Wallbridge milling tests work (October 12, 2006)
Test work on a 175-kg sample from the Broken Hammer copper deposit near Sudbury has shown good recoveries to gravit…
Platinum Group Metals
Strength of Akanani holds AfriOre’s share price
A weak South African rand and a black empowerment related commitment combined to take a bite out of exploration jun…
Forest fires smoke out Stillwater
Production was suspended for a total of nine days at the southwestern Montana palladium-platinum mines of Stillwater Mining (SWC-N) after smoke from two large forest fires closed roads and forced loca…
No effect from forest fires, says Stillwater
Fires that closed the Stillwater and East Boulder mines of Stillwater Mining (SWC-N) will not affect annual product…
Polymet feasible as open pit, says study
A final feasibility study says the NorthMet copper-nickel deposit in Minnesota has positive economics as a 29,000-t…
Forest fire smokes out Stillwater
A night shift was cancelled at the Stillwater palladium-platinum mine in Montana after smoke from a nearby forest f…
Royalties gets revised feasibility numbers (August 28, 2006)
The Raglan South project of Canadian Royalties (CZZ-T, CRYAF-O) appears to have better economics than a recent scoping study showed, following a review of the operating costs in the study’s financial…
North American Palladium boosts output at Lac des les
Vancouver — With underground operations now fully on-stream, North American Palladium’s (PDL-T, PAL-X) Lac des les mine, just north of Thunder Bay, Ont., showed improved performance over its second-…
Further delays for Platinex in native land dispute
After a 5-month delay of its exploration drilling program at Big Trout Lake, in northern Ontario, junior explorer Platinex (PTX-V) is facing at least another five months of paralysis, owing to an Onta…
Further delays for Platinex
After a 5-month delay of its exploration drilling program at Big Trout Lake, in northern Ontario, junior explorer P…
Platinum Australia likes Smokey Hills
Australian platinum developer Platinum Australia (PTNMF-O, PLAA-L, PLA-A) has received positive preliminary results from a feasibility study on the Smokey Hills platinum group element project in the e…
Richview gets Thierry results (August 07, 2006)
Early stage metallurgical testing on samples from the Thierry copper-nickel deposit near Pickle Lake, Ont., have shown successful concentration in a conventional bulk flotation system….