Daily Metal Prices (January 21, 2008)
BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)
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Spot Prices Courtesy of Scotiabank Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2008
Precious Metals Price (US$/oz.) Change Gold $904.75 +31.50 Silver $16.24 +0.75 Platinum $1580.00 +39.00 Palladium $379.00 +4.50 Base Metals Price (US$/lb.) Change Nickel $12.90 -0.18 Lead $1.21 +0.04 Copper $3.27…
Akie holes consistently promising (January 21, 2008)
Vancouver — Results from another hole punched into the Akie zinc-lead project, in northeastern B.C., have again showed the potential the property holds for Mantle Resources (MTS-V, MTSZF-O).
Thor showing promise for Taranis
Vancouver — Finnish explorer Taranis Resources (TRO-V, TNREF-O) is proving up the potential of its polymetallic Thor project, releasing a steady stream of drill and sampling results from its Canadian…
Seabridge ups Kerr-Sulphurets-Mitchell resource
In mining — as in life — timing is everything. For proof, look no further than Seabridge Gold (SEA-V, SA-X).
Tenajon pulls strong moly grades from open-pit target
Vancouver — Tenajon Resources’ (TJS-V, TJRUF-O) bet on molybdenum is starting to pay off.
Western Copper grows Carmacks oxide resource (January 21, 2008)
Vancouver — A new resource estimate for Western Copper’s (WRN-T, WCPCF-O) Carmacks copper project in the Yukon has added over 9,000 tonnes of contained copper to the project, which already has a posi…
Aussie high-grade buoys Committee Bay (January 21, 2008)
Vancouver — Joint-venture partners Committee Bay Resources (CBR-V, CBYRF-O) and Focus Minerals (FML-A) have cut significant gold intercepts at the Perseverance deposit, in Western Australia’s Coolgar…
Fronteer looking for a piece of Olympic Dam in the Yukon
Fronteer Development Group’s (FRG-T, FRG-X) strategy of hunting iron oxide-copper-gold (IOCG) deposits in Canada is bearing fruit in the Yukon.
Howard’s Pass keeps growing for Selwyn (January 21, 2008)
Vancouver — Selwyn Resources (SWN-V, SWNLF-O) pumped $25 million into the huge Howard’s Pass project last summer, completing 37,686 metres of diamond drilling in 103 holes. And while the project clai…
Northern Dancer growing into world-class moly-tungsten deposit
Vancouver — Drill results are confirming that Largo Resources’ (LGO-V, LGORF-O) Northern Dancer project hosts one of the largest known tungsten-molybdenum porphyry systems in the world.
Oromin’s Sabodala gold project shows promise
Vancouver — Stepout and deep infill drilling at the Sabodala project in Senegal continue to return strong gold grades for Oromin Explorations (OLE-V, OLEPF-O).