DRC woe for Africo
Vancouver – A recent court decision in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has dealt a major blow to Africo Reso…
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Zaruma updates Luz del Cobre numbers (April 30, 2007)
Thanks to additional metallurgical testing and orebody modelling, Zaruma Resources (ZMR-T) has posted a revised res…
Tribute seeks underground permit for Arrow
Tribute Minerals (TBM-V) has started permitting work for an underground ramp on the Arrow Zone massive-sulphide dep…
Major production in Peru unaffected by stike thus far
As feared Perus biggest mining union has gone on strike. The National Federation of Mining, Metallurgy and Steel…
Barrick offloads entire stake in NovaGold (April 30, 2007)
Vancouver — Making good on the planned sale of its 14.8% stake in NovaGold Resources (NG-T, NG-X), Barrick Gold (ABX-T, ABX-N) has divested its 13.6-million share position in the company, which it ta…
Nickel frenzy continues with Sherritt takeover of Dynatec
As nickel prices surge to new levels, Sherritt International (S-T, SHERF-O) has agreed to buy Dynatec (DY-T, DYTCF-O), 40% owner of the massive Ambatovy nickel project in Madagascar, for $1.6 billion.
CNQ Trading (April 30, 2007)
STOCK TICKER VOLUME HIGH LOW LAST CHANGE HIGH LOW April 17-23, 2007 Aspire CALS 1920 0.09 0.06 0.09 0.00 0.16 0.035 Bannockburn Res BKNN 89 4.60 4.21 4.60 0.00 4.60…
Carat getting clear picture of Seneca
Drilling to the east of a historic copper-lead-zinc deposit on its Seneca property, in B.C., has provided some encouraging results for Vancouver-based Carat Exploration (CRZ-V).
Largo up on moly-tungsten resource
With a new inferred resource of 508 million lbs. tungsten and 151 million lbs. molybdenum, Largo Resources (LGO-V, LGORF-O) has added its Northern Dancer deposit, in the Yukon, to the list of world-cl…
International Quotes (April 30, 2007)
Australia (A$) Apr 23 Apr 16 Change Bendigo Mining 0.39 0.40 -0.01 Centamin Egypt 1.02 0.99 0.03 Emperor Mines 0.13 0.14 -0.01 Kingsgate Cons. 5.75 5.47 0.28 Lion Selection Gp…
Inspiration cuts nickel at Langmuir (April 30, 2007)
Recent drilling by Inspiration Mining (ISM-T, Irmgf-O) at its Langmuir Twp. nickel project, southeast of Timmins, Ont., has intersected more nickel mineralization.
Ursa Major gets bulk sampling approval
Ursa Major Minerals (UMJ-V, UMJMF-O) has received provincial approval for a bulk-sampling program at its Shakespeare nickel-copper project west of Sudbury, Ont.