Toronto Stock Exchange (March 03, 2008)
The TSX Composite Index closed the Feb. 19- 25 trading period 3.6% higher, at 13,697.45 points as commodities hit new highs.
2008
NovaGold stands pat on Copper Canyon (March 03, 2008)
NovaGold Resources (NG-T, NG-X) will maintain its 60% interest in the Copper Canyon property in northwestern B.C., choosing not to exercise its option to move up to an 80% interest by paying Copper Ca…
Centenario’s Franke bigger but more costly (March 03, 2008)
VANCOUVER–In the sand of Chile’s Atacama desert, Centenario Copper (CCT-T) is quietly moving the Franke deposit towards a December 2008 production date.
Kodiak invigorates forgotten gold camp
SITE VISIT BEARDMORE, ONT. — Multi-ounce gold grades from Kodiak Exploration’s (KXL-V, KXLAF-O) Hercules project, located in the B e a rdmore – Geraldton greenstone belt of northwestern Ontario, have…
Greystar poised to build Colombia’s flagship mine
VANCOUVER–Defining a gold resource of 10.15 million oz. based on 717 drill holes totalling 244,443 metres is a major accompl i s h – ment for any junior company aspiring to make the leap from explora…
Yamana CEO proves his mettle
SITE VISIT ALTO HORIZONTE, BRAZIL — Settling into the cramped seat of an eight-seater jet, Yamana Gold (YRI-T, AUY-N, YAU-L) chairman and CEO Peter Marrone says he hasn’t had a…
Never at Wits’ end
South Africa’s Witwatersrand basin never seems to run out of gold; you might even say it’s never at Wits’ end.
Colombia’s untapped gold potential lures wary miners
VANCOUVER — Since 1997, the Fraser Institute has ranked the policy attractiveness of more than 60 mining jurisdictions based on a composite index with a maximum possible score of 100.
SRA revives Mid-Tennessee zinc complex
SITE VISIT GORDONSVILLE, TENNESSEE–During 28 years of production at the Mid-Tennessee zinc mine complex, it wasn’t always the zinc that kept business afloat. Agricultural lime, gravel, germanium and even a…
Gold Canyon boosts Cordero gallium resource (March 03, 2008)
VANCOUVER–Gold Canyon Resources’ (GCU-V, GDCRF-O) has significantly boosted the resource at its Cordero gallium project, in north-central Nevada’s Humboldt Cty.
New mill at La Guitarra to boost Genco’s production
With silver prices at the start of February 27% higher than a year earlier, Genco (GGC-T, GGCRF-O) wants to fast-track production expansion at its La Guitarra silver mine in central Mexico.
LME Warehouse Levels (March 03, 2008)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, Feb 15, 2008 (change from Feb. 12 in brackets):