Canadian juniors look to light a fire in Jalisco
SITE VISIT Ameca, Jalisco, Mexico — When talk turns to Mexican mining, Jalisco doesn’t have the historical cachet of Durango or the copper-fed importance of Sonora. But this state on…
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Far West’s Santo Domingo Sur to benefit from Salvador closure
SITE VISIT Diego de Almagro, Chile — Vancouver-based exploration company Far West Mining (FWM-T, FWMLF-O) will update the resource estimate for its Santo Domingo copper property in Chile’s Region III…
Dynamite acquiring Kyrgyz properties
A takeover bid for a privately held British company would give Dynamite Resources (DNR-V) a pair of uranium projects in Kyrgyzstan.
Market likes First Point’s nickel aspirations
Vancouver — With shares of First Point Minerals (FPX-V, FPOCF-O) rallying about 30% recently, investors seem to approve of plans by the Central American-focused gold explorer to dust off a pair of Br…
Lonmin buys into Wallbridge (June 18, 2007)
Lonmin (LNMIF-O, LMI-L) has agreed to take a private placement that could give it an 18% shareholding in Wallbridge Mining (WM-T, WLBMF-O), and cements an existing alliance in the Sudbury camp.
Angus & Ross funds Black Angel (June 18, 2007)
Angus & Ross (AGU-L) has lined up a US$30-million loan combined with an issue of equity to allow faster development of the Black Angel zinc-lead mine in western Greenland.
African Copper cuts mineralization on Matsitama project (June 18, 2007)
Delineation drilling by African Copper (ACU-T, ACU-L) has cut several long intersections of copper mineralization on the Thakadu copper prospect, part of the company’s Matsitama property in northeaste…
Audit problems for VVC
If you Google VVC Exploration, (VVC-V, VVCVF-O) the slogan “Your ticket to China” still comes up, but the company hasn’t been spending time in China the way it used to.
Daily Metal Prices (June 18, 2007)
BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)
Spot Prices Courtesy of Scotiabank Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Precious Metals Price (US$/oz.) Change Gold $652.80 -18.50 Silver $13.15 -0.56 Platinum $1292.00 -4.00 Palladium $366.00 -3.00 Base Metals Price (US$/lb.) Change Nickel $22.38 -3.97 Lead $1.05 +0.02 Copper $3.27…
Nickel Quest a reality
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Producer and Dealer Prices (June 18, 2007)
Antimony : Mid-mkt US$5,310/t.