Excellon starts construction of Platosa mill
The permits are in for Excellon Resources (EXN-T, EXLLF-o) to build a new lead/zinc flotation mill at its high-grade silver-lead-zinc Platosa mine in Durango state, Mexico.
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Redpath acquires Aussie mining contractor Eroc
North Bay, Ont.-based mining contractor The Redpath Group has cemented its place in the Australian mining sector through its acquisition of Eroc Pty. Ltd.
Snowden to prepare Golden Peaks resource
Snowden Group is set to prepare an independent resource calculation for Argentinian-focused mining company Golden Peaks Resources’ (GL-T, GDPEF-o) La Fortuna gold project.
John Gartner gets top Geotechnical Society honours
Gartner Lee co-founder John Gartner has received the Canadian Geotechnical Society’s (CGS) most prestigious award, the Robert F. Legget Medal, for 2008.
U. S. MARKETS – SEPT. 30-OCT. 6
The U. S. government may have passed the US$700-billion bailout package into law on Friday, Oct. 3, but that hasn’t erased fears that it will take a long time to thaw frozen credit and get the economy…
Linear Metals expands Cobre Grande
Using assays from the last two reverse- circulation holes on its Cobre Grande copper project in Mexico, Linear Metals (LRM-t) has extended the El Oso mineralized zone to a strike length of 300 metres….
Silver Wheaton adds Alexco’s Bellekeno to stable
Alexco Resource (AXR-T, AXU-x) has inked a deal with Silver Wheaton (SLW-T, SLW-n) to sell silver from the Yukon.
PEOPLE (October 13, 2008)
Abacus Mining — James Whittaker appointed project manager for the Afton-Ajax mine.
TORONTO STOCK EXCHANGE – SEPT. 30-OCT. 6
Relentless volatility and steep declines dragged the TSX Composite Index to levels not seen since 2005 over the Sept. 30-Oct. 6 trading period. Although the U. S. government finally passed a sweetened…
TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE – SEPT. 30-OCT. 6
The S&P-TSX Venture Composite Index fared no better than any other exchange over the Sept. 30-Oct. 6 trading session. While the board saw a 33-point gain on the first day of the week, every other …
Stingray perserveres under Sonoran sun
Stingray Copper (SRY-T, SRYYF-o) is pushing ahead at its El Pilar copper porphyry project in Mexico’s Sonora region in difficult times.
Esperanza advances Cerro Jumil
Esperanza Silver (EPZ-v) has tabled the first resource estimate for its Cerro Jumil gold project in Mexico’s Morelos state, and is now in prefeasibility-study mode.