Archive for the " Nickel Mining " Category

Argonaut Resources Announces Further Upgrade for Argonaut Nickel Discovery in Laos

June 11th, 2008
Argonaut Resources Announces Further Upgrade for Argonaut Nickel Discovery in Laos

Argonaut Resources announced the highest nickel grade intercepts to date at the Company’s Century tenement in Laos. The latest results include trenching intercepts of up to 22m at 1.0% Nickel across disseminated nickel sulphide mineralisation at the Nam Hone East prospect on the Century tenement. The Company is planning a concentrated drilling program on the [...]

Norilsk Nickel foresees lower IFRS-based annual net profit

June 10th, 2008
Norilsk Nickel foresees lower IFRS-based annual net profit

Norilsk Nickel expects its net profit under IFRS to slide to $5.3bn in 2007 from $5.96bn posted for the previous year, the Russian precious metals producer said in a memo prepared for the company’s annual general shareholders’ meeting scheduled for June 30. Meanwhile, the document states that, net of damage to business reputation, Norilsk Nickel’s [...]

Great Western Minerals Group Signs Letter of Intent to Acquire Less Common Metals Ltd.

June 9th, 2008
Great Western Minerals Group Signs Letter of Intent to Acquire Less Common Metals Ltd.

Great Western Minerals Group Ltd. is pleased to announce that it has signed a non-binding Letter of Intent to acquire all of the issued and outstanding shares of Less Common Metals Ltd. (”LCM”) of Birkenhead, United Kingdom, subject to the required regulatory approvals in the UK and Canada. The purchase price of this acquisition is [...]

Radisson Mining Relinquishes RM Nickel Property and Announces Positive Results of Massicotte Airborne Survey

June 1st, 2008
Radisson Mining Relinquishes RM Nickel Property and Announces Positive Results of Massicotte Airborne Survey

Radisson Mining announced it had entered into a Conditional Sale/Purchase Agreement for the purchase of 48 mining claims located in the township of Beauchastel in the Province of Quebec. This property was identified as the RM Nickel Property. Results of metallurgical tests recently received from SGS Lakefield Research Limited of samples generated from Radisson’s drill [...]

Dragon Mining Granted for Vammala Nickel Mine in Finland

June 1st, 2008
Dragon Mining Granted for Vammala Nickel Mine in Finland

Dragon Mining announced that a permit has been granted by the Western Finland Environmental Permit Authority for the dewatering of the decline and mine workings of the Vammala nickel mine in southern Finland. It advised further that dewatering will enable an assessment of the condition of the decline and main production levels to determine the [...]

Norilsk Nickel now sees LSE listing early July

May 31st, 2008
Norilsk Nickel now sees LSE listing early July

Norilsk Nickel is targeting a supplementary listing on the London Stock Exchange for the beginning of July, said the Russian metals giant’s chief executive, Denis Morozov.
“The listing will broaden the base for investors, give us more liquidity and, in time, a higher capitalization,” Interfax quoted Morozov as saying.
Norilsk initially had intended to list in London [...]

Norilsk Nickel shareholder urges talks with UC RUSAL

May 31st, 2008
Norilsk Nickel shareholder urges talks with UC RUSAL

Head of Interros and one of the main shareholders of Norilsk Nickel Vladimir Potanin has recommended the managers of the Russian mining and metallurgical company to launch a new round of talks with UC RUSAL on the divestment of energy assets into an independent company, the Russian businessman told journalists today. Potanin noted that he [...]

Copper King Mining Corporation Provides Project Updates

May 28th, 2008
Copper King Mining Corporation Provides Project Updates

Copper King Mining Corporation, an ore mining, processing, and exploration company located in Southern Utah, today announced further updates concerning its mining and processing operations near Milford, Utah.
Copper King announced today that the Flotation’s Mill’s prime electrical contractor, A&F Electric of Milford, Utah, commenced electrical wiring in the Mill by installing high efficiency electric overhead [...]