Merger plans for Gryphon Gold, American Bonanza
Gryphon Gold (GGN-T, GYPH-O) and American Bonanza Gold (BZA-T, ABGFF-O) have tabled plans to merge. A letter of int…
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Genco buys new ball mill for La Guitarra in Mexico
With silver prices at the start of February 27% higher than a year-earlier,Genco Resources (GGC-T) wants to fast-…
Mirabela releases smelter scoping study on Santa Rita
It would cost Mirabela Nickel (MNB-T, MBN-A) about US$254 million to build a nickel sulphide smelter for its Santa …
Independent Nickel changes Lynn Lake drill focus
Independent Nickel (INI-T) has intersected higher than expected nickel grades within its existing resource model at…
Gold Canyon boosts Cordero gallium resource (February 11, 2008)
Vancouver – An updated resource estimate on Gold Canyon Resources’ (GCU-V, GDCRF-O) Cordero gallium project, locate…
Alberta Star upbeat on Contact Lake (February 11, 2008)
Grab samples from its Contact Lake property on the south side of Echo Bay in the Northwest Territories appear to le…
Int’l Minerals goes back to drawing board for Gaby gold plant
A prefeasibility study for International Minerals’ (IMZ-T) Gaby open pit gold project in Ecuador recommends that th…
Goldcorp sells Silver Wheaton stake for $1.57B (February 11, 2008)
Goldcorp (G-T, GG-N), one of the world’s biggest gold miners, has found buyers for its entire 48% stake in the unique pure silver play, Silver Wheaton (SLW-T, SLW-N), leaving the company with a windfa…
Producer And Dealer Prices (February 11, 2008)
Antimony: Mid-mkt US$6,000/t.
Daily Metal Prices (February 11, 2008)
Date Feb. 4 Feb. 1 Jan. 31 Jan. 30 Jan. 29 BASE METALS ( London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/ 3- month prices, US$ per tonne) Al Alloy 2405/ 2430 2401/ 2450 2425/ 2450 23…
Anvil updates Kinsevere feasibility
Anvil Mining (AVM-T, AVM-A) has updated a preliminary study on its Kinsevere copper project, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), based on a recent 45,370- metre drilling program that has li…
Apogee cuts silver-zinc at Pulacayo
VANCOUVER — Shares of Bolivian-focused junior Apogee Minerals (APE-V, AGEEF-O) jumped as much as 67% on strong volume in recent trading, on the results of a pair of drill holes that returned wide, hi…