2008



Sponsored Toy Drive

In keeping with the spirit of the holidays, each year a collection of Western Canada-based mining companies sponsor a toy drive. This year, the event raised $1,415 in cash to be donated in food or toy…


Lending Rates (December 22, 2008)

Lending Rates as of 9 a. m. ET. Dec. 16, 2008 (%) Bank of Canada 2.50 Target overnight rate 1.50 Canadian Prime 4.00 U. S. Discount Primary 1.25 U. S….


International Quotes (December 22, 2008)

International Quotes Australia (A$) Dec 16 Dec 9 Change Bendigo Mining 0.17 0.13 0.04 Kingsgate Cons. 2.85 2.68 0.17 Lion Selection Ltd 0.67 0.79 -0.12 Newcrest Mining 29.00 28.23 0.77…


Great Basin Gold is purchasing Metallic Ventures Gold's Esmeralda processing plant in central Nevada, to process ore from its Hollister gold project, 460 km northeast.

Great Basin Buys Mill For Hollister

Vancouver — Great Basin Gold (GBG-T, GBN-x) is trying to get two mines into production within the next six months and in recent weeks has taken a few important steps towards that goal.



Dean Cutting, project manager for Houston Lake Mining's Dogpaw Lake gold property, poses on a gold mineralized outcrop. The property, which is near Kenora, Ont., is littered with small pods of near-surface mineralization.

Dogpaw Fetches Good Grades For Houston Lake

Seventy-six per cent of the holes Houston Lake Mining (HLM-V, HLKMF-o) has drilled on its Dogpaw Lake property, near Kenora, Ont., have intersected values of 3 grams gold per tonne or higher.


Intrepid Hits Lengthy Gold Intervals In Indonesia

Vancouver — Recent drilling at Zone A of the Tumpangpitu prospect delivered Intrepid Mines (IAU-T, IAU-a) its best oxide drill results to date from the Tujuh Bukit property, near the eastern tip of J…



Inferred resources at Fortress Minerals' Svetloye gold project (above) stand at 1.1 million oz. gold, contained in three zones. Drilling at the project, 200 km southwest of Okhotsk, in Russia's Far East, continues to return solid results.

Fortress Cuts High-Grade At Svetloye

Vancouver– Fortress Minerals (FST-V, FTMNF-o) has pulled a long and tantalizingly high-grade gold intercept from the Amy zone at its Svetloye property, 220 km southwest of Okhotsk, in Russia’s Far Ea…


BHP OKs Aussie Iron Ore Expansion

BHP Billiton (BHP-N, BLT-l) has approved an expansion at its iron ore mining operations in Western Australia, which will raise production by 50 million tonnes to 205 million tonnes per year in 2011.


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