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Tuesday, July 08, 2008

Yankee Hat brings copper into the fold [7/8/2008]
Vancouver – Yankee Hat Minerals (KHT-V) isn't doodling at its Lobo del Norte site, 20 km southwest of Whitehorse, Y... [Full Story]

Kinbauri hits more high grades in Spain [7/8/2008]
Drill results from Spain had Kinbauri Gold (KNB-V) making a good impression on the market on Tuesday. Results are ... [Full Story]

Sinchao step-out hits 189 metres of 2.2% copper [7/8/2008]
Vancouver - A step-out hole at its namesake property extended the project's strike length with a solid copper inter... [Full Story]

Diamondex grants Canada Nickel option to earn into nickel properties [7/8/2008]
Privately held Canada Nickel Corp. has signed an option agreement with Diamondex Resources (DSP-V, DMDXF-O) to earn... [Full Story]

Inmet offers $345 million for Petaquilla Copper [7/7/2008]
Vancouver - In a bid to expedite development of one of the largest copper deposits in the world Inmet Mining (IMN-T... [Full Story]

Western Bushveld feasibility tackles South African power issues. [7/7/2008]
A feasibility study for Platinum Group Metals' (PTM-T, PLG-A) Western Bushveld joint venture in South Africa propos... [Full Story]

Diamond junior Shear Minerals hedges bets with potash earn-in [7/7/2008]
Like many other diamond juniors that have seen their share prices tank over the last year, Shear Minerals (SRM-V) h... [Full Story]

Short Position Report [7/7/2008]
TSX Short Positions Short positions ou... [Full Story]

Is it aluminum's time to shine? Citigroup thinks so. [7/7/2008]
In the next 12 months, Citigroup Global Markets thinks Alcoa (AA-N) is going to move from US$32.78 per share to US$... [Full Story]

Potash and uranium are key themes in RBC conference [7/4/2008]
The RBC Global Mining and Materials Conference was hosted by RBC Capital Markets on June 10-11 in Toronto. The conf... [Full Story]

Noront tallies high grade estimate at Eagle One [7/4/2008]
Vancouver - Since the discovery hole at the Double Eagle property in northeast Ontario hit massive sulphide mineral... [Full Story]

African Aura finds the glow in Cameroon [7/4/2008]
Visible gold at its Batouri project in Cameroon is making African Aura Resources (AAZ-V) the markets latest darling... [Full Story]

Iamgold extends Mupane mine life [7/4/2008]
Iamgold's (IMG-T, IAG-N) Mupane gold mine in Botswana will get a few extra months of production as result of the co... [Full Story]

Gold likely to regain US$1,000 per oz. by year-end, Citigroup says [7/4/2008]
Compared with surging base metal and oil prices, the appreciation of gold has been relatively muted. But mounting... [Full Story]

Eldorado wins Frontier over [7/4/2008]
Vancouver - Frontier Pacific (FRP-V) mounted a strong defence but has now submitted to Eldorado Gold's (ELD-V) revi... [Full Story]

Cristal in zinc [7/3/2008]
Vancouver - Rio Cristal Zinc (RCZ-V) broke the news of 8 drill results that cut rich zinc grades at its Cristal pro... [Full Story]

First Nickel on firmer ground [7/3/2008]
First Nickel (FNI-T) wants to put market uncertainty around its Lockerby nickel mine in Sudbury to bed. And wit... [Full Story]

VMS Ventures hits 10% copper [7/3/2008]
Vancouver - A 33-metre intercept grading more than 10% copper was enough to put the spotlight back on VMS Ventures ... [Full Story]

Mort Brown memorial planned for Ontario Club [7/3/2008]
A celebration of Mort Brown's life will be held in Toronto on Thurs., July 10, 2008, from noon to 2 p.m. at the Ont... [Full Story]

Pacific Rim Mining suspends further drilling in El Salvador [7/3/2008]
Pacific Rim Mining (PMU-T, PMU-X) is suspending drilling in El Salvador and shifting its exploration efforts to Cos... [Full Story]

Big resource boost at Detour Lake [7/3/2008]
Detour Gold (DGC-T) has more than doubled measured and indicated resources for its Detour Lake project in Northern ... [Full Story]