More kimberlites for Peregrine at Chidliak
Peregrine Diamonds (PGD-T) has found four more kimberlite bodies — three of them at surface — on its 9,…
2009
Crowflight’s Bucko mine back online
Vancouver – It has been a rough ride for Crowflight Minerals (CML-T, CMLGF-O) during the first couple months o…
Kent Exploration acquires NZ gold property
Kent Exploration (KEX-V) has assets across North America in Nevada, Washington State, British Columbia and Sas…
Two African deals nearly done
Two deals that have been in limbo over the last few months appear to be coming to a conclusion.
Troy Resources slashes capital costs for Casposo
Troy Resources (TRY-T, TRY-A) has figured out a way of rolling back the estimated capital cost of its Casposo …
Tower Hill acquires Bullfrog
International Tower Hill Mines (ITH-V, THM-X) took a time out from its Livengood project in Alaska to buy up R…
Mirabela starts mining nickel at Santa Rita
Mirabela Nickel (MNB-T, MBN-A) has become the first Australian company to mine nickel in Brazil with the start…
Extract estimates costs for Rossing South
Extract Resources (EXT-T, EXT-A) expects that it would cost US$704 million to construct a 15 million-tonne-per…
Lending Rates (August 03, 2009)
Lending Rates as of 9 a. m. ET. July 21, 2009 (%) Bank of Canada 0.50 Target overnight rate 0.25 Canadian Prime 2.25 U. S. Discount Primary 0.50 U. S. Fed Funds market rate 0-0.25 …
Exchange Rates (August 03, 2009)
Exchange Rates CANADIAN/U. S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate) Date July 27 July 24 July 23 July 22 July 21 US$ in C$ 1.0835 1.0842 1.0867 1.0981 1.1078 C$ in US$ 0.9229 0.9223 0.92…
Vista Gold’s Batman Returns Good Scoping Study
Vista Gold (VGZ-T, VGZ-N) plans to move ahead with a prefeasibility study on the Batman deposit at its Mt. Todd gold project in Australia’s Northern Territory after learning the results of a prelimina…
Long Canyon Shines For Fronteer
Since April, Fronteer Development Group (FRG-T, FRG-X) has drilled about 5,900 metres and 56 holes at its 51%-owned and operated Long Canyon project in northeastern Nevada.