2006

CARDERO RESOURCESCardero Resources' Iron Sands project in the desert region near the coast of southern Peru.

News March 27, 2006

Cardero looks south for iron

Vancouver — Cardero Resource (CDU-V, CDY-X) is examining plans to commercially extract magnetite from its 320-sq.-km Iron Sands project in the coastal desert region of southern Peru….

News March 27, 2006

TSX Short Positions (March 27, 2006)

Short positions outstanding at Mar. 15, 2006 (with changes from Feb. 28)….

News March 27, 2006

Vancouver — China has long dominated the market for rare-earth elements, which, in the case of the United States, is valued at more than US$1 billion. That could change if Rare Element Resources (RES…

Regulatory Issues March 27, 2006

Dundee to expand Chelopech

Vancouver — Dundee Precious Metals’ (DPM-T, DPMLF-O) environmental impact assessment for its Chelopech gold-copper mine in central Bulgaria has been approved by the country’s Supreme Environmental Co…

News March 27, 2006

Overseas Quotes (March 27, 2006)

Close: March 21, 2006…

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Dividends (March 27, 2006)

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News March 27, 2006

Barrick find lost in shuffle

Lost in the shuffle during the recent takeover of Placer Dome is a new gold discovery Barrick Gold (ABX-T, ABX-N) has made along the prolific Carlin trend in Nevada….

PHELPS DODGEDrilling on Phelps Dodge's Morenci copper mine in Greenlee Cty., eastern Arizona. Phoenix, Ariz.-based Phelps Dodge is the world's largest producer of solvent extraction-electrowinning cathode copper.

News March 27, 2006

Phelps Dodge sticks to its guns as New York demands share-buyback

Vancouver — In a classic western-style showdown, Arizona-based Phelps Dodge (PD-N) is sticking to its guns and guarding its cash after a major shareholder, a New York City-based hedge fund, cranked u…

News March 27, 2006

Western Nevada starts to catch the wave

Even though it is sometimes in the shadow of the “big trends” like Carlin or Battle Mountain, Nevada’s Walker Lane trend is the home of many of the Silver State’s legendary mines — Tonopah, Goldfield…

POLYMET MININGMilling capacity to spare. Massive grinding circuits at Cleveland-Cliffs taconite (iron ore) processing facility, that historically processed almost 100,000 tonnes-per-day, are now part of PolyMet Mining's planned infrastructure for development at its NorthMet project in northeastern Minnesota.

News March 27, 2006

PolyMet marches towards NorthMet development

Vancouver — Strong metal prices and refined engineering studies have prompted PolyMet Mining (POM-V, POMGF-O) to expand the scope of development at its NorthMet copper-nickel-cobalt-PGM deposit in no…

News March 27, 2006

Silvercorp consolidates land position at Ying

Vancouver — Silvercorp Metals (SVM-T, SVMFF-O) is buying the Hou-Ping-Gou (HPG) silver-gold-lead mine located within its Ying project area in Henan province, China….