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Ground claimed in Niger
Two Toronto-based juniors have signed deals with the government of Niger for exploration permits in that country’s uranium belt….
Falconbridge to absorb Novicourt
Facing consolidation itself, Falconbridge (FAL.LV-T, FAL-N) plans to snap up the shares in exploration partner Novicourt (NOV-T, NOVFF-O) it does not already own….
La Patria returns more gold and silver
Vancouver — La Patria drilling continues to deliver good gold and silver values for Palmarejo Silver and Gold (PJO-V, PJOFF-O) on its 121-sq.-km Palmarejo-Trogan project in Chihuahua state, Mexico….
Resource boost at Galeno
Vancouver — A new resource estimate has been delivered to Northern Peru Copper (NOC-T, NPUCF-O), increasing the size of its Galeno copper-gold-molybdenum deposit, about 600 km north of Lima, Peru….
LME Warehouse Levels (March 27, 2006)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, March 20, 2006 (change from March 13 in brackets):…
Risk Assessment changing with the times
Cape Town, South Africa — Miners and lenders have a long-standing and, for the most part, mutually beneficial relationship. But according to lawyer Nabil Khodadad, a partner at New York City-based Ch…
Starcore buying Goldcorp mine
Vancouver — Starcore International Ventures (SAM-V, SHVLF-O) has struck a deal to buy the San Martin gold mine, in Queretaro, Mexico, from Goldcorp (G-T, GG-N) subsidiary Luismin….
Silvercorp consolidates land position at Ying
Vancouver — Silvercorp Metals (SVM-T, SVMFF-O) is buying the Hou-Ping-Gou (HPG) silver-gold-lead mine located within its Ying project area in Henan province, China….
Spot Prices Courtesy of Scotiabank Tuesday, March 21, 2006
| Precious Metals | Price (US$/oz.) | Change | Gold | $553.00 | +7.75 |
| Silver | $10.28 | +0.21 | |||
| Platinum | …
Protests against Freeport’s Grasberg mine turn deadly (March 27, 2006)Vancouver — The latest in a continuing series of protests against Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold’s (FCX-N) Grasberg gold-copper mine, in the eastern Indonesian province of Papua, has escalated in… By continuing to browse you agree to our use of cookies. To learn more, click more information Dear user, please be aware that we use cookies to help users navigate our website content and to help us understand how we can improve the user experience. If you have ideas for how we can improve our services, we’d love to hear from you. Click here to email us. By continuing to browse you agree to our use of cookies. Please see our Privacy & Cookie Usage Policy to learn more. |