Cross Lake’s QR gold mine in full production
Vancouver — Production is finally in full swing at Cross Lake Minerals’ (CRN-T, CRNKF-O) QR gold mine, near Quesnel, B.C.
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Extract joins uranium stampede in Namibia
SITE VISIT Swakopmund, Namibia — The high-pitched wail from the handheld spectrometer intensifies as the geologist creeps across the dry, rocky terrain of Extract Resources’ (EXT-T, EXT-A) Husab uranium project…
Digging into China’s vast, untapped, interior
SITE VISIT Xinhuru, Inner Mongolia, China — In the summer months, the sparse grasslands in this remote corner of China’s enormous Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region are used primarily by locals…
LME Warehouse Levels (December 31, 2007)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, Dec. 10, 2007 (change from Dec. 3 in brackets):
Daily Metal Prices (December 31, 2007)
BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)
Spot Prices Courtesy of Scotiabank Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2007 (December 31, 2007)
Precious Metals Price (US$/oz.) Change Gold $796.25 -10.50 Silver $13.97 -0.65 Platinum $1500.00 +38.00 Palladium $355.00 +10.00 Base Metals Price (US$/lb.) Change Nickel $11.59 -0.21 Lead $1.10 0.00 Copper $2.85…
TSX Short Positions (December 31, 2007)
Short positions outstanding at Nov. 30/07 (with changes from Nov. 15/07).
Tahera seeks $40M to stay afloat
As 2007 comes to a close, Tahera Diamond (TAH-T, TAHEF-O) will go down as one of the more dire mining stories of the year.
Surge in geo students cramps U of T budget
Letter to the Editor
Editorial: Boyd and Scherkus build Agnico-Eagle into powerhouse
No company better embodies the spirit of Canada’s plucky gold mining sector today than Toronto-based Agnico-Eagle Mines, with its technical competence, unshakeable faith in gold, independent streak, a…
Producer and Dealer Prices (December 31, 2007)
Antimony : Mid-mkt US$5,540/t.
Strong loonie hammers Harry Winston in Q3
What could have been a strong quarter for Harry Winston Diamond (HW-T, HWD-N) turned sour, as the strong Canadian dollar erased the effects of higher sales and earnings — and then some.