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2007
Astral Trenches High-Grade Gold at Jumping Josephine
Vancouver — Wide, high-grade gold values from a second-phase trenching program on the Jumping Josephine (JJ) project in southeastern B.C.’s Rossland-Republic trend gave Astral Mining (AST-V, ASMGF-O)…
Verena Pulls Gold at Volta Grande
Verena Minerals (VML-V) has intersected gold mineralization in a new drill hole at the Grota Seca East zone on its Volta Grande property in Para state, Brazil.
TSX Venture Exchange December 21-29
In wrapping up a banner year for commodity prices, the junior mining-dominated TSX Venture Composite Index closed 2006 on a rally, surging 140.8 points, or almost 5%, to 2,987.08 over the holiday shor…
U.S. Markets December 21-29
As stock markets in the United States paused to mark the death of former president Gerald Ford, investors were left to wonder whether or not the gains that sent the Dow Jones Industrial Average to a s…
Midway to Take Over Pan-Nevada
Vancouver — Midway Gold (MDW-V, MDWGF-O) looks to boost its Nevada footprint and gold resource through a planned takeover of fellow explorer Pan-Nevada Gold (PNV-V, PNVFF-O).
International Quotes (January 08, 2007)
Australia (A$) Dec 29 Dec 20 Change Bendigo Mining 0.78 0.78 0.00 Centamin Egypt 0.81 0.77 0.04 Croesus Mining 0.28 0.28 0.00 Emperor Mines 0.17 0.17 0.00 Kingsgate Cons. 4.20…
Dividends (January 08, 2007)
Company Div.($) Pay Date Record Date Iamgold 0.07 Jan 9 Dec 20 Fording CC Tr 0.95 Jan 15 Dec 29 Cameco 0.04 Jan 15 Dec 29 Cleve-Cl 3.25pr 8.125* Jan…
Exchange Rates (January 08, 2007)
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Brilliant Sees New Nickel Zone Develop at Lanfranchi
Vancouver — Underground drilling on the newly discovered Deacon zone at Brilliant Mining’s (BMC-V) Lanfranchi mine joint venture in Western Australia’s Kambalda region has cut additional high-grade n…
Sparton Eyes Uranium in Chinese Coal Ash
Vancouver — Research by Sparton Resources (SRI-V, SPNRF-O) has identified a major source of coal ash in China containing significant amounts of uranium.
Cons Gold Win Likes the Look of South Dolly Varden Core
Vancouver — Before even finishing the first drill hole on its South Dolly Varden gold-copper project in Elko Cty., Nev., Consolidated Gold Win Ventures (CGW-V, CGWVF-O) felt compelled to share visual…