Gold-Ore wants to make grade at Bjorkdal
SITE VISIT Skelleftea, Sweden — The Skelleftea belt is best known as a base metal camp, the home of Boliden (BLS-T, BDNNF-O). But like Noranda, Snow Lake, and other massive…
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StrataGold on the trail of riches in historic gold district
SITE VISIT Mayo, Yukon — The bumpy, twisting road extends for 45 km and crosses two rivers before reaching the camp at StrataGold’s (SGV-T, SAGDF-O) Dublin Gulch project. A short…
First Point adds to BC nickel portfolio
Vancouver — Since acquiring a pair of B.C. nickel projects in mid-2007, First Point Minerals (FPX-V, FPOCF-O) has added to its holdings and picked up two more properties in a move to target potential…
Daily Metal Prices (January 21, 2008)
BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)
Spot Prices Courtesy of Scotiabank Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2008
Precious Metals Price (US$/oz.) Change Gold $904.75 +31.50 Silver $16.24 +0.75 Platinum $1580.00 +39.00 Palladium $379.00 +4.50 Base Metals Price (US$/lb.) Change Nickel $12.90 -0.18 Lead $1.21 +0.04 Copper $3.27…
Akie holes consistently promising (January 21, 2008)
Vancouver — Results from another hole punched into the Akie zinc-lead project, in northeastern B.C., have again showed the potential the property holds for Mantle Resources (MTS-V, MTSZF-O).
Thor showing promise for Taranis
Vancouver — Finnish explorer Taranis Resources (TRO-V, TNREF-O) is proving up the potential of its polymetallic Thor project, releasing a steady stream of drill and sampling results from its Canadian…
Howard’s Pass keeps growing for Selwyn (January 21, 2008)
Vancouver — Selwyn Resources (SWN-V, SWNLF-O) pumped $25 million into the huge Howard’s Pass project last summer, completing 37,686 metres of diamond drilling in 103 holes. And while the project clai…
Northern Dancer growing into world-class moly-tungsten deposit
Vancouver — Drill results are confirming that Largo Resources’ (LGO-V, LGORF-O) Northern Dancer project hosts one of the largest known tungsten-molybdenum porphyry systems in the world.
Copper Mountain revival aims to take mine past centenary
As a director of an energy company looking to make a coal-fired plant out of the former Copper Mountain mill near Princeton, B.C., in 2006, the thought of mining copper there didn’t cross Jim O’Rourke…
Molybdenum resource tabled for Getty North
Vancouver — An updated resource tally on the Getty North copper porphyry deposit shows the project contains a significant amount of molybdenum, which Getty Copper (GTC-V, GTCDF-O) is looking to extra…
Producer and Dealer Prices (January 21, 2008)
Antimony : Mid-mkt US$5,540/t.