North American Stock Exchange Indices (August 17, 2009)
52-week Date Aug. 10 Aug. 7 Aug. 6 Aug. 5 Aug. 4 High Low S&P/TSX-Ven Comp 1185.21 1192.58 1188.12 1194.99 1195.98 2096.51 678.62 TSX Composite 10793.67 10885.33 10793.37 110…
2009
TSX Short Positions (August 17, 2009)
Short positions outstanding at July 31/09 (with changes from July 15/09).
Canadian Gold Mutual Funds (August 17, 2009)
*as of June 30/09
Dividends (August 17, 2009)
Note:Vale will pay $0.4795 for common and preferred class A shares on Oct 30. Russia’s Norilsk Nickel plans to pay a dividend of more than 25% its net profit for the first half of 2009. Alcoa will pay…
Lending Rates (August 17, 2009)
as of 9 a. m. ET. Aug 11, 2009 (%) Bank of Canada 0.50 Target overnight rate 0.25 Canadian Prime 2.25 U. S. Discount Primary 0.50 U. S. Fed Funds market rate 0-0.25 U. S. Prime …
Exchange Rates (August 17, 2009)
CANADIAN/U. S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate) Date Aug. 10 Aug. 7 Aug. 6 Aug. 5 Aug. 4 US$ in C$ 1.0848 1.0837 1.0759 1.0720 1.0686 C$ in US$ 0.9218 0.9228 0.9295 0.9328 0.935…
International Quotes (August 17, 2009)
Australia (A$) Aug 11 Aug 4 Change Aquila Resources 6.83 6.21 0.62 Bendigo Mining 0.24 0.24 0.00 Centennial Coal 3.21 3.04 0.17 Fortescue Res 4.21 4.29 -0.08 Iluka Re…
Eldorado Sheds Uranium Project
VANCOUVER — Eldorado Gold (ELD-T, EGO-X) has divested its 50% interest in the Macusani East uranium project in southeastern Peru to joint-venture partner Solex Resources (SOX-V, SLXRF-O).
Capstone Reports Strong Q2 Production, Tougher Q3 Ahead
VANCOUVER — Despite lower grades milled at its Minto mine, Capstone Mining (CS-T, CSFFF-O) managed to hold fast on copper production in the second quarter of 2009 even as it came off record copper pr…
Nevsun Gets US$235M Credit Approvals For Bisha
VANCOUVER — Nevsun Resources (NSU-T, NSU-X) appears to have cleared a major hurdle on the way to financing the Bisha poly-metallic project in Eritrea. Nevsun says lenders have given it all necessary …
Keegan Jumps On Deep Gold At Esaase
VANCOUVER– The first four holes of the 2009 program at Keegan Resources’ (KGN-T, KGN-X) Esaase project in southwestern Ghana all hit strong gold mineralization below the defined resource and the news…
Positive Scoping Study For Inter-Citic’s Dachang
A scoping study for the Dachang gold project in China’s western Qinghai province estimates gold production averaging more than 165,000 oz. a year, Inter-Citic Minerals (ICI-T, ICMTF-O) reports.