First Bauxite eyes production in Guyana
VANCOUVER — First Bauxite (FBX-V) has reached a key milestone in its path to becoming a producer with the release of a positive feasibility study for its Bonasika bauxite project in Guyana that comes…
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El Gallo shines for US Gold
Fifteen new drill holes at US Gold’s (UXG-T, UXG-X) El Gallo silver project in Mexico have extended mineralization to the south of the main zone by up to 50 metres with the best drill hole encounterin…
DRC gov’t wants to liquidate First Quantum’s Kolwezi
The battle between First Quantum Minerals (FM-T) and the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) government continues to escalate.
Corex cuts gold at Santana (August 16, 2010)
Vancouver — Corex Gold (CGE-V) is pulling good widths of gold-bearing oxide rock from the ground at its Santana project in Mexico, as two drills work to expand and link up several gold zones at the e…
SPOT PRICES (August 16, 2010)
COURTESY OF SCOTIABANK
Another smooth deal for Kinross
While plenty of Canadians took Aug. 2 as a holiday, that wasn’t the case for many of the folks at the head offices of Kinross Gold and Red Back Mining in Toronto and Vancouver, who were busy putting t…
LME WAREHOUSE LEVELS (August 16, 2010)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, Aug. 9, 2010 (change from Aug. 2 in brackets):
Copper mine output up 19% over past decade: ICSG
The Lisbon-based International Copper Study Group (ICSG) has released its 2010 Statistical Yearbook covering world copper supply and demand data for the period 2000-2009. The following is an edited ve…
PRODUCER AND DEALER PRICES (August 16, 2010)
Antimony: Mid-mkt US$9,233.33 /t.
Greystar gets detailed on Angostura
Now on a firmer environmental footing, Greystar Resources (GSL-T, GSL-L) is pushing ahead with the development of its Angostura gold-silver project in Colombia.
DAILY METAL PRICES (August 16, 2010)
Date Aug. 9 Aug. 6 Aug. 5 Aug. 4 Aug. 3 BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange –Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne) Al Alloy 2230/2175 2235/2185 2240/2185 2220/2180 2220/2175 Al…
Copper dream team starts Cupric Canyon
What do Timothy Snider, Dennis Bartlett, Lowell Shonk, Stephen Enders, David Naccarati and Rodney Prokop all have in common?