Archives for April, 2013

Facts & Figures: Mining Trivia

0.39 g/t Gold grade of the Paracatu mine operated by Kinross Gold Corporation in Brazil, believed to be the lowest grade gold mine in the world. It has reserves of 1,461,061,000 tonnes at 0.39g/t for a total of 18,485,000 ounces of gold   3420oC Melting point of Tungsten, the highest…

Coppermoly Limited (ASX: COY): Game Still On

Today Coppermoly held a General Meeting at the Gold Coast Turf Club to consider several resolutions to replace the existing four man board with four nominees. The incumbent board was returned, but by a very close margin. The average vote of the four resolutions to remove the current board was…

ZYL Limited (ASX:ZYL): Back In Business

After being suspended since 7 March 2013, ZYL announced yesterday that all legal disputes and financial issues had been settled (read the announcement here). This will now allow the company to  accelerate development of its anthracite assets in South Africa. The outstanding feature of the settlement is that, for the…