TSX SHORT POSITIONS (April 07, 2008)
Short positions outstanding at Mar. 15/08 (with changes from Mar. 1/08).
2008
EXCHANGE RATES (April 07, 2008)
CANADIAN/U. S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate) Date March 31 March 28 March 27 March 26 March 25 US$ in C$ 1.0279 1.0180 1.0147 1.0180 1.0177 C$ in US$ 0.9729 0.9822 0.9855 0.982…
U. S. MARKETS MARCH 25-31
Signs that the credit market crisis may finally be unwinding buoyed markets in the U. S. over the March 25-31 trading session. With the companies hit hardest by the crisis beginning to see better fina…
LME WAREHOUSE LEVELS (April 07, 2008)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, April 1, 2008 (change from March 11 in brackets):
Barrick ups investment in Papua New Guinea (April 07, 2008)
Just weeks after Allied Gold (AGLD-L ALD-A) poured the first gold from its Simberi project on Simberi Island off the northern coast of Papua New Guinea, the Australian miner has signed a deal with Can…
Rockwell Diamonds goes big
SITE VISIT KIMBERLEY, SOUTH AFRICA–In the heat of the South African sun, a massive earth-moving exercise is in progress. A PC3000, one of the largest and most powerful excavators available,…
Terrane set to go with Mt. Milligan
VANCOUVER — Terrane Metals’ (TRX-V, TRXOF-O) Mt. Milligan is a go: a positive feasibility study for the mega copper-gold porphyry project in central British Columbia has Terrane envisaging production…
MagIndustries scores potash licence
MagIndustries (MAA-V, MAAFF-O) has nailed a 25-year licence to mine potash in the Republic of Congo in equatorial Africa.
CANADIAN GOLD MUTUAL FUNDS (April 07, 2008)
Featured Fund: TD Precious Metals top holdings, as of 10/29/07 (in weighted order): Goldcorp, Barrick Gold, Yamana Gold, Agnico-Eagle Mines, Harry Winston Diamond, Palmarejo Silver and Gold, Anglo Ame…
TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE MARCH 25-31
After a few tumultuous weeks, the S&P-TSX Venture Composite Index managed to post a gain in the final week of March, rising 35.81 points over the March 25-31 trading session to close at 2,617.56. …
LENDING RATES (April 07, 2008)
as of 9 a. m. ET, April 1, 2008 (%) Bank of Canada 3.75 Target overnight rate 3.50 Canadian Prime 5.25 U. S. Discount Primary 2.50 U. S. Fed Funds market rate 2.25 U. S. Prime …
Serengeti jumps on hot hole at Kwanika (April 07, 2008)
VANCOUVER — Serengeti Resources (SIR-V, SGRNF-O) pulled a long, strong intercept from its Kwanika copper-gold-silver project in central British Columbia and investors took note, boosting the company’…