LME Warehouse Levels (October 16, 2006)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, Oct. 9, 2006 (change from Oct. 2 in brackets):…
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Silver Eagle heads to test mining at Miguel Auza
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Andean American expands gold zone at Invicta
Vancouver — Initial drilling by Andean American Mining (AAG-V, ANMCF-O) at its Invicta gold-silver-copper project in west-central Peru has returned a significant mineralized interval….
Baja completes infill drilling program at Boleo
Vancouver — Baja Mining (BAJ-V, BAJFF-O) has completed the first 20,000 metres of an ongoing infill drill program at its Boleo copper-cobalt-manganese-zinc project despite delays caused by Hurricane…
Silver Standard cuts wide mineralized zone at Pitarrilla (October 16, 2006)
Vancouver — Drilling by Silver Standard Resources (SSO-T, SSRI-Q) on its Pitarrilla project, in Durango state, Mexico, intersected a wide mineralized section in a stepout hole on the Breccia Ridge zo…
Quaterra tests Los Crestones
Vancouver — A 6-hole drill program by Quaterra Resources (QTA-V, QURAF-O) will test a hot spring gold-silver system at the 56.5-sq.-km Los Crestones property, situated 12 km east of the Inde mining d…
Erdenet mining copper under Lenin’s gaze (October 16, 2006)
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Frontera harvests copper cathodes at Piedras Verdes
Vancouver — The initial batch of cathodes at Frontera Copper’s (FCC-T, FRCPF-O) Piedras Verdes mine in Sonora state, Mexico have been stripped to yield the company’s first metal production….
Grupo Mexico weathers the storm (October 16, 2006)
Lima, Peru — The Atlantic hurricane season has been mercifully light this year, but Mexican copper, coal and zinc miner Grupo Mexico (GMBXF-O, GMEXICOB-M) still got its share of storms. From a coal m…
Exall, Southern Star to combine (October 16, 2006)
Exall Resources (EXL-T, EXALF-O) and Southern Star Resources (SSR-T, SNSRF-O) have announced plans to merge, a deal that would bring the Gold Eagle project in Red Lake, Ont., under one corporate roof….
Orko keeps drills turning at La Preciosa
Vancouver — Mining has been an economic cornerstone in Durango state, Mexico, for more than 400 years, and junior companies such as Orko Silver (OK-V, OKOFF-O) hope to keep the tradition alive by adv…
lonore estimate expected in 2007
When Goldcorp (G-T, GG-N) did the US$425-million deal to acquire the lonore gold project from Virginia Gold Mines in March, there was no reserve or resource estimate for the project and a lot of spe…