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Castillian Announces $9 Million Exploration Program on Nickel Sulphide Projects and Additions to Technical Team
Castillian Resources Corporation (Castillian) (TSX VENTURE: CT) announces that the Board of Directors has approved a Cdn$9.0 million exploration budget to aggressively explore the Company’s three key nickel sulphide projects. The company has set an objective of completing the delineation drilling of the Mangabal South Deposit in Brazil and the Las Aguilas Deposit in Argentina, [...]
Finning Delivers 100th Caterpillar 797 Haul Truck to Oil Sands
Finning International Inc.’s (Finning) Canadian division, Finning (Canada), is celebrating delivery of the 100th Caterpillar 797 haul truck to the Alberta oil sands. The 797, the largest mining truck in the world, was delivered to Albian Sands Energy Inc., which now operates 25 Cat 797 haul trucks at its Muskeg River mine. Albian’s truck fleet [...]
Golden Eagle Confirms Confidence Demonstrated by Recent World-Class Projects in Bolivia
Golden Eagle International, Inc. confirmed its scheduled Conference Call and simultaneous Webcast on Thursday, March 8, 2007, at 4:15 p.m. EST (3:15 p.m. CST; 2:15 p.m. MST and 1:15 p.m. PST). The Webcast will feature a PowerPoint presentation updating progress on the C Zone gold project and the Buen Futuro A Zone gold-copper project. (IMPORTANT: [...]
Castillian Announces Acquisition of 100% of Maximus Resources Ltd.’s Option/JV Rights to Acquire an Interest in the Las Aguilas Nickel Copper-PGM Property, Argentina From Marifil Mines Ltd.
David Gower, President & CEO of Castillian Resources Corporation (Castillian) announces that, subject to regulatory approval, Castillian has reached an agreement with Maximus Resources Ltd. (Maximus) whereby it will acquire 100% of Maximus’s rights to acquire an interest (the Underlying Agreement) in the Las Aguillas Nickel-Copper-PGM Project from Marifil Mines Ltd. (Marifil) (TSX VENTURE:MFM – [...]
Big drivers for the sudden jump metal stocks include bullish comments about United States Steel Corp. (NYSE: X – News) and talk of a takeover of Corus Group (NYSE: CGA – News) by Tata Steel. Excitement about steel spread to Nucor Corp. (NYSE: NUE – News), AK Steel Holding Corp. (NYSE: AKS – News) which may successfully deunionize once of its plants, and Reliance Steel & Aluminum (NYSE: RS – News) all going up about 5.5% each. Bullish comments about copper demand (staying high) and future prices (not getting cheaper) from Morgan Stanley pushed Phelps Dodge Corp. (NYSE: PD – News) and other copper miners up.
Rival miners’ groups agreed to a truce late Thursday after a day of clashes over access to one of South America’s richest tin mines left at least nine people dead and 40 injured, a senior official said.
The fight pitted independent miners allied with President Evo Morales against those employed by Bolivia’s state mining company.
Hundreds of [...]
