (%)Bank of Canada2.50Canadian Prime4.00U.S. Discount1.25U.S. Prime5.00LIBOR 3-month1.90LIBOR 6-month1.93LIBOR 1-year2.36Gold lease 3m0.9131Gold lease 1yr1.4087-…
Trading Summary (December 14, 2001)
A US$4.10-per-oz. jump in the price of gold to US$278.20 per oz. in New York sent investors racing to the Toronto S…
Commercial stones confirmed at Cristal
Vancouver — The Canadian exploration division of De Beers Consolidated Mines, now a subsidiary of Anglo American (…
Homestake shareholders give Barrick the nod
Homestake Mining’s (HM-N) shareholders officially gave the green light to a planned takeover of the Walnut, Califor…
Sulliden’s drills stall at Mario (December 14, 2001)
Nearly out of cash, Sulliden Exploration (SUE-T) has suspended a 3,500-metres drilling campaign on the Mario base m…
Stratoni operations resume
TVX Gold (TVX-T) reports that mining and milling activities have resumed at its Stratoni The resumption came a…