Acadian to upgrade Getty resource
Acadian Mining (ADA-T, ADAIF-O) has received zinc and lead grades from drilling at its Getty property, near Gays River, N.S., that the company says shows potential for an open-pit mine.
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New resource estimate for Pebble East
An updated resource estimate for Pebble East confirms Northern Dynasty Minerals’ (NDM-T, NAK-X) claims that its copper-gold-molybdenum deposit in southwestern Alaska is one of the most significant in …
Eldorado boosts resources as Kisladag set to reopen
VANCOUVER — With gold reserves up and the court-ordered closure of its Kisladag mine over for now, Eldorado Gold (ELD-T, EGO-X) looks to be back on track.
La Mancha works to gain market favour
It’s been nearly two years since a reverse takeover put Areva’s gold assets into La Mancha Resources’s (LMA-T, LACHF-O) hands (then listed on the TSX Venture Exchange) — effectively creating a gold s…
Never at Wits’ end
South Africa’s Witwatersrand basin never seems to run out of gold; you might even say it’s never at Wits’ end.
Kinbauri’s efforts at El Valle paying off (March 03, 2008)
VANCOUVER — It’s looking more and more like Kinbauri Gold’s (KNB-V, KINBF-O) $5-million bet on the past-producing El Valle and Carles gold-copper deposits in northwestern Spain was a good one.
Colombia’s untapped gold potential lures wary miners
VANCOUVER — Since 1997, the Fraser Institute has ranked the policy attractiveness of more than 60 mining jurisdictions based on a composite index with a maximum possible score of 100.
SRA revives Mid-Tennessee zinc complex
SITE VISIT GORDONSVILLE, TENNESSEE–During 28 years of production at the Mid-Tennessee zinc mine complex, it wasn’t always the zinc that kept business afloat. Agricultural lime, gravel, germanium and even a…
Gold Canyon boosts Cordero gallium resource (March 03, 2008)
VANCOUVER–Gold Canyon Resources’ (GCU-V, GDCRF-O) has significantly boosted the resource at its Cordero gallium project, in north-central Nevada’s Humboldt Cty.
New mill at La Guitarra to boost Genco’s production
With silver prices at the start of February 27% higher than a year earlier, Genco (GGC-T, GGCRF-O) wants to fast-track production expansion at its La Guitarra silver mine in central Mexico.
LME Warehouse Levels (March 03, 2008)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, Feb 15, 2008 (change from Feb. 12 in brackets):
Roxmark tests potential to reopen Northern Empire (March 03, 2008)
Roxmark Mines (RMK-V, RMKMF-O) has started a 6,200-metre surface diamond-drill program at its Northern Empire mine property near Beardmore, Ont.