Short Position Report (October 18, 2006)
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2006
Shore sizes up Star kimberlite (October 17, 2006)
Geological modelling of the Star kimberlite near Fort la Corne, Sask., has put the size of the body at 276 millio…
Lihir to take over Ballarat (October 17, 2006)
Lihir Gold (LIHR-Q, LHG-A) has offered to take over Ballarat Goldfields (BGF-L, BGF-A) in an all-paper merger that …
Brazilian Diamonds finds micro-diamonds
Brazilian Diamonds (BDY-T, BDY-L) recovered 129 micro-diamonds in samples from the first hole in a series of deep d…
Anglo Coal consolidating in B.C.
Coal properties in north-eastern B.C. saw some consolidation as Hillsborough Resources (HLB-T) NEMI Northern Energy…
NAP performance improves
Production performance from the problem-plagued palladium producer Lac des les improved for the third successi…
Frontera harvests copper cathodes at Piedras Verdes
Vancouver — The initial batch of cathodes at Frontera Copper’s (FCC-T, FRCPF-O) Piedras Verdes mine in Sonora state, Mexico have been stripped to yield the company’s first metal production….
Exall, Southern Star to combine (October 16, 2006)
Exall Resources (EXL-T, EXALF-O) and Southern Star Resources (SSR-T, SNSRF-O) have announced plans to merge, a deal that would bring the Gold Eagle project in Red Lake, Ont., under one corporate roof….
Orko keeps drills turning at La Preciosa
Vancouver — Mining has been an economic cornerstone in Durango state, Mexico, for more than 400 years, and junior companies such as Orko Silver (OK-V, OKOFF-O) hope to keep the tradition alive by adv…
LME Warehouse Levels (October 16, 2006)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, Oct. 9, 2006 (change from Oct. 2 in brackets):…
lonore estimate expected in 2007
When Goldcorp (G-T, GG-N) did the US$425-million deal to acquire the lonore gold project from Virginia Gold Mines in March, there was no reserve or resource estimate for the project and a lot of spe…
Glencairn adds property near La India (October 16, 2006)
A $2.4-million purchase near its La India property in Nicaragua consolidates mineral rights on a known gold resource and offers Glencairn Gold (GGG-T, GLE-X) a chance to ship ore to its Limon mine….