First Bauxite eyes production in Guyana
VANCOUVER — First Bauxite (FBX-V) has reached a key milestone in its path to becoming a producer with the release of a positive feasibility study for its Bonasika bauxite project in Guyana that comes…
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El Gallo shines for US Gold
Fifteen new drill holes at US Gold’s (UXG-T, UXG-X) El Gallo silver project in Mexico have extended mineralization to the south of the main zone by up to 50 metres with the best drill hole encounterin…
Corex cuts gold at Santana (August 16, 2010)
Vancouver — Corex Gold (CGE-V) is pulling good widths of gold-bearing oxide rock from the ground at its Santana project in Mexico, as two drills work to expand and link up several gold zones at the e…
Another smooth deal for Kinross
While plenty of Canadians took Aug. 2 as a holiday, that wasn’t the case for many of the folks at the head offices of Kinross Gold and Red Back Mining in Toronto and Vancouver, who were busy putting t…
Copper mine output up 19% over past decade: ICSG
The Lisbon-based International Copper Study Group (ICSG) has released its 2010 Statistical Yearbook covering world copper supply and demand data for the period 2000-2009. The following is an edited ve…
Greystar gets detailed on Angostura
Now on a firmer environmental footing, Greystar Resources (GSL-T, GSL-L) is pushing ahead with the development of its Angostura gold-silver project in Colombia.
Copper dream team starts Cupric Canyon
What do Timothy Snider, Dennis Bartlett, Lowell Shonk, Stephen Enders, David Naccarati and Rodney Prokop all have in common?
DRC gov’t wants to liquidate First Quantum’s Kolwezi
The battle between First Quantum Minerals (FM-T) and the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) government continues to escalate.
TORONTO STOCK EXCHANGE -August 3-6
The Civic Holiday-shortened Aug. 3-6 period saw the TSX composite index rise 18 points to 11,799.97. The index was helped along by stronger metal and oil prices as crude marched to above the US$81 a b…
TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE -August 3-6
The S&P/TSX Venture composite index made modest gains over the Civic Holidayshortened Aug. 3-6 period to close up 38.12 points at 1,465.48. Daily trading volumes were average at 100 million.
U.S. MARKETS -August 2-6
Markets rose during the Aug. 2-6 trading period, with some of the major mining companies making some significant gains and gold rising back over the US$1,200-per-oz. level.
SPOT PRICES (August 16, 2010)
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