2009

Note:Alcoa will pay US93.75 cents per share on its US$3.75 cmltv prf stk payable Jan 1, record close Dec 11. Freeport Mc- MoRan Copper & Gold will pay $0.60* div with the first payment of $0.15* p…

as of 9 a.m. ET. Dec 18, 2009 (%) Bank of Canada 0.50 Target overnight rate 0.25 Canadian Prime 2.25 U.S. Discount Primary 0.50 U.S. Fed Funds market rate 0-0.25 U.S. Prime 3.2…

Australia (A$) Dec. 18 Dec. 15 Change Aquila Resources 8.89 9.1 -0.21 Bendigo Mining 0.24 0.24 0.00 Centennial Coal 3.69 3.53 0.16 Fortescue Res 4.26 4.38 -0.12 Iluka…

CANADIAN/U. S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate) Date Dec. 21 Dec. 18 Dec. 17 Dec. 16 Dec. 15 US$ in C$ n/a n/a 1.0713 1.0580 1.0620 C$ in US$ n/a n/a 0.9334 0.9452 0.9416 EXCHAN…

Timmins Gold (TMM-V) has produced the first gold from its San Francisco gold mine in northern Mexico.

VANCOUVER– A slew of strong intercepts from the Dachang gold project in China has put Inter-Citic Minerals’ (ICI-T) share price on a steady climb, lifting it from the 20¢ level a year ago to aro…

VANCOUVER — Nayarit Gold (NYG-V) has hit a milestone at its Orion project — the release of its first resource estimate.

VANCOUVER– Kimber Resources (KBR-T, KBX-X) has been drilling the Monterde project in Mexico for almost a decade, slowly adding gold and silver ounces to a growing, three-deposit resource. Now, a new …

VANCOUVER — The Casino project is already home to 8 million oz. gold, 4.4 billion lbs. copper, and 475 million lbs. molybdenum, but results from the latest drilling program at the Yukon site indicate…

Golden Share Mining (GSH-V) has upgraded historical drill data on its 100%-owned Forsan gold property in Quebec and released its first resource estimate on the main zone.