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Minesite News headlines August 29, 2008

Minews Story: August 28, 2008

After Disappointment On Sutakiki Solomon Gold Ventures Forth Across Guadalcanal

Three things make life difficult for explorers on Guadalcanal: heavy rainfall, steep terrain and complex geology. Anyone trying to understand what is going on also has to cope with unpronounceable names. So Minews was grateful

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Minews Story: August 28, 2008

Genco Mounted A Tricky Balancing Act During A Recent Proxy Dispute, But Now It’s Back To The Business Of Mining Silver

One week ago Robert Gardner, co-chairman of Genco Resources, was in Beijing, in his capacity as a member of the British Columbia (BC) government-sponsored business delegation to China. “I have very close connections with China,”

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Minews Story: August 28, 2008

It’s Lawyers At Ten Paces As Anglo Pacific And North Australian Diamonds Square Up In The Courts

No investor likes to be watered down by a share placement. But not many react by suing the company in which they have a major stake. In a curious sort of way it’s a bit like suing yourself. That, sadly, is what’s happening as

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Minews Story: August 27, 2008

Central China Goldfields Has The Optimum Plan: Cash Flow From One Asset To Fund Exploration On Another

Company directors investing new money into their own companies is a rare event these days. This is something we shall look at in much more detail next week, as it’s not normally for want of trying that directors rarely trade. But

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Minews Story: August 27, 2008

Buy Low And Sell High: Silverstone Resources Builds On A Winning Strategy, Although Its Shares Are In Need Of Some Support

Darren Pylot and his team at Canadian-listed Silverstone Resources have done such a stellar job increasing cash flow over the past 12 months that, believe it or not, the current dearth of capital available to small miners may

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Minews Story: August 27, 2008

All Hands On Deck At Uruguay Minerals As The Quest To Find The Next Economic Orebody Continues

“Whether we should hedge now is a good question”, Tony Shearer, chairman of Uruguay Minerals, told Minesite last week. A good question, and now we have the answer: as far as the Uruguay board is concerned it’s a resounding yes.

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Minews Story: August 26, 2008

All Eyes Are Now On African Eagle’s Dutwa Nickel Laterite Discovery In Tanzania

It is not often one gets a call first thing in the morning from Euan Worthington, deputy chairman of Aim-listed African Eagle Resources, so it will be worth checking the colour of the moon this evening. Euan cannot be described

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Minews Story: August 26, 2008

Scotgold Resources May Be Listed In Australia, But It’s Up To The Scots To Ensure Its Success

It says a lot about the mentality of the Brits that the history of gold production in Wales, Ireland and Scotland going back to the times of the Romans and Celts seems to be ignored. If you want gold, is the general opinion, go

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Minews Story: August 26, 2008

Etruscan's Youga Gold Mine Offers A Good Snapshot Of How The Industry Stands At The Moment

Starting a mine up is when the money is supposed to stop flowing out of a company and start flowing in. Unfortunately, this year has seen quite a number of companies whose brand new mines have had commissioning delays which have

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Minews Story: August 26, 2008

Greystar Presses Go On A Bankable Feasibility Study At Angostura

David Rovig’s been busy lately. On 18th August the company he chairs, Greystar Resources, launched a long-awaited bankable feasibility study on its Angostura gold project. One way or another Greystar has been drilling on

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Commodities: August 25, 2008

Commodities Kick Against Dollar Strength, As Supply Tightens And The Chinese Gaze Looks Up From The Olympics

A rampaging dollar and strong demand for bank shares last week seemed to signal – to some market watchers at least - that the commodity game was about to come to an end. That is, until the end of the week, when metals prices shot

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Minews Story: August 24, 2008

That Was The Week That Was ... In London

It was another mixed week for London’s mining shares, with some very strong performances, but also a lot of persistent weakness. One theme, although by no means true across the board, was that producers benefitted from some

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Minews Story: August 24, 2008

That Was The Week That Was... In Australia

Minews. Good morning Australia, you seem to have had an interesting week.

Oz. We certainly have, with China delivering us a win and a loss at the same time. On the stock market there was a very impressive mood of recovery thanks

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Minews Story: August 23, 2008

That Was The Week That Was … In Canada

Minews. Now over to our Canadian Correspondent to see how the Canadian Markets performed over the past week.

CC. After facing a barrage of selling for most of the summer, the broader resource stocks managed to rally over the

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Features: August 21, 2008

AngloGold Leads The Way In Investigating The Potential For Solar Energy To Power New Mines

Sunny Tropicana: not a holiday destination but the site of a potentially significant new gold project that could become the scene of groundbreaking developments in mine solar power generation in Australia. Certainly, 70 per cent

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