LME Warehouse Levels (March 27, 2006)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, March 20, 2006 (change from March 13 in brackets):…
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Tsx Venture Exchange March 14-20
Following last week’s retreat, a buoyant S&P-TSX Venture Composite Index rallied over the March 14-20 session to set new highs, gaining 86.4 points or 3.3%, to close at 2,675.33. Daily trading vol…
Toronto Stock Exchange March 14-20
The Toronto Stock Exchange failed to keep its head above the 12,000-mark but managed to end the March 14-20 report period 22.67 points better at 11,929.32 amid recovering metal prices. The gold index…
Risk Assessment changing with the times
Cape Town, South Africa — Miners and lenders have a long-standing and, for the most part, mutually beneficial relationship. But according to lawyer Nabil Khodadad, a partner at New York City-based Ch…
Resource boost at Galeno
Vancouver — A new resource estimate has been delivered to Northern Peru Copper (NOC-T, NPUCF-O), increasing the size of its Galeno copper-gold-molybdenum deposit, about 600 km north of Lima, Peru….
La Patria returns more gold and silver
Vancouver — La Patria drilling continues to deliver good gold and silver values for Palmarejo Silver and Gold (PJO-V, PJOFF-O) on its 121-sq.-km Palmarejo-Trogan project in Chihuahua state, Mexico….
Falconbridge to absorb Novicourt
Facing consolidation itself, Falconbridge (FAL.LV-T, FAL-N) plans to snap up the shares in exploration partner Novicourt (NOV-T, NOVFF-O) it does not already own….
Ground claimed in Niger
Two Toronto-based juniors have signed deals with the government of Niger for exploration permits in that country’s uranium belt….
Wading through troubled waters in Nigeria (March 27, 2006)
Chronic corruption, religious conflict and kidnappings of oil executives. You can forgive the average mining investor for overlooking Nigeria when scoping the globe for prospective land….
An opportunity, not a threat
Letter to the Editor…
Silver lining exaggerated
Facts ‘N’ Figures…
Canadian Royalties signs with Jinchuan
Details are sketchy, but Canadian Royalties (CZZ-T, CRYAF-O) has signed a memorandum of understanding with Chinese metal producer Jinchuan Group under which Jinchuan will finance exploration and devel…