Thursday
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03 Jul 2008
Ernst & Young mining analysts recently said “the credit crunch does not seem to be having a significant impact on the sector.” However, the firm’s Canadian office said Wednesday Canadian junior explorer IPOs are suffering.
Tuesday
,
01 Jul 2008
Irish gold explorer Conroy Diamonds and Gold has announced an upgrade to its Clontibret gold resource which now stands at over 1 million ounces indicated and inferred.
Tuesday
,
01 Jul 2008
Despite some initial miscalculations contained in a base-case preliminary economic assessment released earlier this month, Northland Resources rebounded Monday with a revised outlook for three Scandinavian iron ore projects.
Friday
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27 Jun 2008
Poseidon Nickel (ASX:POS) has called Harbinger Capital’s decision to invest US$50 million (A$53 million) through an issue of Convertible Notes a ‘key milestone’ in its re-development of the long-running Windarra project.
Thursday
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26 Jun 2008
The high hopes for a new gold project near Australia’s gold capital of Kalgoorlie received a strong boost Thursday when Integra Mining Ltd (ASX: IGR) announced a 60% resource increase at Salt Creek, to a contained 400,000 ounces.
Wednesday
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25 Jun 2008
Mirabela Nickel (TSX:MNB, ASX:MBN) has announced drilling results that strengthen the possibility of its Santa Rita open-pit being extended to develop an underground mine.
Tuesday
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24 Jun 2008
The rift between Ecuador’s President and former Assembly chief Alberto Acosta is important for foreign mining investment as projects remain on hold.
Tuesday
,
24 Jun 2008
New drilling results from Azumah Resources’ Wa-Lawra gold project in Ghana could reveal the potential of Azumah’s recent Bepkong discovery.
Monday
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23 Jun 2008
One of the aspiring bulk mineral producers in Western Australia’s Pilbara, Aurox Resources Ltd has found an important window for development of its Balla Balla magnetite project -- berthing capacity in Port Hedland.
Monday
,
23 Jun 2008
An investigative team is studying the motives for the slayings of eight miners at a diamond camp in southeast Guyana, fearing it could be the work of a gang that has reportedly already murdered 23 people.
Friday
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20 Jun 2008
Cluff Gold expects to produce 20,000 ounces of gold in Cote d’Ivoire by yearend and bring its Kalsaka project in Burkina Faso on stream in August, but it won’t be able to fulfil the target of an annualised 100,000 ounces of gold, set last September, this year.
Thursday
,
19 Jun 2008
What a difference a day can make in a bidding war as Eldorado Gold and Frontier Pacific Mining transformed from adversaries in a hostile bidding war on Tuesday into a friendly takeover by Wednesday,
Wednesday
,
18 Jun 2008
The NedSec Junior Mining & Exploration Index has outperformed the LSE’s FTSE All-Share Index and the JSE’s All Share in the year to date. Coal and platinum companies in particular have showed good growth.
Wednesday
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18 Jun 2008
Too many junior company projects being marketed to investors are recycled projects with cash-flow margins failing to improve despite the increase in commodities prices.
Tuesday
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17 Jun 2008
Chaarat Gold Holdings has announced the results of a scoping study by independent consultants, Behre Dolbear, which is the next step towards bringing this Kyrgyz gold project to production.
Tuesday
,
17 Jun 2008
The quaintly named Kangaroo Metals has expanded its focus from base and precious metals projects in north Queensland to mining tin in Tasmania.
Monday
,
16 Jun 2008
A technical review on processing options for the Abu Dabbab tantalite-tin project in Egypt will see seawater from the Red Sea now make up the major water requirement for mineral processing and save almost $US5 million per year.
Friday
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13 Jun 2008
The historic Fairview phosphate mine and the old Robertstown copper mine near the copper mining camp of Burra Burra have been taken up as mineral licence applications by Archer Exploration.
Thursday
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12 Jun 2008
The Australian listed company that tied its umbilical cord to the London-based Lonhro mining house is shedding South African assets to focus on the Lulo diamond project in Angola.
Thursday
,
12 Jun 2008
Haywood Securities has joined a small, but growing, cadre of analysts who believe that Ecuador’s new Mining Law could eventually prove to be workable for foreign mining and exploration companies.
Tuesday
,
10 Jun 2008
Great Basin Gold says its Hollister project's low energy dependency means the company will not see a dramatic rise in costs, but instead achieve higher margins at its project in Nevada. CEO Ferdi Dippenaar feels it is interesting times for M&A activity.
Monday
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09 Jun 2008
Perth-based Avalon Minerals Ltd (ASX: AVI) has joined the ranks of Australian companies setting up mining operations in Scandinavia and is near the famous Swedish mining centre of Kiruna with its substantial infrastructure.
Monday
,
02 Jun 2008
One of the many uranium explorers listed on the Australian Securities Exchange in 2007, Rum Jungle Uranium, will take up the uranium exploration rights to some of the substantial land holdings of Northern Territory iron ore miner Territory Resources Ltd.
Wednesday
,
28 May 2008
An upgrade for the Redbank copper project in the remote east of Australia’s Northern Territory is anticipated following a series of high grade intersections from the latest drilling programme.
Wednesday
,
28 May 2008
Originally discovered in the 1940s, Mt. Milligan may be finally be on its way to being approved, financed and constructed as British Columbia’s next major copper-gold mine.
