Archive for August, 2010

Yesterday, RBA Assistant Governor Guy Debelle spoke at the “Risk Australia Conference” in Sydney.
The one-day conference, which would have cost those interested, up to USD$2,800 to attend, was held at the plush surroundings of the Hilton Hotel in Sydney.
Among the sponsors of the “Risk Australia” conference was Credit Suisse. Credit Suisse, of course, is [...]

Yesterday, the S&P/ASX 200 closed at 4,404.20, lower by 48 points. Retail sales grew by 0.7% for July, which was higher than the 0.4 anticipated. Patronage at restaurants at café’s was up 106% for the same month, but that could be due to the MasterChef effect.
Australia’s current account deficit was the lowest since 2002, [...]

MINERALS testing firm Ammtec has again rejected an increased offer from Campbell Brothers and urged shareholders to "ignore" its suitor.

Well well well…hope everyone took my advice and used caution on
our slippery little friend SMVI.  I told you those sub pennies can be
volatile and not too friendly if they go against us…and unfortunately
SMVI did.
 
On the bright side, it wasn’t…

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers, the world’s largest industrial auctioneer, will sell a 2004 SBM STE160×130 closed circuit jaw/impact crushing plant along with hundreds of other equipment items and trucks during a three-day unreserved equipment auction i…

Mineral Invest International MII AB (publ) has today through its local subsidiary, Mineral Invest Congo SPRL, after a long period of negotiations with the state owned mining company Office de mines de’Or de Kilo-Moto, OKIMO, acquired an exclusiv…

Golden Goose Resources Inc. and Kodiak Exploration Limited announce that they have signed a binding definitive merger agreement. Golden Goose and Kodiak have agreed to proceed with a business combination by way of a corporate Arrangement pursuant to t…

Gold Bullion Development Corp. report that Phase 2 drilling continues to expand the LONG Bars Zone Eastern Extension mineralized area at its 100% owned Granada Gold Property in northwestern Quebec. Gold Bullion is aggressively exploring Granada, loca…

Romios Gold Resources Inc. announced that it placed 2,000,000 units on a flow-through basis (the “FT Units”) priced at $0.15 per FT Unit for gross proceeds of $300,000. Each FT Unit consists of one (1) flow-through common share (the &#8220…

Paget Minerals Corp. announced that it has entered into an Agreement with TTM Resources Inc. (“TTM”) whereby TTM can acquire a 100% mineral interest in the Ben molybdenum property in the Nechako Basin, central B.C. The property consists of…