Dorato soars on Peruvian acquisition plans (January 07, 2008)
Vancouver — Dorato Resources (DRI.H-V, DRIFF-O) has emerged from a trading halt with plans to acquire a major land package in northern Peru, that straddles the border with Ecuador.
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Positive feasibility study for Inca Pacific’s Magistral (January 07, 2008)
Vancouver — The feasibility study for Inca Pacific Resources’ (IPR-V, IPRFF-O) Magistral copper-molybdenum project in Peru shows the project is robust, despite a considerable capital cost increase co…
Explorator finds high-grade gold in search for copper
Gold grades reaching into the double and triple digits at the El Espino-Venus copper-gold project, in Chile, have prompted Explorator Resources (EXO-V, EXRAF-O) to focus more on the yellow metal in it…
Asian Mineral granted Ban Phuc mining licence
Vancouver — With receipt of a mining licence for its Ban Phuc massive sulphide nickel deposit in northwestern Vietnam, Asian Mineral Resources (ASN-V, AIERF-O) can begin construction.
Bear Creek touts Santa Ana potential
More results from Peru have Bear Creek Mining (BCM-V, BCEKF-O) thinking about building another silver mine in the South American country.
IMA loses last grab at Navidad (January 07, 2008)
Vancouver — The battle over the Navidad silver project, in Argentina, is finally at an end. The Supreme Court of Canada has dismissed IMA Exploration’s (IMR-V, IMR-X) leave to appeal a previous lower…
LME Warehouse Levels (January 07, 2008)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, Dec. 10, 2007 (change from Dec. 3 in brackets):
Daily Metal Prices (January 07, 2008)
BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)
Spot Prices Courtesy of Scotiabank Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2007 (January 07, 2008)
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…
Nachingwea results lift Continental
Vancouver — Assay results from the company’s first seven holes into the Nachingwea nickel sulphide project, in Tanzania, moved 5-month-old Continental Nickel (CNI-V) up 164% in recent trading.
Detour Gold boosts resource
Vancouver — Detour Gold (DGC-T, DRGDF-O) has reported a whopping 243% increase in measured and indicated resources at its Detour Lake gold project in northeastern Ontario’s Abitibi greenstone belt.
Producer and Dealer Prices (January 07, 2008)
Antimony : Mid-mkt US$5,525/t.