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2012
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Claude ups inferred resources by 236%
Claude Resources’ (CRJ-T, CGR-X) shares gained 17% a day after the miner updating its gold reserves and resources on its wholly owned Seabee gold operation in Saskatchewan.
Volta, Riverstone striking gold in Burkina Faso
Toronto-based Volta Resources (VTR-T) and Vancouver-based Riverstone Resources (RVS-V) are separately hunting for gold in the landlocked West African country of Burkina Faso.
Junior miners and explorers cashing up
Junior explorers launched substantial financings when the networking-heavy Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada convention wrapped up in Toronto.
Sandstorm Gold a rising star in commodity-stream financing
Sandstorm Gold (SSL-V) is not an exploration or operational mining outfit. The company is not interested in spending equity capital on surface exploration, drill programs or environmental-impact studies. Instead, Sandstorm took the idea of…
Editorial: Mali-ce aforethought
Another year, another coup in Africa. This past week it was Mali’s turn to see rebel troops running through the streets of the capital and taking over the presidential palace.
ICSG: China, Russia boost copper use for 2011
The following is a summary of the International Copper Study Group’s (ICSG) preliminary data for 2011 world copper supply and demand. The full report is included in the ICSG’s March 2012 Copper Bulletin, which can be purchased at…
Nationalization to bite into miners’ revenues
Indonesia’s new indigenization legislation aimed at foreign mining companies opens another chapter in a resource-nationalization saga amongst developing countries.
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Tuesday, Mar 27, 2012
LME warehouse levels
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, March 26, 2012 (change from March 19 in brackets):