Yankee Hat forms tungsten JV with Japanese group (August 06, 2008)
Restrictions on tungsten exports from China have caused resource-poor Japan to look to the Yukon and Northwest Terr…
2008
Goldsource still in coal, share price slides
Vancouver Goldsource Mines (GXS-V) is back into thick coal intercepts at its Border property near Hudson Bay, Sas…
Carpathian can’t get lift from wide intersects
The latest drill results from Romania, while strong, weren’t enough to lift Carpathian Gold (CPN-T) out of the summ…
Probe shares down on McFauld’s west results
Probe Mines (PRB-V) shares plunged 47% today after the company reported that drill results from its McFauld’s West …
Citigroup hikes short-term coking coal price targets
Citing continued tight supply, Citigroup has raised its targets for metallurgical or hard coking coal for the next few years. A research report by analyst Alan Heap forecasts that prices will rise in …
U. S. MARKETS JULY 22-28
First the good news: The price of crude oil — which has doubled over the last year — seems to be easing somewhat. Crude has declined about US$23 from its record high of US$147.27 a barrel earlier th…
Largo bets on hunger for Yukon tungsten
SITE VISIT TESLIN, YUKON–“If China’s hoarding their tungsten, where does Japan go?” Tim Mann, Largo Resources’ (LGO-V, LGORF-O) vice-president of engineering, asks a small gathering of drillers, geotechs and media…
Brookbank turns golden for Ontex
VANCOUVER–It’s been slow going at the Brookbank gold project in Ontario, but patience is a virtue for Ontex Resources (ONT-T, OXRSF-O): the latest set of assay results from the site include some of t…
Western Bushveld feasibility tackles South African power issues
A feasibility study for Platinum Group Metals’ (PTM-T, PLG-X) Western Bushveld joint venture in South Africa proposes producing 160,000 oz. platinum per year for at least nine years, plus palladium, r…
NEW HORIZONS (August 04, 2008)
The Canadian Exploration Geophysical Society (KEGS) has awarded 21 scholarships worth a total of $15,000 to undergraduate and graduate students in geophysics.
TORONTO STOCK EXCHANGE JULY 22-28
The TSX was down during the July 22-28 trading session, with the S&P-TSX Composite Index sliding 385 points, or 2.8%, to 13,304. Mining stocks did not fare any better, with the Capped Metals and M…
TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE JULY 22-28
Not much changed on the S&P-TSX Venture Composite Index during the July 22-28 trading session; the index shed 101 points to close at 2,186.5, average trading volumes puttered along at 62 million t…