Murgor boasts 25.6 grams gold over 7 metres
Strong gold grades drove Murgor Resources (MGR-V) shares 48% higher today after the company released results from i…
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Griffin Mining to take over Yukon Zinc
Vancouver – A Barbados-based company is taking over Yukon Zinc (YZC-V) to get its hands on the silver-rich polymeta…
Thompson Creek weighs risk and reward at Davidson (April 21, 2008)
Vancouver — Risk-averse major mining companies didn’t rush to revive molybdenum properties as prices began to clim…
Eldorado moves on Frontier Pacific
Vancouver – Frontier Pacific (FRP-V) is fighting an unsolicited takeover offer from Eldorado Gold (ELD-T) in a batt…
First Quantum hopes to acquire Scandinavian Minerals
First Quantum Minerals (FM-T, FQM-L) plans to pick up Scandinavian Minerals (SGL-T) and its giant nickel deposit in…
Perseverance pays for Equinox at Lumwana
SITE VISIT Solwezi, Zambia — At Equinox Minerals’ (EQN-T, EQMIF-o) Lumwana copper project in northwestern Zambia, it’s all about scale and perseverance. “This is an earth-moving operation, more than a…
Canadian Gold Hunter on the prowl in Mexico, BC
VANCOUVER–The Caballo Blanco gold project in Veracruz, Mexico, is returning promising results for Canadian Gold Hunter (CGH-V).
LME WAREHOUSE LEVELS (April 21, 2008)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, April 15, 2008 (change from April 8 in brackets):
PDAC offers first aid courses
The Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada has organized two wilderness first aid courses for explorers.
Uranium not so hot with Labrador Inuit
The week ended April 12, the 15th trading week of 2008, was punctuated by a setback for uranium explorers in Canada, as the Labrador Inuit government banned uranium mining for three years on the Labra…
Rockcliff drills copper-zinc at Rail property
Rockcliff Resources (RCR-V) has completed the first phase of drilling at the Rail base metal property, part of its Snow Lake project in central Manitoba. A total of 5,870 metres in 27 holes have been …
GobiMin posts 2007 results; dividends up 150%
It was a big year in China for Gobi- Min (GMN-V). The Canadian junior’s two operating nickel sulphide mines in northwestern Xinjiang province, which borders Tibet, drove revenues up nearly 100%.