Northern Shield options Highbank to Impala
South Africa’s Impala Platinum Holdings (IMPAF-P) has agreed to take up to a 60% stake in Ottawa-based junior North…
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Aguablanca improves, ships more concentrate
Rio Narcea Gold Mines (RNG-T) has sold its second batch of nickel-copper concentrate from the Aguablanca nickel-cop…
Quadra revises production schedule at Robinson
Vancouver Ground control concerns have prompted Quadra Mining (QUA-T) to modestly reduce its short-term productio…
Daily Metal Prices (July 18, 2005)
BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)…
PEOPLE (July 18, 2005)
BHP Billiton options Asia Gold’s Mongolian properties
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Primary Metals lands tungsten buyer
Vancouver — Osram Sylvania, the North American arm of German-based lighting manufacturer Osram Gmbh, will buy all the tungsten concentrate produced by
LME Warehouse Levels (July 18, 2005)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, July 11, 2005 (change from July 4 in brackets):…
Infill drilling confirms continuity at Bisha
Vancouver — Results from a final round of infill drilling augur well for the continuity of mineralization at the Bisha volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) deposit in Eritrea….
Quadra sizes up Sierra Gorda
Vancouver — Development at
TSX resilient after London bombing
The Toronto Stock Exchange survived the July 7 bomb attacks in London to post a 275.93-point, or 2.8%, gain, ending the July 5-11 report period near a 5-year high at 10,217.72. The mining and metals i…
JV boosts Churchill congregation (July 18, 2005)
Drilling on the Churchill diamond project in Nunavut’s Rankin Inlet has identified seven new kimberlites for partners