PGM to work Stucco
Junior Platinum Group Metals (PTG-V) will begin exploring the Stucco palladium property near Thunder Bay, Ont.The area is one of two palladium plays in the province and is home to the Lac des les min…
Impala Platinum Holdings Limited (Implats)
High PGM prices are here to stay
Robust prices can mask a multitude of sins, though not for long in mining, the most cyclical of all major industries. Producers of platinum group metals (PGMs) seem relatively immune to the old adage,…
Resource estimate under way at River Valley (July 23, 2001)
Having sunk an additional 16,000 metres, Pacific North West Capital (PFN-T) is proceeding with an independent resource estimate of the Dana Lake zone at the River Valley project in northern Ontario.De…
Messina moves to production
Rand Merchant Bank has agreed to participate in a R345-million loan agreement being sought by a subsidiary of SouthernEra Resources (SUF-T) to construct the Messina platinum group elements mine in Sou…
Partners discover third PGM layer at River Valley
Drilling appears to have intersected a third mineralized horizon at the River Valley platinum group metals property in the Sudbury region of Ontario.Toronto-based Mustang Minerals (YMU-V) and its Sout…
SouthernEra re-invents itself as PGM miner
Once attached exclusively to diamonds, SouthernEra Resources (SUF-T) has turned its attention to platinum group metals — in particular, the advanced Messina project in South Africa.SouthernEra made t…
PGM search intensifies in Ontario
An increasing interest from the majors and an ongoing price rally are adding momentum to the search for platinum and palladium deposits in northern Ontario. At last count, more than a dozen companies …
SouthernEra fast-tracks Messina
To take advantage of robust metal prices, SouthernEra Resources (SUF-T) is accelerating development at its Messina platinum group metals project in South Africa.Starting in August, Messina will begin …
Mustang finances PGM exploration
Toronto-based Mustang Minerals (YMU-V) recently topped up its treasury with a $1.1-million special warrant financing sold through Jennings Capital. Proceeds will be used to explore for platinum group …
Metal markets anything but shiny in 2000
While it didn’t provide the unremitting gloom of the years immediately following the Asian economic crisis, 2000 might be remembered by many metal producers as the year of the recovery that never was….
Marsfontein still producing
The Land Claims Court of South Africa has dimissed an application to halt activities at the Marsfontein diamond mine, reports SouthernEra Resources (SUF-T).The Ga-Magashula Community Trust had filed f…
More juniors join search for platinum group metals
Economically interesting deposits of platinum group metals (PGMs) are few and far between on planet earth, with more than 90% of the world’s supply coming from only three mining camps: Bushveld in Sou…