Positive pre-feasibility for Golden Band’s La Ronge
Vancouver – Golden Band Resources (GBN-V) has taken another step towards production with a positive pre-feasib…
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GFMS: gold’s long-term fundamentals still strong
Probably the most encouraging news for miners in mid-January came out of GFMS’s newly tabled supply and demand stat…
Botswana returning copper-silver hits for Hana Mining
Vancouver – New results from the Ghanzi copper-silver project in Botswana show promising grades for owner Hana Mini…
Rusoro extends deadline for Gold Reserve offer
Less than 3% of Gold Reserve’s (GRZ-T) shares have been tendered so far in Rusoro Mining’s (RML-V) hostile takeover…
North American Palladium ups resource at Lac des Iles
North American Palladium (PDL-T, PAL-N) has increased indicated resources at its shuttered Lac des Iles mine near T…
Great Western Minerals looks to South Africa for rare earths
As China continually tightens its reigns on rare earth exports, Great Western Minerals Group (GWG-V) is trying to s…
Ring of Fire strong in silver and zinc too
Since 2007 when Noront Resources (NOT-V) discovered a high-grade nickel-copper-platinum-palladium deposit in the Ja…
More gold for Osisko
With a feasibility study and a 6.3 million oz. reserve already done on its main orebody Osisko Mining (OSK-T) wants…
Regent takes reins at Barrick
It is not every day that the world’s largest gold company changes leaders at the helm, but such a rare day occurr…
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).
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):
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 …