High Potash prices can’t save jobs
Gold, uranium and potash have been the three bright spots for the mining sector through what has been a historicall…
2009
Bard boasts 200 million lbs. of moly at Lone Pine
Bard Ventures (CBS-V) will continue drilling on its Lone Pine project 15 km northwest of Houston, BC, after a posit…
El Nino falls on results from new DRC project
Vancouver – The first full set of drill results from El Nino Ventures’ (ELN-V) Kasala copper discovery in the…
Pan American ramping up 2009 silver production
Vancouver – Despite cutting its workforce by about 500 employees, reigning in expenditures on exploration and…
Glencore moving in on Katanga
Facing financial distress Katanga Mining’s (KAT-T) shareholders have agreed to allow the world’s largest commodity …
Positive economics for Western Prospector in Mongolia
Despite cost increases the economics are still profitable for Western Prospector’s (WNP-V) Gurvanbulag deposit in…
B2Gold moves ahead with Gramalote project
Now that B2Gold (BTO-T) has had a look at more than 30,000 metres worth of drill core assays from its Gramalote gol…
Anatolia arranges US$62.5M loan
Vancouver – UniCredit Group, a major European bank, approved a US$62.5 million debt facility for Anatolia Min…
Shore Gold pushes ahead with reduced 2009 budget
Vancouver – Canadian diamond explorer Shore Gold (SGF-T) is planning to spend $18 million in 2009 in a significan…
Spectacular drill results for Colossus at Serra Pelada
Drilling at the site of Brazil’s epic 1980s gold rush at Serra Pelada is yielding spectacular results for joi…
U. S. Markets – Dec. 23-Jan. 5
U. S. stock markets were up during the Dec. 23-Jan. 5. trading session, driven chiefly by the end of the tax-loss selling season and by bargain-hunters scooping up beaten-down issues. There was not mu…
Silvercorp Gains On TLP-LM Prefeasibility
VANCOUVER — China’s largest primary- silver producer, Silvercorp Metals (SVM-T, SVMFF-O), now has a five-year mine plan for its recently acquired and already operating TLP-LM silver-lead project. It …