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TSX Venture Exchange

The TSX Venture Exchange collected itself and resumed its forward march. After falling four straight days the week before, the holiday shortened period saw the index climb 31 points to 1,276.71 points, on the back of renewed enthusiasm for…


U.S. markets

Hope for more stimulus from the U.S. Federal Reserve after disappointing jobs data in August; the Chinese government announcing a US$150-billion infrastructure-building program; and news that the European Central Bank plans to buy more…



Short position reports

TSX Short Positions         Short positions outstanding at Aug 31/12 (with changes from Aug 15/12).      Largest Short Positions         Security Ticker Total Short Change Lundin Mining  LUN 44646706 476706…


Exchange rates

EXCHANGE RATES CANADIAN/U.S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate) Date Sept 10 Sept 7 Sept 6 Sept 5 Sept 4   US$ in C 0.9762 0.9778 0.9825 0.9902 0.9863  …


Midas Gold director John Wakeford looks at core at the Golden Meadows gold project in Idaho. Photo by Midas Gold

Midas’ golden dreams for Golden Meadows

Midas Gold (MAX-T) has outlined a positive preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for its Golden Meadows gold project in Idaho, 153 km northeast of Boise.“It’s a very mining-friendly jurisdiction,” Stephen Quin,…


People

Athabasca Uranium — Paula Rogers appointed a director.Atlanta Gold — Wm. Ernest Simmons appointed president and CEO.Aura Minerals — Britt Reid departed as executive VP and COO.Canadian Electrolytic Zinc — Eva Carissimi…


[Update] Great Basin’s great descent

Great Basin Gold (GBG-T, GBG-X) continues to tumble as it’s placed under a delisting review by the Toronto Stock Exchange, following the market response to the suspension of the company’s Burnstone gold mine in South Africa.



TSX Venture Exchange

The mid-August rebound of the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index came to a halt as four days of losses pulled the index down 11.14 points to 1,240.74. Volume was in-line with recent weeks at an average of 71.4 million shares traded daily,…


US markets

Hopes of further liquidity injections from the U.S. Federal Reserve following a speech on Aug. 31 by Chairman Ben Bernanke sent gold prices higher and helped stem losses on U.S. equity markets. Bernanke’s remarks that the central bank is…



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