2008

Arctic Star Diamond Pushes Ahead With Nickel Discovery

When junior explorer Arctic Star Diamond (ADD-v) acquired its Credit Lake property — “within sight of Canada’s greatest diamond mines” in the Northwest Territories four years ago–it didn’t expect to…


Kalahari Scraps Extract Merger

Kalahari Minerals (KAH-l) has called off a merger with Extract Resources (EXT-T, EXT-a) over fears that it would give Rio Tinto (RTP-N, RIO-n), a stakeholder in both companies, too much power in the m…


Drilling at Helio Resource's Saza Makongolosi (SMP) gold project in the Lupa goldfields of southwestern Tanzania.

Helio Hunts For ‘Meat’ In Tanzania’s Southwest

Vancouver — In 2005, Helio Resource’s (HRC-V, HELOF-o) CEO Richard Williams and chief operating officer Christopher Mackenzie were working in Namibia, where Helio still holds a number of properties. …


High River Gold’s Hardships

After preparing the markets for some sort of deal, a deal has indeed been done: High River Gold Mines (HRG-T, HRIVF-o) has announced a massive private placement with Russian steel giant Severstal that…


Lending Rates (December 01, 2008)

as of 9 a. m. ET. Nov. 25, 2008 (%) Bank of Canada 2.50 Target overnight rate 2.25 Canadian Prime 4.00 U. S. Discount Primary 1.25 U. S. Fed Funds market rate 1.00 U. S. Prime …


Exchange Rates (December 01, 2008)

CANADIAN/U. S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate) Date Nov. 24 Nov. 21 Nov. 20 Nov. 19 Nov. 18 US$ in C$ 1.2250 1.2854 1.2855 1.2370 1.2239 C$ in US$ 0.8163 0.7780 0.7779 0.8084 0…


Dia Bras Exploration's Malpaso mill currently processes ore from the company's Bolivar zinc-copper mine, located 250 km away. A new estimate at Bolivar has boosted resources enough, however, to justify building a 500-tonne-per-day mill onsite.

Dia Bras Plans Mill At Bolivar

A pilot mining program at the Bolivar mine in the Piedras Verdes mining district of Mexico’s Chihuahua state has generated operating cash for Dia Bras Exploration (DIB-V, DBEXF-o) since late 2005.



Red Back Boosts Bought Deal To $60M

Vancouver — Within three hours of announcing a $40-million bought deal, Red Back Mining (RBI-T, RBIFF-o) went back to the wire and boosted that number by $20 million.


International Quotes (December 01, 2008)

Australia (A$) Nov 25 Nov 4 Change Bendigo Mining 0.12 0.12 0.00 Kingsgate Cons. 2.80 2.93 -0.13 Lion Selection Ltd 0.92 1.10 -0.18 Newcrest Mining 24.45 20.65 3.80 R…



BHP Billiton Drops Rio Tinto Offer

The world’s largest miner, BHP Billiton (BHP-N, BLT-l), has withdrawn its hostile takeover bid for fellow mega-miner Rio Tinto (RTP-N, RIO-l).


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