Thursday
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20 Nov 2008
“Increased risk associated with a project in an already risky situation” has prompted Haywood Securities to cut its target for Crystallex shares by 46%.
Monday
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17 Nov 2008
Teal Exploration and Mining says it won't be surprised if its Konkola North project in Zambia could produce around 40,000t of copper a year. Meanwhile, its exploration in the south of Konkola is pointing to a larger mine.
Monday
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17 Nov 2008
Fed-up with one year of delays by the Mongolian Parliament concerning ratification of an investment agreement, Ivanhoe is threatening to significantly cut spending on the massive Oyu Tolgoi joint venture.
Friday
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07 Nov 2008
Red tape that stretched over nine years on a large tenement application in Western Australia’s Pilbara hinterland provided a reward for patience for junior explorer Mt Burgess Mining NL this week.
Thursday
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06 Nov 2008
A look at Impact Silver Corporation which controls a huge mineral concession area in Central Mexico, has small-scale profitable mining operations and a major ongoing exploration programme in one of Mexico’s most beautiful historic mining districts.
Friday
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31 Oct 2008
Big miners are biding their time with respect to takeover targets in the junior mining sector, but analysts believe a number of stocks are ripe for plucking.
Tuesday
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28 Oct 2008
Wesizwe's intriguing suggestion is that its ZAR 5.6bn (USD 530m) platinum mine proposal may be taken out of the freezer box. How it proposes to do this should be forthcoming in about a week's time.
Tuesday
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28 Oct 2008
An Australian explorer with a strong focus on the Thunder Bay region of Canada for platinum group metals and related nickel mineralisation has produced wide intercepts of high grades in its current campaign.
Tuesday
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28 Oct 2008
A second possibly major gold deposit has been discovered just south of the Jiaojia Gold Mine Strip in eastern China in the Shandong Province.
Tuesday
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21 Oct 2008
Haywood Securities has rated Moly Mines “SECTOR OUTPERFORM,” with a “SPECULATIVE” risk profile on one of the world’s top 10 moly projects.
Tuesday
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21 Oct 2008
Haywood Securities is cautious on base metals stocks in the near term, advising that junior base metals equities are extremely vulnerable under current market conditions.
Friday
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17 Oct 2008
As NovaGold makes the transition from gold explorer to producer this quarter at Rock Creek, Nova management says they have achieved a number of important milestones in spite of the current economy.
Monday
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13 Oct 2008
As Gold Reserve still awaits the final approval for the Brisas gold project, the company has cut down on its plans for initial production.
Wednesday
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08 Oct 2008
One of the best known, longest and most costly fights over a U.S. mining project in recent memory has finally come to an end after the U.S. Supreme Court said it will not hear the Seven-Up Pete gold venture case.
Monday
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06 Oct 2008
Capital preservation and cash positions are superseding drilling results and production timetables as critical topics in junior miner and explorer conference presentations.
Sunday
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05 Oct 2008
With the TSX Venture Exchange composite index down over 50 per cent since June, analysts expect a major shake-out in the junior mining and exploration sector with only the strong surviving.
Friday
,
03 Oct 2008
“Cash is now king and grassroots exploration is ill-advised until market sentiment improves,” Haywood Securities warned junior mining sector investors. Nevertheless, Haywood views current valuations “as a fishing opportunity.”
Monday
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29 Sep 2008
The junior mining sector is in the worst position its been in in recent history as funds are depleted and capital raising seems impossible, but those with cash and access to funds are left in a strong position for high quality acquisitions.
Tuesday
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23 Sep 2008
As Ecuador awaits the outcome of national elections scheduled next month, the country's Ministry of Mines and Oil is continuing to withdraw both mining and oil concessions.
Monday
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22 Sep 2008
The Nevada Commission on Mineral Resources says favorable geology and high commodity prices drew the majority of U.S. hardrock exploration dollars to the Silver State in 2007, which is projected to increase again this year.
Thursday
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18 Sep 2008
After the last domestic tungsten mine ceased production years ago, U.S. tungsten mines and mills have been idle. The glimmer of hope for a new tungsten mine in Nevada has been extinguished for now.
