Gahcho Ku Drilling Buoys Confidence
Vancouver — Mountain Province Diamonds (MPV-T, MDM-X) and De Beers Canada have wrapped up winter drilling on the Tuzo kimberlite pipe at the Gahcho Ku diamond property, located about 300 km northeas…
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Exchange Rates (May 14, 2007)
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Dividends (May 14, 2007)
Company Div.($) Pay Date Record Date Falconbridge S2 f May 14 Apr 30 Potash C Sask 0.15 May 11 Apr 12 Alcoa 0.17* May 25 May 4 Consol Energy 0.07*…
U.S. Silver Adds Ounces at Galena
U.S. Silver (USA-V) is boosting silver reserves and resources at its Galena mine complex, near Wallace, in Idaho’s famed Silver Valley.
Amerix Cuts Brazilian High Grade
Vancouver — Drilling by Amerix Precious Metals (APM-V, APMFF-O) on its Ouro Roxo project in the Tapajos gold district of Para state, Brazil, appears to be demonstrating continuity between the North a…
Spot Prices Courtesy of Scotiabank Tuesday, May 8, 2007
Precious Metals Price (US$/oz.) Change Gold $685.90 +8.40 Silver $13.48 +0.03 Platinum $1331.00 +43.00 Palladium $375.00 +7.00 Base Metals Price (US$/lb.) Change Nickel $23.95 +1.23 Lead $0.93 +0.03 Copper $3.71…
Oxus-KazakhGold Deal Done
Gold producer Oxus Gold (OXUSF-O, OXS-L) has a final deal with affiliate Marakand Minerals (mrkmf-o, mkd-l) that will allow it to complete a sale agreement for Oxus’s putative interest in the Jerooy g…
Tribute Seeks Permit
Tribute Minerals (TBM-V, TBMIF-O) has started permitting work for an underground ramp on the Arrow Zone massive-sulphide deposit on its Garnet Lake property, in northwestern Ontario.
Afplats Takeover OK’d
Impala Platinum Holdings (IMPUY-O, IPLA-L, IMPO-J) will accelerate the takeover of African Platinum (AFRPF-O, APP-L) following Afplats shareholders’ approval of the bid’s scheme of arrangement.
Letters to the Editor: Stubley Made Winter Lake Belt Map
I would like to bring to your attention a minor attribution error in an article on GGL Diamond Corp.’s recent nickel assays (T.N.M. April 16-22, 2007) from the Winter Lake volcanic belt.
Resource Number for Pilanesberg Deposits
Platmin (PPN-T, PPN-L) has published new resource estimates for two deposits on its Pilanesberg platinum group element property, in the Bushveld intrusive complex of northern South Africa.
High River Building More Than Just a Mine in Burkina Faso
SITE VISIT Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso — There’s little to obstruct the view of the towering yellow crane that swings over the construction site of High River Gold’s (HRG-T, HRIVF-O) Taparko…