Northern Dynasty’s Pebble East keeps on growing
An updated resource estimate for Pebble East confirms the claims of Northern Dynasty Minerals (NDM-T, NAK-X) that i…
2008
Short Position Report (February 25, 2008)
TSX Short Positions Short positions outsta…
Alberta Star upbeat on Contact Lake (February 25, 2008)
Grab samples from its Contact Lake property on the south side of Echo Bay, in the Northwest Territories, appear to lend heft to Alberta Star Development’s (ASX-V, ASXSF-O) assertions that the company …
Mirabela studies smelter option at Santa Rita nickel project
It would cost Mirabela Nickel (MNB-T, MBN-A) about US$254 million to build a nickel sulphide smelter for its Santa Rita project in Brazil, a scoping study reveals. Operating costs would clock in at ro…
B2Gold settles into Colombia (February 25, 2008)
VANCOUVER — In its first major move since debuting on the market in December, B2Gold (BTO-V, BGLPF-O) has worked a deal with AngloGold Ashanti (AU-N, AGD-L) to get its hands on a significantly increa…
Global Hunter cuts more copper at La Corona de Cobre
VANCOUVER — Infill drilling by Global Hunter (BOB-V, GBLHF-O) on the Las Posadas shear zone at its La Corona de Cobre project, in northern Chile, has cut some significant copper intercepts.
HudBay cuts Callinan royalty cheque for 777 mine
HudBay Minerals (HBM-T, HBMFF-O) has paid $2.4 million to Callinan Mines (CAA-V, CCNMF-O) as part of a net profit interest (NPI) and royalty agreement for a Manitoba property that sparked a contentiou…
New Horizons (February 25, 2008)
Kinross Gold has teamed up with the University of Guelph to establish a new education and research network between Canada and Brazil.
Platinum cracks US$2,000-per-oz barrier
A meteoric rise in platinum prices grabbed the mining sector’s attention during the week ended Feb. 16, the seventh trading week of 2008.
French Guiana’s miners lash out at Sarkozy
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Jinchuan Nickel buys new mine hoist from ABB
Chinese mining giant Jinchuan Group has signed a contract with the Swedish power and automation technology group, ABB, to purchase a mine hoist for its nickel mine near Jinchang.
Metallic Ventures taps SRK for Goldfield feasibility
Nevada-based Metallic Ventures Gold (MVG-T, MTLVF-O) has enlisted SRK Consulting to complete a National Instrument 43-101-compliant feasibility study, and conduct environmental baseline data collectio…