McFauld’s West samples promising
Shares of Probe Mines (PRB-V, PROBF-O) shot up 40% in mid-day trading recently on news that the company had found anomalies in nickel, copper, cobalt and silver, as well as anomalous values in gold, a…
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Maximus confirms gold and silver-rich zone at Hope Bay
Results from its 2007 drilling program in the Hope Bay gold belt of Nunavut have yielded significant gold and silver values for Maximus Ventures (MXV-V, MXVEF-O).
Jinshan releases Dadiangou gold resource
Just six months after pouring its first 500-oz. gold dor bar from the remote Chang Shan Hao mine in Inner Mongolia, Jinshan Gold Mines (JIN-T, JINFF-O) is off and running in China’s Gansu province wi…
Apogee cuts silver-zinc at Pulacayo
VANCOUVER — Shares of Bolivian-focused junior Apogee Minerals (APE-V, AGEEF-O) jumped as much as 67% on strong volume in recent trading, on the results of a pair of drill holes that returned wide, hi…
Full Metal Minerals sifts through 40 Mile results
Full Metal Minerals (FMM-V, FLMTF-O) is receiving the last of its 2007 drill assays from its 40 Mile property in eastern Alaska.
Noront buoyed by high-grade
VANCOUVER–Noront Resources (NOT-V, NOSOF-O) posted a 20% gain in recent trading on drill results the company says are its highest grade to date from the Double Eagle project, in northeastern Ontario.
Golden Goose plans resource upgrade
As Golden Goose Resources (GGR-V, GOOSF-O) gets its 2008 drill season under way at the Lac Levac nickel project in Quebec, the company is collecting the final assays from a 7,150-metre program complet…
Study finds Gladstone Pacific mega-nickel project viable
Gladstone Pacific Nickel’s (GPN-T, GPN-L)vision is to build a nickel-cobalt refinery at the deepwater port of Gladstone, in Queensland, Australia, that would treat high-grade nickel laterite ores from…
France denies Iamgold permits
The government of France has rejected the final permit applications needed to start open-pit construction at Iamgold’s (IMG-T, IAG-N) Camp Caiman gold project, in French Guiana, a protectorate of Fran…
Semafo banks on Mana
Semafo (SMF-T, SEMFF-O) president and CEO Benoit La Salle made his entry into West Africa’s mining scene in the mid-1990s — before there was a scene to speak of.
LME Warehouse Levels (February 11, 2008)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, Feb 5, 2008 (change from Jan. 19 in brackets):
Goldrush follows the artisanal miners in Burkina Faso
At a recent Richmond Club luncheon at the tony National Club, in Toronto, Don Willoughby of Goldrush Resources (GOD-V, GDRRF-O) generated some laughs when he kicked off his presentation with reference…