DIVIDENDS (November 17, 2008)
Note: Alcoa will pay its quarterly div of US$0.9375 for US$3.75 cmltv pr sh on Jan 1, rec Dec 12. Xstrata Canada will $0.2863 div for pr sh series 3…
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LENDING RATES (November 17, 2008)
as of 9 a. m. ET. Nov. 11, 2008 (%) Bank of Canada 2.50 Target overnight rate 2.25 Canadian Prime 4.00 U. S. Discount Primary 1.25 U. S. Fed Funds market rate 1.00 U. S. Prime …
Pacific Comox’s vision for Ryan Lake (November 17, 2008)
SITE VISIT Matatchewan, Ont. — A big old pile of crushed ore sits outside the mill at Pacific Comox Resources’ (PCM-V, PAOCF-o) past-producing Ryan Lake copper-moly project. The pile has…
Moly market ready for a rebound?
Molybdenum prices seemed to have found a home in the US$30- to US$35-per-lb. range for the past couple of years. Even as most other base metals went into freefall during the past few months, moly pric…
Kinbauri tops 2M oz. gold at El Valle and Carles
Vancouver — Resources at Kinbauri Gold’s (KNB-V, KINBF-o) El Valle and Carles mines in northwestern Spain continue to grow in the wake of a completed 30,000- metre drilling campaign. All told, the pr…
TSX VENTURE SHORT POSITIONS (November 17, 2008)
Short positions outstanding at Oct. 31/08 (with changes from Oct. 15/08).
EXCHANGE RATES (November 17, 2008)
CANADIAN/U. S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate) Date Nov. 10 Nov. 7 Nov. 6 Nov. 5 Nov. 4 US$ in C$ 1.1942 1.1835 1.1818 1.1596 1.1499 C$ in US$ 0.8374 0.8450 0.8462 0.8624 0.869…
INTERNATIONAL QUOTES (November 17, 2008)
Australia (A$) Nov 4 Oct 28 Change Bendigo Mining 0.12 0.11 0.01 Kingsgate Cons. 2.93 2.31 0.62 Lion Selection Ltd 1.10 1.20 -0.10 Newcrest Mining 20.65 17.71 2.94 Re…
Hathor hits more Athabasca high-grade
Vancouver — Hathor Exploration (HAT-V, HTHXF-o) reported a U 3 O 8 whopper in its latest batch of drill results, hitting 23 metres grading 11.2% U 3 O 8 starting at 295 metres depth in hole 40.
Monument to build Selinsing
Vancouver — Monument Mining (MMY-V, MMTMF-o) is building a mine at its Selinsing gold project, about 100 km north of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Hana hits more copper at Ghanzi (November 17, 2008)
Vancouver — Hana Mining has (HMG-v) quadrupled the strike length of Zone 2 at its Ghanzi copper project, in northwestern Botswana, to 2 km. The zone is one of six Hana has targeted on the 4,370-sq.-k…
TSX SHORT POSITIONS (November 17, 2008)
Short positions outstanding at Oct. 31/08 (with changes from Oct. 15/08).