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Minews Story: September 02, 2010

Maudore Minerals Plans To Develop A High Grade Open Pit Gold Mine In Quebec, Once Next Year’s Extensive Drill Programme Is Complete

It is always useful to take a quick look at the share price of a company before starting to write on it, as it gives a useful snapshot of market sentiment. In the case of Canadian-listed Maudore Minerals the shares have shot up

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Minews Story: September 02, 2010

All About The Business Of Mining: The Africa Down Under Conference Gets Into Its Stride

“Bizarre”. “Astonishing”. “Jaw-dropping”. All are valid ways of describing the mining conference currently being held this week in the Australian city of Perth. That it’s about mining is not the reason for the excitement in the

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Minews Story: September 01, 2010

Geologix Explorations Is Just A Month Away From A Preliminary Economic Assessment On The Tepal Copper-Gold Project In Mexico

“Aggressive” is a word that Geologix Explorations uses a lot when describing its strategy, and right now that certainly seems to be its style. The company has drill programmes ongoing at two projects in Mexico.

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Minews Story: September 01, 2010

The Straws In The Wind Seem To Be Blowing Against Oleg Deripaska And Rusal, As Vladimir Putin Cosies Up To Norilsk

Oleg Deripaska, chief executive of Russian aluminium monopoly Rusal, is preparing for a series of presentations to institutional investors in Boston and New York next week, chaperoned by one of his largest creditor banks, BNP

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Minews Story: September 01, 2010

BHP Billiton Embarks On A Great Fertiliser Adventure, And Shareholders Hold Their Breath

If Marius Kloppers, the young chief executive of BHP Billiton, was expecting a rousing cheer from shareholders over his US$40 billion takeover bid for Canada’s Potash Corporation he will have been rather disappointed. Since the

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Minews Story: August 31, 2010

The Battle For Boardroom Control Of Euromax Resources Intensifies

Canadian-listed Euromax Resources has been going through a very strange time this year, and the signs are that things are going to get even stranger. You cannot fly in the face of a clear vote at an AGM, when 69 million votes out

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Commodities: August 31, 2010

The US Economy Will Be In No Position To Support Metals Prices Any Time Soon

Jim Rogers has been saying it for a long time, but the evidence that he is right has slowly been increasing. Last week the dollar-yen exchange rate hit a 15 year high/low of Y84. That’s only a few cents away from the record Y79.7

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Minews Story: August 27, 2010

That Was The Week That Was … In Canada

Minews. Now, over to our Canadian Correspondent for the latest on Potash Corp of Saskatchewan and for a look at how the Canadian markets performed over the past week.

CC. Potash Corp of Saskatchewan continued to fight the

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Features: August 27, 2010

If Deflation Wins, What Will Gold Stocks Do?

The talk of a possible double dip is now common banter on TV investment programs. And indeed, deflationary forces seem to have a stronger grip right now than inflationary ones. So if deflation is the next reality we have to face,

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Minews Story: August 26, 2010

If All Continues To Go To Plan, First Majestic Silver Could Be Paying An Initial Dividend in 2012

Keith Neumeyer, chief executive of First Majestic Silver, keeps coming up with the goodies. And the company’s share price is reflecting these achievements. Back in April, when the shares were just over C$2.00 each, his company

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Minews Story: August 26, 2010

Fire River Gold Gets Ready To Break Through The Alaskan Silence With The Sounds Of A Fully Functioning Mining Operation

If the silence up at the Nixon Fork gold mine in Southern Alaska seems slightly eerie, then at least there’s nothing sinister about it. It’s not the calm before the storm, even if the Alaskan winters do come early, and the clouds

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Minews Story: August 25, 2010

Eastern Platinum Sets Out An Ambitious Plan For Production Growth In The Bushveld Complex, And Could Soon Be Attracting Chinese Interest

It is no picnic operating a platinum mine, or indeed any kind of mine at all, in South Africa at present. What with the ranting demands from Julius Malema of the ANC Youth League for nationalization, the staggering incompetence

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Minews Story: August 24, 2010

Mediterranean Resources Continues To Negotiate Hard Over The Sale Of Its Turkish Gold Assets

Within the next couple of days Mediterranean Resources chief executive Peter Guest will be stepping off an aeroplane and onto Turkish soil firmly resolved to conclude negotiations relating to the sale of his company’s Turkish

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Minews Story: August 24, 2010

Colossus Minerals Is Cracking On With Drilling And Development Work At The Serra Pelada Gold-PGM Project In Brazil

Colossus Minerals is now cracking on with drilling to enhance the potential at its Brazilian joint venture, having sorted all the paperwork for a major expansion of its Serra Pelada gold-platinum-palladium project. That work will

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Minews Story: August 24, 2010

Results From Drilling Work At The Promontorio Silver Project Should Put Some Life Back Into The Shares Of Kootenay Gold

When last we wrote about Kootenay Gold it was involved in a bid for Sterling Mining, which owns the Sunshine silver mine near Coeur D’Alene in Idaho along with Alberta Star Development. Alberta Star had kicked things off, but its

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