Site visit: Sizing up Finland’s Kevitsa
SODANKYLA, FINLAND — It’s a huge, low-grade deposit — but can it be a money-maker? That’s the question facing Scandinavian Minerals (sgl-t) as it works hard to develop its Kevitsa…
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De Beers takes to African skies
In leaving no stone unturned in the search for its next diamond mine, De Beers is using a Zeppelin airship to fly a combination of gravity and magnetic geophysical surveys across the Kalahari sands of…
Copper surge creates cash for Aur Resources
Aur Resources’ (AUR-T, AURRF-O) production may have dropped in 2006, but a spike in copper prices allowed the company to more than double its net income to US$293.7 million.
Daily Metal Prices (March 05, 2007)
BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)
Spot Prices Courtesy of Scotiabank Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2007
Precious Metals Price (US$/oz.) Change Gold $684.50 +15.90 Silver $14.49 +0.59 Platinum $1238.00 +25.00 Palladium $353.00 +15.50 Base Metals Price (US$/lb.) Change Nickel $20.00 +0.56 Lead $0.91 +0.08 Copper $2.84…
Producer and Dealer Prices (March 05, 2007)
Antimony : Mid-mkt US$5,390/t.
Aurelian to list on TSX, updates Ecuador progress (March 05, 2007)
Vancouver — Aurelian Resources (ARU-V, AUREF-O) has received conditional approval to list its shares on the Toronto Stock Exchange, a milestone that the company hopes will provide it with greater acc…
Toronto Stock Exchange February 20-26
The TSX Composite Index just won’t settle for a record high — it keeps breaking them. After posting all-time highs for the previous period, the index finished the Feb. 20-26 trading period with a new…
High-grade uranium lifts Formation Capital (March 05, 2007)
Vancouver — Formation Capital (FCO-T, FCACF-O) got welcome news recently from project partner and operator Cameco (CCO-T, CCJ-N) from drilling on the Virgin River uranium joint venture in northern Sa…
Brilliant hoping to double Australian nickel mine life (March 05, 2007)
Vancouver — Brilliant Mining (BMC-V) says the discovery of a new high-grade nickel zone at the Lanfranchi mine in western Australia has the potential to double the lifespan of the operation to at lea…
Revett drills Troy
Seeking to increase the resource at its Troy copper-silver mine in northwestern Montana, Revett Minerals (RVM-T, RVMIF-O) has started a mine-site exploration program.
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