New Gold Closes Troubled Amapari Mine
Six years ago, mining tycoon Ian Telfer described the Amapari gold mine in Brazil as “one of the best undeveloped gold assets in the Americas.”
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North American Stock Exchange Indices (January 19, 2009)
52-week Date Jan. 12 Jan. 9 Jan. 8 Jan. 7 Jan. 6 High Low S&P/TSX-Ven Comp 878.35 908.90 899.47 888.32 913.11 2830.89 678.62 TSX Composite 8793.33 9085.18 9221.58 9121.32 9…
Daily Metal Prices (January 19, 2009)
Date Jan. 12 Jan. 9 Jan. 8 Jan. 7 Jan. 6 BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne) Al Alloy 1135/1175 1110/1145 1121/1170 1146/1185 1150/1190 …
Producer And Dealer Prices (January 19, 2009)
Antimony: Mid-mkt US$4,350 /t.
Spot Prices (January 19, 2009)
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Continental Nickel Makes Headway In Tanzania
Nickel prices may be in the dumps, but that isn’t dampening Continental Nickel’s (CNI-V, CNKDF-O) drive at its Nachingwea nickel sulphide project in Tanzania, which recently returned some encouraging …
LME Warehouse Levels (January 19, 2009)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, Jan. 13, 2009 (change from Jan. 6 in brackets):
Moon Dust And Hairy Rocks
The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) in Toronto has opened the doors to its Earth’s Treasures exhibit located in the Teck Suite of Galleries, sponsored by Teck (TCK. B-T, TCK-N).
Minera Andes to double San Jose gold production
Minera Andes (MAI-T) expects to double production at the San Jose mine in Santa Cruz province, Argentina, to 95,000…
Houston Lake keeps on growing the West Cedartree
Houston Lake Mining (HLM-V) has taken another step towards realizing its ambition of creating a mine out of high gr…
Chromite intercepts abound in James Bay Lowlands
Vancouver – It may have been copper and nickel rich massive sulphides that catalyzed the recent exploration rush in…
Santa Elena grows for SilverCrest
Vancouver – SilverCrest Mines (SVL-V) has increased the gold and silver resources at its Santa Elena project in Son…