Etruscan boosts Blue Gum diamond resource
For the last four years, Etruscan Resources (EET-T, ETRUF-O), through its 53.7%-owned subsidiary Etruscan Diamonds, has been quietly buying up properties in South Africa’s Ventersdorp alluvial diamond…
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Good gold grades from Northgate’s Young-Davidson (February 11, 2008)
VANCOUVER–As if to offset its setback at its Kemess North copper-gold project in B.C., Northgate Minerals (NGX-T, NXG-X) is pulling strong gold grades out of its Young- Davidson project in Ontario.
LME Warehouse Levels (February 11, 2008)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, Feb 5, 2008 (change from Jan. 19 in brackets):
Spot Prices Courtesy of Scotiabank (February 11, 2008)
Tuesday, February 5, 2008 Precious Metals Price ( US$/ oz.) Change Gold $ 889.75 – 37.75 Silver $ 16.51 – 0.24 Platinum $ 1766.00 + 50.00 Palladium $ 415.00 + 31.00 Bas…
Jinshan releases Dadiangou gold resource
Just six months after pouring its first 500-oz. gold dor bar from the remote Chang Shan Hao mine in Inner Mongolia, Jinshan Gold Mines (JIN-T, JINFF-O) is off and running in China’s Gansu province wi…
Goldcorp sells Silver Wheaton stake for $1.57B (February 11, 2008)
Goldcorp (G-T, GG-N), one of the world’s biggest gold miners, has found buyers for its entire 48% stake in the unique pure silver play, Silver Wheaton (SLW-T, SLW-N), leaving the company with a windfa…
Producer And Dealer Prices (February 11, 2008)
Antimony: Mid-mkt US$6,000/t.
Daily Metal Prices (February 11, 2008)
Date Feb. 4 Feb. 1 Jan. 31 Jan. 30 Jan. 29 BASE METALS ( London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/ 3- month prices, US$ per tonne) Al Alloy 2405/ 2430 2401/ 2450 2425/ 2450 23…
Anvil updates Kinsevere feasibility
Anvil Mining (AVM-T, AVM-A) has updated a preliminary study on its Kinsevere copper project, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), based on a recent 45,370- metre drilling program that has li…
Feasibility puts El Morro price tag at US$2.5B
A feasibility study on the El Morro copper-gold project, in Mexico, puts average annual production at 195,000 tonnes copper and 354,000 oz. gold over the first five years of a 15-year mine life, say j…
North American Stock Exchange Indices (February 11, 2008)
52- week Feb. 4 Feb. 1 Jan. 31 Jan. 30 Jan. 29 High Low S& P/ TSX- Ven Comp 2567.73 2576.3 2564.69 2555.38 2552.38 3372.00 2340.21 TSX Composite 13258.16 13318….
TSX Venture Short Positions (February 11, 2008)
Short positions outstanding at Jan. 15/08 (with changes from Dec. 31/07).