Freewest to drill deeper at Clarence Stream
Freewest Resources (FWR-V) intersected visible gold in all recent drill holes at its Clarence Stream property, 70 k…
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Earnings: Alamos, Anvil, Claude, Constellation, Coro, First Quantum, Goldcorp, Metallica, Moto, New Gold, NA Palladium, Opta, Quest Capital
Earnings Summary from CNW Group@ All figures in thousands except per-share figur…
Peruvian president seeks mining growth
Lima, Peru — As he opened the Cerro Lindo zinc-copper operation of Compania Minero Milpo at the end of July, Peru’s President Alan Garcia threw down the gauntlet, challenging the South American count…
Revett outlines deep zones at Troy
Revett Minerals (RVM-T, RVMIF-O) is planning a new resource estimate for four mineralized zones on its Troy copper-silver mine in Montana, following an underground drilling program.
Nampala up to 760,000 oz. gold
Now that Robex Resources (RBX-V, RSRBF-O) has an official inferred resource for its Nampala gold deposit in southern Mali, it’s looking at where to drill next to bump those numbers into the indicated …
St. Elias mini-bulk sample returns 26.4 grams gold
St. Elias Mines (SLI-V, SELSF-O) shares were down about 9% recently as the company made news of a 4.1-tonne portion of a mini-bulk sample that graded 318 grams gold per tonne at its Tesoro gold projec…
Metco one study closer
A prefeasiblity study for Metco Resources’ (MKO-V, MTKOF-O) Caber and Caber North zinc-copper deposits in Matagami, Que., found the project would generate a net positive cash flow of nearly $20 millio…
LME Warehouse Levels (August 13, 2007)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, Aug. 6, 2007 (change from July 30 in brackets):
EMED looking at buying Rio Tinto (August 13, 2007)
A London-listed junior is in negotiations to acquire Rio Tinto — not the company, but the historic base-metal property in Spain, where Rio Tinto Zinc got its start.
Northern Dynasty lands Anglo as Pebble partner
Vancouver — Northern Dynasty Minerals (NDM-V, NAK-X) has brought on senior miner Anglo American (AAUKD-Q, AAL-L, AGL-J) as an equal partner to develop its Pebble copper-gold-molybdenum porphyry depos…
Spot Prices Courtesy of Scotiabank Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2007
Precious Metals Price (US$/oz.) Change Gold $669.25 +2.50 Silver $12.99 +0.06 Platinum $1282.00 -10.00 Palladium $361.00 -4.00 Base Metals Price (US$/lb.) Change Nickel $13.30 -1.01 Lead $1.44 +0.03 Copper $3.55…
Daily Metal Prices (August 13, 2007)
BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)