North American Stock Exchange Indices (December 22, 2008)
52-week Date Dec. 15 Dec. 12 Dec. 11 Dec. 10 Dec. 9 High Low S&P/TSX-Ven Comp 716.81 718.54 713.44 705.54 686.02 2886.39 678.62 TSX Composite 8461.83 8515.45 8391.90 8634.00 …
2008
Breakwater sheds gold royalties amidst low zinc prices
Breakwater Resources (BWR-T) continues to shed assets in an effort to weather the current lows in the base metals m…
Golden Predator Mines to spin-out gold assets
Golden Predator Mines (GP-T) is going to separate its gold and silver assets from its base metal assets in a spin-o…
Silvercorp gains on TLP-LM prefeasibility study
Vancouver – China’s largest primary-silver producer, Silvercorp Metals (SVM-T, SVMFF-O), now has a five-year …
Feasibility’s in; Marathon PGM seeks financing
Now that Marathon PGM (MAR-T) has completed a feasibility study for its platinum group metal-copper project, the co…
Aggregates and Obama’s plan: JP Morgan says no boon too soon
Vancouver – President-elect Barack Obama’s talk of massive infrastructure spending to ward off recession has …
First Bauxite hard at work in Guyana
Vancouver – There’s a new junior exploring for bauxite, the red-coloured rock that provides the worl…
Nautilus delays seafloor mine development
The turmoil in the world markets has prompted Nautilus Minerals (NUS-T) to delay the construction of equipment for …
Short Position Report (December 18, 2008)
TSX Short PositionsShort positions outstanding at Dec. 15/08 (w…
Crystallex, Rusoro, deny news report of planned concession withdrawal
Business News Americas, quoting an unnamed official at Venezuela’s basic industries and mining ministry, or M…
AME BC anounces annual award winners
Vancouver – The Association for Mineral Exploration British Columbia (AME BC) has named its swath of award winners …
Nayarit hits best gold intercept yet at Orion
Vancouver – Drilling in the northwest corner of its Orion property, 110 km north of Tepic, Mexico, Nayarit Go…