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Grande Cache nearly doubles No. 8
A winter’s worth of drilling has nearly doubled the recoverable coal reserves contained in
SW Resources drills Boka 1 zone
Vancouver — Drilling by
Lonmin takes out Southern Platinum (July 18, 2005)
London-based platinum producer
Asarco workers go out (July 18, 2005)
Workers at most of the Asarco facilities of
Ontario’s miners on a roll
After surviving a tough period of low commodity prices around the turn of the millennium, Ontario’s mining industry is back in a big way and now in its second year of a major boom….
Silver performed well in 2004
The silver price in 2004 staged a dramatic rally, rising a robust 36% to average US$6.66 per oz. that year, according to the recently published World Silver Survey 2005….
LME Warehouse Levels (July 18, 2005)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, July 11, 2005 (change from July 4 in brackets):…
Virginia eyes huge potential at lonore gold find in Quebec
Opinaca Reservoir, Que. — The question isn’t whether
Infill drilling confirms continuity at Bisha
Vancouver — Results from a final round of infill drilling augur well for the continuity of mineralization at the Bisha volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) deposit in Eritrea….
JV boosts Churchill congregation (July 18, 2005)
Drilling on the Churchill diamond project in Nunavut’s Rankin Inlet has identified seven new kimberlites for partners
Eldorado poised to acquire Afcan
Vancouver — The proposed acquisition of