Ecuador slams on the brakes
Ecuador’s burgeoning mining industry has been dealt a serious blow with the passing of a new mining mandate.
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TSX SHORT POSITIONS (April 28, 2008)
Short positions outstanding at Apr. 1 /08 (with changes from Mar. 15/08).
Metanor pours gold at Bachelor Lake mill (April 28, 2008)
Metanor Resources (MTO-V, MEAOF-O) has poured the first 2,000 oz. of gold from its recently revived Bachelor Lake mill near Desmaraisville, Que.
Novel geophysics technology identifies deep drill targets in Athabasca
Two of the Athabasca basin’s junior explorers have made a significant advance in geophysics that could aid exploration for deep deposits. And the implications of the technology — which uses electric …
Mantle blazes new trail into historic Kechika Trough
VANCOUVER — The first resource estimate released by Mantle Resources (MTS-V, MTSZF-O) for its wholly owned Akie property has put the spotlight on a prospective mineral district in northeastern Britis…
Thompson Creek weighs risk and reward at Davidson (April 28, 2008)
VANCOUVER — Risk-averse major mining companies didn’t rush to revive molybdenum properties as prices began to climb in 2004, after averaging US$4.50 per lb. for a decade. They’d seen moly prices soar…
Will technology derail the uranium boom? (April 28, 2008)
Emerging from a long slump, uranium has consistently proven itself as a hot commodity over the last decade, with a price performance nothing short of stellar. According to Ux Consulting Co. of Roswell…
TSX VENTURE SHORT POSITIONS (April 28, 2008)
Short positions outstanding at Apr. 1/08 (with changes from Mar. 15/08).
Strateco to go underground at Matoush (April 28, 2008)
It looks like Strateco Resources (RSC-T, SRSIF-O) will be the first company to explore underground for uranium in Quebec now that it’s received permission to do so at its Matoush uranium project in th…
Aurizon weighs JV with Radisson
Aurizon Mines (ARZ-T, AZK-X) is considering a joint venture with Radisson Mining Resources (RDS-V) for the O’Brien-Kewagama property, home to the past-producing high-grade O’Brien gold mine, in the Ab…
Blue Note Mining hopes to strike the right chord
It cost a king’s ransom of $97 million but Blue Note Mining (BN-T, BNMFF-O) chief executive Michael Judson believes the resuscitation of two old zinc-lead mines in northern New Brunswick will be worth…
CNQ TRADING — April 15-21, 2008
(100s) WEEK 12-MONTH STOCK TICKER VOLUME HIGH LOW LAST CHANGE HIGH LOW Alliance Mining AMCL 340 0.105 0.09 0.09 0.00 0.23 0.085 Avanti Mining AVMI 330 0.38 0.30 0.30 -0…