The latest metal markets news and price moves to start the North American day on Wednesday December 12.London Metal Exchange base metal prices have made a typically tentative start to trading on Wednesday December 12, with copper, aluminium and zinc all trading down against yesterday's close. Here is how the LME base metals complex looked at 11.40am London...Read More
December 12, 2018 - Vancouver, BC - ATAC Resources Ltd. (TSX-V:ATC) (“ATAC”) announces that Barrick Gold Corporation (“Barrick”) has terminated its option to acquire an interest in the Orion Project, located within ATAC’s 100% owned Rackla Gold Property, Yukon. “We would like to thank Barrick for its exceptional collaboration and sharing its extensive knowledge...Read More
An improved pair of noise-canceling headphones designed specifically for a former state trooper who suffered a traumatic brain injury in the line of duty was awarded first place in the Fall 2018 Capstone Design Showcase on Dec. 4. The Hypersensitive Hearing Project worked with nonprofit organization Quality of Life Plus to assist the former North Carolina trooper, who has had to deal with hyperse...Read More
ALAMOS, MEXICO - Thanks to a late rain, it's unusually green on the Sierra de Alamos as we drive onto Minaurum Gold's (TSXV: MGG; US-OTC: MMRGF) Alamos silver property in late November 2018. We enter via the small town of La Aduana - an old mining town, where the Spanish settled when they came to the region in the 1600s.The Alamos project is in the southern part of Mexico's Sonora State. Minaurum...Read More
Casa Minerals (TSXV: CASA) has discovered a new zone at its Pitman gold project near Terrace, B.C., 1 km south of the Golden Dragon gold discovery it made earlier this year.Prospecting, rock and soil geochemical sampling graded as high as 231 grams per tonne silver, 2.83% copper and 6.15% zinc at the Dragon Tale zone over an area measuring 1.4 km by 0.7 km. The zone remains open in all directions....Read More
Less than a year after acquiring a 76% stake in the Coscuez emerald mine in Colombia, Fura Gems (TSXV: FURA; US-OTC: FUGMF) has completed a maiden resource estimate that puts the potential mine life of the project at 30 years.The company mapped more than 20 km of underground tunnels, drilled more than 1,600 metres and recovered nearly 16,000 carats of emeralds from bulk samples that resulted in an...Read More
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The following Fastmarkets UK non-ferrous scrap and foundry ingot prices changed on Wednesday December 12:Aluminium scrapLoose old rolled cuttings: ?710-730 per tonne from ?730-750Commercial cast: ?790-830 per tonne from ?800-840Cast wheels:...Read More
Barrick Gold Corp. has reached an agreement with the Tanzanian government on a $300 million payment, a milestone toward resolving a dispute that has crippled the miner's subsidiary in the African country, according to people familiar with the situation. The two sides made significant progress on a deal that includes Acacia Mining Plc paying $300 million in installmentsExecutives from the Toronto-b...Read More
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah - 12 December 2018 - Boart Longyear is introducing its LF?,,?160 surface coring drill rig and FL262 Freedom?,,? Loader into the African market. After beinglaunched in late 2016, this rig and loader combination is already being successfully used in North and South America, Australia, and Turkey.The African continent got to see its first LF160 rig and FL262 Freedom Loader at an...Read More
The partners in the Hook Lake uranium joint venture have approved a 2019 exploration budget of $3 million. Situated within the Patterson Uranium District, Hook Lake is owned jointly by Cameco Corp. (39.5%), Orano Canada (39.5%) and Purepoint Uranium Group (operator and holder of a 21% interest).This year's program includes 6,600 metres of diamond drilling by two rigs. Seven holes will test targets...Read More
Casa Minerals (TSXV: CASA) has discovered a new zone at its Pitman gold project near Terrace, B.C., 1 km south of the Golden Dragon gold discovery it made earlier this year.Prospecting, rock and soil geochemical sampling graded as high as 231 grams per tonne silver, 2.83% copper and 6.15% zinc at the Dragon Tale zone over an area measuring 1.4 km by 0.7 km. The zone remains open in all directions....Read More
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