Partners Virginia Gold Mines (VIA-T) and BHP Billiton (BHP-N) have discovered more polymetallic mineralization in Quebec’s Caniapiscau Reservoir area, northwest of Schefferville.Channel sampling yield…
Antimony: Mid-mkt US$1,225/t.Bismuth: Mid-mkt US$3.50/lb.Cadmium: Mid-mkt US$0.27/lb.Chromium: Mid-mkt ores US$65.00/t.Cobalt: Recent trades US$6.50-7.10/lb.Copper: Comex Dec. US$0.673/lb.Indium: Indi…
BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)DateNov. 20Nov. 19Nov. 16Nov. 15Nov. 14Aluminium1352/1367.501375/1389.501370/1388…
Tyler Res. — James Devonshire appointed president.Ivanhoe — Edward Flood appointed deputy chairman; Hugo Dummett appointed executive vice-president of project development; Pierre Masse appointed chi…
Vancouver — The lacklustre performance of most traditional metals has induced several junior companies to begin exploring for tantalum in earnest.Global demand for tantalum has accelerated dramatical…
Sackville, N.B. — Freewest Resources Canada (FWR-V) has discovered gold-bearing boulders and frost-heaved sub-crop within a prominent, multi-element glacial till anomaly at the Clarence Stream proper…
Drilling by Placer Dome (PDG-T) at Claude Resources (CRJ-T) has intersected four zones of gold mineralization at the historic Madsen mine in Ontario’s Red Lake camp.The effort was aimed at testing for…
NORTH AMERICAN MINING INDEXCompanyTickerWeight (%)Barrick GoldABX-T18.7FalconbridgeFL-T5.9Franco-Nevada MiningFN-T6.5Freeport McMoRan Cop’r BFCX-N5.3Homestake MiningHM-N6.4IncoN-T9.4Newm…
Campbell Resources (CCH-T) is hoping that a new round of exploration and development work, now under way at its Joe Mann gold mine near Chibougamau, Que., will lead to a longer life once commercial op…
With another $2.3 million in the till, Pacific North West Capital (PFN-T) is resuming exploration drilling at its River Valley platinum-palladium project, near Sudbury, Ont.To date, 138 holes at the D…
The Esquel gold project in southern Argentina has enough reserves to sustain a proposed 5,000-tonne-per-day open-pit mine for 6.5 years, and London-based Brancote Holdings believes it can find additio…
A study has confirmed the feasibility of expanding the Marigold mine in Nevada’s Battle Mountain trend.Reno-based Glamis Gold (GLG-T) says the study estimates minable resources (proven and probable re…
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