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Photo by Sarah HurstPaul Layer, a geologist at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, holds a 1.2-kg platinum nugget recovered by KoryakGeoldobycha in June.

Kamchatka’s platinum lures miners

Korf, Koryakia — Eastern Russia and western Alaska were still part of one continent 150 million years ago, so it isn’t altogether surprising that some of their placer platinum deposits are nearly ide…


Mind the (age) gap

There was some shocking news out of Ottawa this week, so brace yourself: after two-and-half-years of study, the federal government has determined that Canada’s mining industry is made up mostly of ric…





Nautilus to enter TSX Venture backdoor

Kalgoorlie, Western Australia — Nautilus Minerals, a company seeking to mine high-grade volcanogenic massive sulphide smokers on the seabed of the northern and western Pacific Ocea…


A new lead at Broken Hill

Kalgoorlie, Western Australia — Could there be a virginal extension to the great Line of Lode at the renowned Broken Hill silver-lead-zinc camp in southwest New South Wales? Australian junior


Spot Prices Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2005 Courtesy of Scotiabank

Precious Metals Price (US$/oz.) Change
Gold $439.85 -1.00
Silver $7.06 +0.07
Platinum<...






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