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<title><![CDATA[ Ivanhoe to keep board ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.mining-journal.com/finance/ivanhoe-to-keep-board</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ Ivanhoe Mines Ltd has said it expects to keep hold of its 14-member board of directors after the acquisition by Rio Tinto is complete ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:51:06 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ White Tiger loan ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.mining-journal.com/finance/white-tiger-loan</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ White Tiger Gold Ltd has reached agreement for a US$150 million loan facility to aid the development of its Savkino and Nasedkino gold projects in Siberia ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:50:51 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Cape Lambert financing ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.mining-journal.com/finance/cape-lambert-financing</link>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:51:03 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Accident forces Vale to halt Sudbury operations ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.mining-journal.com/finance/accident-forces-vale-to-halt-sudbury-operations</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ Vale SA suspended production at five nickel projects in the Sudbury area of Ontario after an employee was killed at the company’s Coleman copper-nickel mine ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:50:55 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Molycorp stake bought ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.mining-journal.com/finance/molycorp-stake-bought</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ Molibdenos y Metales SA (Molymet), a Chile-based company that processes molybdenum and other rare earth metals, will buy a 13% stake in US-based rare earths producer Molycorp Inc for US$390 million in an all share deal ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:50:45 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Funding for Tonkolili ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.mining-journal.com/finance/funding-for-tonkolili</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ African Minerals Ltd has said it will issue convertible bonds worth US$350 million (due 2017) to fund its Tonkolili mine (pictured) in Sierra Leone. ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:51:11 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Industry consolidation signalled by Xstrata-Glencore ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.mining-journal.com/finance/industry-consolidation-signalled-by-xstrata-glencore</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ The international mining industry is facing a new round of corporate amalgamation following confirmation that Glencore International plc and Xstrata plc are in talks regarding a possible US$80 billion ‘merger of equals’ ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:51:36 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Harmony's injury  ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.mining-journal.com/finance/harmonys-injury</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ An employee has been fatally injured at Harmony Gold Mining Co’s Bambanani mine in South Africa’s Free State ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:51:29 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Archipelago Resources sees material increase  ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.mining-journal.com/finance/archipelago-resources-sees-material-increase</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ Archipelago Resources plc has announced an increase in mineral resources and ore reserves at its operating Toka Tundung mine in North Sulawesi, Indonesia ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:52:48 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Pan African, Wits Gold team up to buy Evander ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.mining-journal.com/finance/pan-african,-wits-gold-team-up-to-buy-evander</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ Witwatersrand Consolidated Gold Resources Ltd and Pan African Resources plc will set up a 50:50 joint venture to buy the Evander gold mine (pictured) in South Africa for as much as R1.7 billion (US$220 million) in cash and assumed debt ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:52:41 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Novagold raises US$250m in bought deal ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.mining-journal.com/finance/novagold-raises-us$250m-in-bought-deal</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ NovaGold Resources Inc said this week that it would raise US$250.8 million through a bought-deal public offering ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:53:07 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ First Quantum raises US$1bn for Kansanshi  ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.mining-journal.com/finance/first-quantum-raises-us$1bn-for-kansanshi</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ First Quantum Minerals Ltd has arranged US$1 billion in funding for the company’s flagship Kansanshi mine, the largest copper project in Africa ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:52:43 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Anglo-Codelco dispute: the latest ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.mining-journal.com/finance/anglo-codelco-dispute-the-latest</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ The ongoing dispute between Anglo American plc and Codelco took on a new dimension this week after the national Federation of Copper Workers (FCW), a Codelco board member, filed a criminal complaint against Anglo ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:52:56 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Guangdong Kalahari bid to close ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.mining-journal.com/finance/guangdong-kalahari-bid-to-close</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ Thursday was the closing date for acceptances on the £632 million (US$1 billion) offer for Kalahari Minerals plc, made by the China Guangdong Nuclear Power Corp (CGNPC)last December ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:52:58 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Letter: Mine safety ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.mining-journal.com/comment/letter-mine-safety</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ In your leader, ‘Lest we Forget’, January 20, 2012, you commemorate the deaths of 204 miners who died at the Hester iron-ore mine ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:50:53 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Kung hei fat choi! ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.mining-journal.com/comment/kung-hei-fat-choi!</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ In her first Comment as Mining Journal Editor, Julie Crust notes that this is the Year of the Dragon, the most auspicious year of the Chinese zodiac, and the mining industry will be hoping that it will be equally auspicious for them with China’s voracious appetite for commodities continuing unabated. ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:51:34 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Kenmare chairman ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.mining-journal.com/people-and-appointments/kenmare-chairman</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ Justin Loasby took over as non-executive chairman of Kenmare Resources plc last week ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:52:46 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Senior changes at Sherritt ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.mining-journal.com/people-and-appointments/senior-changes-at-sherritt</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ Canada-based nickel and coal producer Sherritt International Corp has appointed a chief financial officer as part of the changes to its senior management team ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:52:53 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Bezant brings in Olivier ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.mining-journal.com/people-and-appointments/bezant-brings-in-olivier</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ Bezant Resources plc, a gold and copper exploration company with assets in the Philippines, Argentina and Tanzania, has appointed Bernard Olivier as chief executive with immediate effect ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:52:44 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Implats CEO ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.mining-journal.com/people-and-appointments/implats-ceo</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ Impala Platinum Holdings Ltd (Implats) has appointed Terence Goodlace as chief executive with effect from July 1 ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:52:37 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Congressman to Passport ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.mining-journal.com/people-and-appointments/congressman-to-passport</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ Matthew Salmon, a former US senator, will join Passport Potash Inc, a US exploration and development firm with assets in Arizona, as a director ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:52:51 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Hanking directors ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.mining-journal.com/people-and-appointments/hanking-directors</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ China Hanking Holdings Ltd, an iron-ore producer in northeast China, has appointed an executive director alongside three new non-executives. ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:52:50 +0000</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.mining-journal.com/people-and-appointments/hanking-directors</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ Aquarius Platinum ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.mining-journal.com/production-and-markets/aquarius-platinum</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ Aquarius Platinum Ltd, the world’s fourth-largest platinum producer, reported disappointing output figures for its second quarter to end December, citing an increase in safety stoppages as one of the reasons for missing analyst expectations ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:50:40 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ La Himalaya nationalisation an ‘isolated case’ in Bolivia ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.mining-journal.com/production-and-markets/la-himalaya-nationalisation-an-isolated-case-in-bolivia</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ The nationalisation on January 25 of the La Himalaya tungsten mine, the largest wolfram deposit in Bolivia, is not expected to trigger other such moves as the government said it is keen to attract mining investment into the under-explored country ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:50:47 +0000</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.mining-journal.com/production-and-markets/la-himalaya-nationalisation-an-isolated-case-in-bolivia</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ Rustenburg strike ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.mining-journal.com/production-and-markets/rustenburg-strike</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ The strike at the Rustenberg mine, owned by Impala Platinum Holdings Ltd (Implats), escalated this week, with Implats reporting that the majority of its Rustenberg workforce – about 18,000 employees – stayed away from work on Tuesday ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:51:09 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ African Rainbow injury  ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.mining-journal.com/production-and-markets/african-rainbow-injury</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ An employee has been fatally injured at Harmony Gold Mining Co’s Bambanani mine in South Africa’s Free State ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:50:57 +0000</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.mining-journal.com/production-and-markets/african-rainbow-injury</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ Goldplat production ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.mining-journal.com/production-and-markets/goldplat-production</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ Goldplat plc has secured permission from the South African authorities in its efforts to secure further feedstock for the East Rand Proprietary Mines operation ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:51:07 +0000</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.mining-journal.com/production-and-markets/goldplat-production</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ Yukon Nevada  ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.mining-journal.com/production-and-markets/yukon-nevada</link>
 <description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:50:58 +0000</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.mining-journal.com/production-and-markets/yukon-nevada</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ Rains bring loss for Ranger ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.mining-journal.com/production-and-markets/rains-bring-loss-for-ranger</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ On Wednesday, Energy Resources of Australia Ltd, a subsidiary of Rio Tinto, posted an after-tax loss of A$154 million (US$164 million) for last year, citing extreme weather conditions ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:53:05 +0000</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.mining-journal.com/production-and-markets/rains-bring-loss-for-ranger</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ Guatemala raises royalties ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.mining-journal.com/production-and-markets/guatemala-raises-royalties</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ Mining companies are to be asked to voluntarily raise royalty payments in the central American state of Guatemala, following an accord concluded last week between Guatemala’s Union of Extractive industries and the Ministry of Mines ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:53:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.mining-journal.com/production-and-markets/guatemala-raises-royalties</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ African states move to increase their share ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.mining-journal.com/production-and-markets/african-states-move-to-increase-their-share</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ The past week has seen a number of potentially significant developments for mining companies operating in the African states of Mali and Ghana, with the possibility of revised fiscal arrangements in each state ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:53:02 +0000</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.mining-journal.com/production-and-markets/african-states-move-to-increase-their-share</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ BHP sells Richard’s Bay Minerals stake to Rio, exits mineral sands ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.mining-journal.com/production-and-markets/bhp-sells-richards-bay-minerals-stake-to-rio,-exits-mineral-sands</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ BHP Billiton (BHPB) said it will sell its 37% stake in South African mineral-sands operation Richards Bay Minerals (RBM) to operator Rio Tinto for an undisclosed sum ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:53:03 +0000</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.mining-journal.com/production-and-markets/bhp-sells-richards-bay-minerals-stake-to-rio,-exits-mineral-sands</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ WTO rejects China appeal on raw materials exports  ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.mining-journal.com/production-and-markets/wto-rejects-china-appeal-on-raw-materials-exports</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ The World Trade Organisation (WTO) this week rejected an appeal by China over the setting of export quotas for raw materials in a decision that could affect prices for rare earth metals ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:53:12 +0000</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.mining-journal.com/production-and-markets/wto-rejects-china-appeal-on-raw-materials-exports</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ Teck to supply zinc for UN nutrition program  ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.mining-journal.com/production-and-markets/teck-to-supply-zinc-for-un-nutrition-program</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ Teck Resources Ltd has joined forces with the world’s largest chemicals firm, BASF SE, to develop a zinc food supplement programme as part of the Scale Up Nutrition (SUN) process, run by the United Nations ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:53:10 +0000</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.mining-journal.com/production-and-markets/teck-to-supply-zinc-for-un-nutrition-program</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ Indonesia protests escalate, Arc license revoked ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.mining-journal.com/production-and-markets/indonesia-protests-escalate,-arc-license-revoked</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ Clashes between authorities and anti-mining protesters, which resulted in the deaths of two people in early January, have continued this week in the Bima Regency of Indonesia’s Sumbawa Island ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:53:08 +0000</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.mining-journal.com/production-and-markets/indonesia-protests-escalate,-arc-license-revoked</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ Colombia: Stability secures steady growth ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.mining-journal.com/reports/colombia-stability-secures-steady-growth</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ After decades of security issues, Colombia is only now starting to experience a mining boom ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:52:13 +0000</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.mining-journal.com/reports/colombia-stability-secures-steady-growth</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ Balya intercepts ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.mining-journal.com/exploration--and--development/balya-intercepts</link>
 <description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:51:37 +0000</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.mining-journal.com/exploration--and--development/balya-intercepts</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ Porcupine assays ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.mining-journal.com/exploration--and--development/porcupine-assays</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ Explor Resources Inc has confirmed the continuity of mineralisation discovered in a hole last year at its Timmins Porcupine West property in Ontario, and noted that the mineralised structure remained open ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:51:57 +0000</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.mining-journal.com/exploration--and--development/porcupine-assays</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ High-grade Komahun  ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.mining-journal.com/exploration--and--development/high-grade-komahun</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ Polo Resources Ltd has confirmed the continuity at depth of mineralisation at the Komahun deposit in Sierra Leone ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:51:32 +0000</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.mining-journal.com/exploration--and--development/high-grade-komahun</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ Vista feasibility raises output and costs for Coalspur ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.mining-journal.com/exploration--and--development/vista-feasibility-raises-output-and-costs-for-coalspur</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ The independent feasibility study for development of Coalspur Mines Ltd’s Vista thermal-coal project near Hinton, Alberta, has designed a project capable of 11.2Mt/y output ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:51:39 +0000</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.mining-journal.com/exploration--and--development/vista-feasibility-raises-output-and-costs-for-coalspur</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ Deep Rainy hits ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.mining-journal.com/exploration--and--development/deep-rainy-hits</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ Ongoing drilling at Rainy River Resources Ltd’s namesake gold project in Ontario has confirmed the continuation of mineralisation below the planned open-pit development ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:51:49 +0000</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.mining-journal.com/exploration--and--development/deep-rainy-hits</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ Olympus confirms Bau ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.mining-journal.com/exploration--and--development/olympus-confirms-bau</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ Drilling in and around the Jugan deposit at Olympus Pacific Minerals Ltd’s 83.25%-owned Bau Central gold property in Malaysia has confirmed extensions to defined mineralisation ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:51:43 +0000</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.mining-journal.com/exploration--and--development/olympus-confirms-bau</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ Tuzon adds to Hummingbird’s Dugbe  ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.mining-journal.com/exploration--and--development/tuzon-adds-to-hummingbirds-dugbe</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ Hummingbird Resources plc has received a 2Moz independent resource estimate for the Tuzon deposit, part of its Dugbe property in Liberia, at which the Dugbe F deposit was estimated last year to contain 1.7Moz ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:51:51 +0000</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.mining-journal.com/exploration--and--development/tuzon-adds-to-hummingbirds-dugbe</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ Verde scopes potash plan ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.mining-journal.com/exploration--and--development/verde-scopes-potash-plan</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ An independent preliminary economic assessment for development of Verde Potash plc’s Cerrado Verde potash project in Mina Gerais, Brazil, has indicated capital costs of US$2.4 billion for a 3Mt/y operation ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:51:54 +0000</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.mining-journal.com/exploration--and--development/verde-scopes-potash-plan</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ African Barrick posts quadrupled Tusker estimate ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.mining-journal.com/exploration--and--development/african-barrick-posts-quadrupled-tusker-estimate</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ Exploration amounting to US$40 million, including 166,000m of drilling, has been used to quadruple African Barrick Gold plc’s estimate for Tusker gold deposit (pictured), part of its Nyanzaga gold project in Tanzania ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:51:41 +0000</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.mining-journal.com/exploration--and--development/african-barrick-posts-quadrupled-tusker-estimate</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ Starvation results ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.mining-journal.com/exploration--and--development/starvation-results</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ Yukon-Nevada Gold Corp has intersected high-grade mineralisation during confirmation drilling at the Starvation Canyon zone, part of its Jerritt Canyon operation in Nevada ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:51:59 +0000</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.mining-journal.com/exploration--and--development/starvation-results</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ Cockatoo posts Surat reserves  ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.mining-journal.com/exploration--and--development/cockatoo-posts-surat-reserves</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ Cockatoo Coal Ltd has released maiden reserve estimates for the joint-venture Taroom and Collingwood coal deposits in the Surat Basin of Queensland ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:52:25 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Tampakan resource confidence boost  ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.mining-journal.com/exploration--and--development/tampakan-resource-confidence-boost</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ Indophil Resources NL has received an updated resource estimate for the joint-venture Tampakan copper-gold project in the Philippines from partner Xstrata plc ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:52:02 +0000</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.mining-journal.com/exploration--and--development/tampakan-resource-confidence-boost</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ Initial Tenge results ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.mining-journal.com/exploration--and--development/initial-tenge-results</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ Baobab Resources plc has completed the first holes at the Tenge prospect of its 85%-owned Massamba iron-ore vanadium and titanium property in Mozambique ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:52:05 +0000</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.mining-journal.com/exploration--and--development/initial-tenge-results</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ Berkeley outlines Salamanca options ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.mining-journal.com/exploration--and--development/berkeley-outlines-salamanca-options</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ Berkeley Resources Ltd has completed a preliminary feasibility study with the assistance of consultants for the first stage of its Salamanca 1 uranium project in Spain ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:52:07 +0000</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.mining-journal.com/exploration--and--development/berkeley-outlines-salamanca-options</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ Scoping outlines Levon’s Cordero plan ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.mining-journal.com/exploration--and--development/scoping-outlines-levons-cordero-plan</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ An independent preliminary economic assessment has designed an operation based on 30% of the open-pit resources at Levon Resources Ltd’s Cordero polymetallic project (pictured) in Chihuahua, Mexico ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:52:10 +0000</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.mining-journal.com/exploration--and--development/scoping-outlines-levons-cordero-plan</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ Corazon assays ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.mining-journal.com/exploration--and--development/corazon-assays</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ Drilling beneath the existing resource at the past-producing EL nickel mine’s open pit in Manitoba has outlined base-metal sulphide mineralisation for Corazon Mining Inc, which holds an option to buy a 100% interest ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:52:16 +0000</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.mining-journal.com/exploration--and--development/corazon-assays</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ More from Calatos ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.mining-journal.com/exploration--and--development/more-from-calatos</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ Metminco Ltd has completed the third phase of drilling at Los Calatos, its copper-molybdenum property in Peru, with the results interpreted to have extended the length of the mineralised zone to more than 1.2km ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:52:18 +0000</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.mining-journal.com/exploration--and--development/more-from-calatos</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ Kuriskova prefeasibility designs underground operation ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.mining-journal.com/exploration--and--development/kuriskova-prefeasibility-designs-underground-operation</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ An independent feasibility study for Tournigan Energy Ltd’s Kuriskova uranium-molybdenum project in Slovakia has indicated the deposit could support a 13-year underground mine ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:52:21 +0000</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.mining-journal.com/exploration--and--development/kuriskova-prefeasibility-designs-underground-operation</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ Kipawa plan reveals potential ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.mining-journal.com/exploration--and--development/kipawa-plan-reveals-potential</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ Matamec Exploration Inc has received a preliminary economic assessment for its Kipawa rare-earths project in Quebec, and plans to progress work to the feasibility stage ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:52:27 +0000</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.mining-journal.com/exploration--and--development/kipawa-plan-reveals-potential</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ Toroparu update cuts costs, output ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.mining-journal.com/exploration--and--development/toroparu-update-cuts-costs,-output</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ An independent update of Sandspring Resources Ltd’s Toroparu gold-copper project (pictured) in Peru has forecast reduced capital costs compared with the previous assessment, but also reduced production ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:52:30 +0000</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.mining-journal.com/exploration--and--development/toroparu-update-cuts-costs,-output</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ Sissedougou discovery ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.mining-journal.com/exploration--and--development/sissedougou-discovery</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ La Mancha Resources Inc has intersected gold mineralisation that suggested an 800m-long zone at its Sissedougou property in Ivory Coast, hosted by interbedded metaconglomerates and meta-graywackes ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:52:32 +0000</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.mining-journal.com/exploration--and--development/sissedougou-discovery</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ Peakview intercepts ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.mining-journal.com/exploration--and--development/peakview-intercepts</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ Ironbark Zinc Ltd has confirmed the extension of base-metals mineralisation at the Peakview property in New South Wales, where a strike length of 1.3km remains open along strike and down dip ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:51:47 +0000</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.mining-journal.com/exploration--and--development/peakview-intercepts</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ Marropino delay ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.mining-journal.com/exploration--and--development/marropino-delay</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ Noventa Ltd has announced a delay in the commissioning of the second phase of its Marropino tantalum project in Mozambique, owing to poor weather and beetle infestation ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:52:35 +0000</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.mining-journal.com/exploration--and--development/marropino-delay</guid>
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