Probe Mines’ Results Add Shine To Ring Of Fire
A day after Cliffs Natural Resources (CLF-N) announced its initial takeover bid for Freewest Resources Canada (FWR-V) and its chromium assets in the Ring of Fire, drill results from Probe Mines’ (PRB-…
2009
People (December 14, 2009)
Adriana Resources — Chairman Michael Beley resigned; CFO and director Richard Barclay resigned; Norman Calder appointed CFO; Anthony Patriarco appointed interim chairman; Colin Benner appointed a dir…
Correction (December 14, 2009)
In our article about the Association for Mineral Exploration in British Columbia (AME BC) awards ( T. N.M., Dec. 7-13/09), we incorrectly stated the date of the dinner. The dinner will take place on W…
Toronto Stock Exchange -December 1-7
The S&P/TSX composite index managed to etch out a 42-point gain to finish the Dec. 1-7 period at 11,489 points. But much of the gains came early in the period when gold was touching new highs and …
TSX Venture Exchange -December 1-7
Though trading volumes remained high, the S&P/TSX Venture composite index rang in the beginning of December cautiously, with a modest 19.34-point gain over the Dec. 1-7 reporting period. The Ventu…
U.S. Markets -December 1-7
Fallout from the Dubai debt crisis kept markets choppy during the Dec. 1-7 reporting period. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was off 81.47 points to 10,390.11 and the S&P 500 index dropped 5.61 p…
Spot Prices (December 14, 2009)
COURTESY OF SCOTIABANK
LME Warehouse Levels (December 14, 2009)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, December 7, 2009 (change from Dec. 1 in brackets):
Producer And Dealer Prices (December 14, 2009)
Antimony: Mid-mkt US$6,050/t.
Daily Metal Prices (December 14, 2009)
Date Dec. 7 Dec. 4 Dec. 3 Dec. 2 Dec. 1 BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne) Al Alloy 1791/1840 1781/1820 1780/1830 1791/1825 1791/1850 A…
Canadian Gold Mutual Funds (December 14, 2009)
*as of Sept. 30/09 Featured Fund: AGF Precious Metals (US$) as of 08/31/09 (in weighted order): Goldcorp, Kinross Gold, Iamgold, Central Fund of Canada, Agnico-Eagle Mines, Inmet Mining, Eldorado Gold…
North American Stock Exchange Indices (December 14, 2009)
52-week Date Dec. 7 Dec. 4 Dec. 3 Dec. 2 Dec. 1 High Low S&P/TSX-Ven Comp 1434.40 1450.46 1461.61 1461.79 1450.49 1466.49 683.80 TSX Composite 11489.63 11510.80 11636.55 11779.73 11707.32…