Odds ‘n’ sods: The story of Red Lake
— The following is an excerpt from Red Lake: Golden Treasure Chest, a new 164-page book by Michael Barnes chronicling the community and mines that have sprung up northwestern Ontario’s gold-rich Red …
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Editorial: Sinkin’ zinc
The week ended Aug. 16, the 33rd trading week of 2008, was a rotten one for metal prices and metal stocks, with a softening global economic outlook translating into reduced metals demand, lower metals…
PEG Mining Consultants teams with WGM
Watts, Griffis and McOuat has added PEG Mining Consultants to its preferred list of consulting geologists and engineers.
Cyr Drilling and Webequie First Nation partner up
Winnipeg-based diamond driller Cyr Drillinghas entered into a joint venture with the Webequie First Nation in Ontario’s “Ring of Fire” polymetallic exploration camp.
PEOPLE (August 25, 2008)
Andean Resources– Christopher Van Tienhoven appointed country manager for Argentina.
U. S. MARKETS AUG. 12-18
Investors in U. S. markets can be forgiven for feeling a little overwhelmed these days. Expectations that slower economic growth will limit demand have pushed down prices for commodities such as coppe…
TORONTO STOCK EXCHANGE AUG. 12-18
The TSX Composite Index continued its decline over the Aug. 12-18 trading period falling another 83.82 points, or 0.6%, to 13,119.37.
DIVIDENDS (August 25, 2008)
Note: Vale will pay $0.52* on common and pr sh in two instlmnts on Apr 30 and Oct 31. Alcoa will pay its quarterly div of US$0.9375 for US$3.75 cmltv pr sh on Oct 1, rec Sept 12. Newmont Canada will p…
Creston Moly’s bet on El Creston paying off
VANCOUVER — With complete results now available for the latest drill program at El Creston, it’s becoming clear that Creston Moly (CMS-V, CMSJF-O) has its hands on one of the highest-grade molybdenum…
BHP Billiton grapples with Olympic Dam expansion
PERTH, WESTERN AUSTRALIA–By the end of this year, BHP Billiton (BHP-N, BLT-L) will have completed a prefeasibility study for transforming the Olympic Dam copper-uranium-gold mine into a massive open-…
Pebble Creek focused on India
Pebble Creek Mining (PEB-V, PBLEF-O) has released a National Instrument 43-101 resource estimate for its flagship Askot project, in northern India’s Uttarakhand state. At a net smelter return cutoff o…
Mosquito builds team for CUMO feasibility
Mosquito Consolidated Gold Mines( MSQ-T) has hired three companies to conduct a feasibility test at its Cumo molybdenum-copper project, in south-central Idaho, 15 km southwest of Idaho City.