EXCHANGE RATES (August 02, 2010)
CANADIAN/U. S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate) Date July 26 July 23 July 22 July 21 July 20 US$ in C$ 1.0312 1.0373 1.0376 1.0427 1.0526 C$ in US$ 0.9697 0.9640 0.9638 0.9590 0…
2010
Cliffs adds new coal mines in W. Virginia
Cliffs Natural Resources’ (CLF-N) US$757-million acquisition of INR Energy, a private equity firm with producing metallurgical and thermal coal mines in West Virginia, is part of the company’s long-te…
Kaminak extends Latte zone at Coffee
Results from four new step-out holes drilled on the Latte zone at Kaminak Gold’s (KAM-V) Coffee property in the Yukon returned encouraging intercepts including 2.35 grams gold per tonne over 51 metres…
Marathon PGM hits more gold at Leprechaun
Marathon PGM (MAR-T) shares were up more than 10% on July 21 after the company posted results from its latest round of drilling at the Leprechaun gold deposit in central Newfoundland.
Scorpio gets Mineral Ridge resource
VANCOUVER — Scorpio Gold (SGN-V) has released the first compliant resource estimate for its Mineral Ridge gold project almost a year after completing its initial due diligence on the property.
Luiri Gold ups resources at Luiri Hill
As Luiri Gold (LGL-T, LGM-A) awaits clarity on the future of the mining licence it holds on its Luiri Hill gold project in Zambia, it has converted more inferred resources into the indicat-ed category…
Energizer’s vanadium hunt at Green Giant
Energizer Resources (EGZ-V) continues to get promising results from its Green Giant vanadium project in Madagascar as market curiosity about the metal grows.
First Bauxite moves closer to production in Guyana
Vancouver – First Bauxite (FBX-V) has reached a key milestone in its path to becoming a producer with the rele…
Xstrata proposes Noranda Income Fund acquisition
Vancouver – Xstrata (XTA-L, XSRAF-O) is looking to take full control of Noranda Income Fund (NIF.UN-T) af…
Zambian parliamentary committee wants windfall tax reinstated
Dow Jones Newswires is reporting that a parliamentary committee in Zambia is recommending that the gover…
Ventana regains some lost ground
Vancouver – Ventana Gold (VEN-T) has recouped some of its share price loss after releasing new drill results a…
Corex cuts gold at Santana (July 29, 2010)
Vancouver – Corex Gold (CGE-V) is pulling good widths of gold-bearing oxide rock from the ground at its Santan…