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Volume 96 Number 50 Jan 31 - Feb 6, 2011
What to expect from CAR election
After much delay the citizens of the Central African Republic (CAR) have placed their votes for the next president of the much-maligned country. But the implications for miners in the region are still unclear.
Chinese firm shows interest in Nemaska
The Chinese are signaling their faith in Nemaska Exploration’s (NMX-T) hard-rock, Whabouchi lithium deposit in Quebec.
Playfair Mining is high risk, potentially high reward
It’s usually a pretty good sign when a rival for land you stake runs out and buys stock in your company.
LME WAREHOUSE LEVELS (January 31, 2011)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, Jan. 24, 2011 (change from Jan. 17 in brackets):
Is there smoke at Pickle Crow?
Kevin Keough likes to say that the “universe is unfolding as it should” at PC Gold’s (PKL-T) Pickle Crow gold property in northwestern Ontario.
Three mining legends honoured
The 23rd anniversary of the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame at Toronto’s Fairmont Royal York Hotel in mid-January, fittingly kicked off with a tribute to the spectacular rescue late last year of 33 miners trapped deep in a copper-gold mine in…
EXCHANGE RATES (January 31, 2011)
CANADIAN/U.S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate)
Silver steps up as gold wanes
There has been a remarkable new development in precious metals in the new year, with silver sales in January outpacing gold sales in absolute dollar terms in several markets such as U.S. Silver Eagle coin purchases.
SPOT PRICES (January 31, 2011)
Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011
Minister Dawes: mining ‘crucial’ to BC’s success
The following speech was delivered by Randy Dawes, British Columbia’s Minister of State for Mining, at the opening of AME BC Roundup 2011 conference in Vancouver.
Brigus updates Black Fox (January 31, 2011)
The changes continue over at the Black Fox mine in the Timmins gold district.