INTERNATIONAL QUOTES (August 11, 2008)
Australia (A$) Aug 5 July 29 Change Bendigo Mining 0.20 0.23 -0.03 Centamin Egypt 1.04 1.08 -0.04 Kingsgate Cons. 5.60 5.70 -0.10 Lion Selection Ltd 1.50 1.51 -0.01 N…
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Certej study predicts 11-year mine life
A feasibility study for European Goldfields’ (EGU-T, EGU-L) Certej gold-silver project in Romania says an open-pit mining operation could produce an average of 156,000 oz. gold and 814,000 oz. silver …
Southern Arc goes deep in Indonesia
VANCOUVER — The deep reach of Southern Arc Minerals’ (SA-V, SOACF-O) drills has paid off with the company’s longest mineralized intercept to date at its 21-sq.-km Selodong prospect on west Lombok Isl…
Olympic power rationing hits Silvercorp
Vancouver – Inadequate coal supplies for Chinese power plants means industrial customers are facing power rationing…
Shareholder files class action against NovaGold over Galore Creek
A class action lawsuit has been filed against NovaGold Resources (NG-T) that claims the company issued false and mi…
A growing Storie for Columbia Yukon (August 08, 2008)
Vancouver – A new resource estimate upgrading most of the Storie molybdenum deposit to indicated is just what Colum…
Fortune Minerals updates Mt. Klappan feasibility study
Vancouver A lot has changed in the two and a half years since Fortune Minerals’ (FT-T) last feasibility study for…
Aurora works harder in face of uranium moratorium (August 07, 2008)
Vancouver – Aurora Energy Resources’ (AXU-T) is determined to keep advancing its Central Mineral Belt uranium proje…
Mining companies face Olympic hurdles
Efforts in China to ensure security and decrease air pollution during the Beijing Olympic Games have not gone unnot…
UPDATE:Xstrata wants Lonmin’s platinum
Xstrata (XSRAF-O, XTA-L) wants to widen its reach in its efforts to become the world’s pre-eminent diversified mine…
Nevoro acquires Sheffield Resources, leases past-producing Benbow chromite mine
Having finalized a lease on the past-producing Benbow chromite mine, Nevoro (NVR-T) now controls a project in the S…
Helicopter crash at Homestake Ridge kills four
Vancouver – A helicopter carrying workers to Bravo Ventures’ (BVG-V) Homestake Ridge project in northwest British C…