Stillwater takes 11% interest in Pacific North West Capital (November 27, 2006)
Vancouver — Pacific North West Capital (PFN-T, PAWEF-O) has landed a new major shareholder following Stillwater Mining’s (SWC-N) $2-million investment in the junior.
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Wallbridge milling tests work (November 27, 2006)
Test work on a 175-kg sample from the Broken Hammer copper deposit near Sudbury, Ont., has shown good recoveries to gravity and bulk flotation concentrates, says owner Wallbridge Mining (WM-T, WLBMF-O…
Hudson delivers more Greenland diamonds
Vancouver — With another batch of diamonds from its Greenland drilling program, Hudson Resources (HUD-V, HUDRF-O) has once again upped the size of the largest stone found in the region to 0.122 carat…
People (November 27, 2006)
Alcoa — Joseph Lucot appointed VP and corporate controller.
Some bits about diamond drilling
Diamond core bits are generally made with drilling solid rock in mind. Rock may be broken, hard, abrasive, etc., but will usually make its way up into the core tube en route to the geologist’s core ta…
Starfield advances Ferguson Lake (November 27, 2006)
Vancouver — In wrapping up its 2006 drilling program at the Ferguson Lake copper-nickel-platinum group metals project located 240 km west of Rankin Inlet, Nunavut, Starfield Resources (SRU-V, SRFDF-O…
Freeport to swallow Phelps
If shareholders give the go-ahead, Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold’s (FCX-N) proposed takeover of Phelps Dodge (PD-N) will create the world’s largest publicly traded copper company and the largest …
Tribute’s Arrow holes hit mark (November 27, 2006)
Analytical results from two drill holes by Tribute Minerals (TBM-V, TBMIF-O) at the Garnet Lake property in northwestern Ontario have shown zinc and minor copper mineralization.
New Gold outlines deep zone at Afton
Vancouver — Underground drilling at New Gold’s (NGD-T, NGD-X) New Afton project near Kamloops, B.C., is confirming a new, deep zone of copper mineralization beneath the existing resource.
Queenston cuts new gold at Upper Beaver
Drill holes north of the established mineralization at the Upper Beaver gold property in Gauthier Twp., about 20 km east of Kirkland Lake, Ont., have intersected gold on two previously unknown mineral…
Bell taps copper at Sombrero Butte
Vancouver — Initial drilling by Bell Resources (BL-V, BZRSF-O) on its Sombrero Butte project in Pinal Cty., Ariz., has delivered a wide copper-mineralized interval.
LME Warehouse Levels (November 27, 2006)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, Nov. 20, 2006 (change from Nov. 13 in brackets):