Miner Platinum Australia Ltd. announced that its new mineral resource estimate at the Kalahari Platinum project in Johannesburg surged 160 percent with the overall grade up almost 25 percent. For full story, click here
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Platinum is on track for the best quarter in over a year, as demand for the metal as an alternative to gold has nudged prices up 23 per cent. Platinum’s premium to gold stood at $213.15 an ounce yesterday, compared with $1,041.83 a year ago.
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Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Colossus Minerals Inc. announced today the closing of its bought deal offering saying that a total of $24.7 million has been raised including 1.5 units of the over-allotment. Proceeds of the financing will mainly be used to advance the Serra Pelada gold and platinum group metal project in Brazil.
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Friday, February 20, 2009
Colossus Minerals announced today a $21 million bought deal at $2.15/share with a half warrant at $2.75. The underwiting is being led by Macquarie Capital Markets and also includes Canaccord Capital, GMP, Dundee, Haywood, and Blackmont. An over allotment option could take the total up to $24.725 million.
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Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Colossus Minerals Inc. announced results including 7.88 metres of 406g/t gold, 98.4g/t platinum, 115.7g/t palladium, 2.74g/t rhodium, and 1.52g/t iridium at a depth of 252 metres. The Serra Pelada project is located in Para State, Brazil. These results are not true width and the release indicates that true width is not known.
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Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Platinum has bounced more than 30 percent since plunging to a five-year low of approximately $732 an ounce in October. This ascent is occurring despite the absence of physical buying from the industrial sector. This rebound, without appropriate technical recovery is puzzling analysts.
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Tuesday, April 14, 2009