Nickel

Men walk into an  adit at the Wellgreen PGM-nickel-copper project in the Yukon. Credit: Prophecy Platinum

Prophecy Platinum reports a half-mile of mineralization

Picture seven football fields in a row of continuous mineralization, and that’s the width of platinum group metal (PGM) mineralization intercepted in a single drill hole at Prophecy Platinum’s (TSXV: NKL; US-OTC: PNIKF) Wellgreen…


Australian billionaire Andrew Forrest owns 31.7% of Poseidon Nickel.

Poseidon hopes to restart Mt. Windarra in 2014

Australian billionaire Andrew Forrest stepped down in September as non-executive chairman of Poseidon Nickel (ASX: POS) to focus on his philanthropic endeavours, but his resignation didn’t signal any underlying loss of confidence in…



Drilling at Ivanhoe's Platreef project in South Africa. Source: Ivanhoe Mines

‘Unprecedented’ hit at Flatreef PGM deposit

A 90-metre intersection of 4.51 grams per tonne of platinum, palladium, rhodium and gold — plus 0.37% nickel and 0.20% copper — at Ivanhoe Mines’ (TSX: IVN; US-OTC: IVPAF) Flatreef deposit in South Africa has reignited talk of…





Looking east on the Pingo area of North American Nickel's  Maniitsoq project in Greenland. Source: North American Nickel

North American Nickel sees good signs at Maniitsoq

VANCOUVER — The 4,800 sq. km Maniitsoq nickel-sulphide project in southwest Greenland may seem like a large-scale play for a junior, but that ambition may pay off for Vancouver-based North American Nickel (TSXV: NAN; US-OTC: WSCRF).


Eldorado sees promising exploration results

Eldorado Gold (TSX: ELD; NYSE: EGO) has been keeping busy, with 106,500 metres drilled so far this year at its mine sites and exploration targets in China, Turkey, Brazil, Romania and Greece.



Lundin has consolidation opportunities, Laurentian Bank says

Chris Chang of Laurentian Bank Securities has initiated coverage of Lundin Mining (TSX: LUN) with a buy rating and a target price of $5.50 per share and argues the company is well positioned to capitalize on the weak commodity price environment…


The construction camp at Sherritt's Ambatovy joint venture project in Madagascar (2009). Source: Sherritt

Sherritt lands in the red in Q2

Sherritt International (TSX: S; US-OTC: SHERF) reported a second-quarter net loss of $10.7 million, or 4¢ a share, falling below earnings of $40.8 million, or 14¢ a share, a year ago.


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