Colossus Minerals and COOMIGASP, its joint venture partner report the beginning of an exploration program on the newly acquired land package contiguous to and surrounding the Serra Pelada project in Para State, Brazil. The first phase of planned exploration involves at least 5,000 metres of diamond drilling as follows: Step-out diamond drilling from surface to test for [...]
The Bloomberg reports on the Platinum Overtaking Gold as Metal of Choice on Autos. Even after a record 57 percent rally last year, platinum is cheap relative to gold, signaling more gains as demand grows from carmakers and exchange-traded funds. An ounce of platinum buys 1.41 ounces of gold, down 42 percent from the record [...]
Colossus Minerals (TSX:CSI) annouced new results from step out drilling today. The numbers continue to be impressive with 70 meters of 53.59 g/t gold, 20.77 g.t platinum and 31.3 g/t palladium. Colossus VP Exploration Vic Wall is quoted as saying: up to 400 metres south of the historical open pit, Colossus drilling has outlined substantial [...]
Colossus Minerals (TSE:CSI) reported today results from the first two of it’s Phase II drill results. Included in the results were 27.9 meters at 35.49 grams per tonne gold, 19.89 grams per tonne platinum and 25.14 grams per tonne palladium. This mineralization was intersected starting at 208.4 meters down hole. True widths have yet to [...]
By Kishori Krishnan Exclusive to Gold Investing News Gold jumped to its highest in Asia in almost four weeks on Monday as fears of a global flu pandemic prompted investors to seek safer assets. By Tuesday however, gold slipped below $900 for the first time since Thursday. It jumped to its highest since early April [...]
By Kishori Krishnan Exclusive To Gold Investing News With friends like these, who needs enemies? Silver and gold have a new best friend amongst their midst – Ben Bernanke. His pronouncement has engineered one of the last decade’s most dramatic turnarounds, with gold price leaping nearly 60 bucks and silver joining in the melee with a [...]
By Kishori Krishnan Exclusive To Gold Investing News The dollar rose as did gold. Gold rose in Europe on Thursday as the world’s largest gold-backed exchange-traded fund’s holdings set a record and Wednesday’s equity rally fizzled out, boosting the appeal of gold as a safe investment. Spot gold rose to $913.15/$914.15 an ounce from $906.65 [...]
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. The deal brought in money at $2.15 per unit, a significant premium over yesterday’s closing price of $1.77. Proceeds of the financing will mainly be used to [...]
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. Colossus President Vic Wall [...]
Colossus Minerals Inc. is an exploration and development company focused on gold and platinum group metals in Brazil. Led by a skilled management team, the company is managing and developing the well-sought after Serra Pelada project, a Colossus-COOMIGASP joint venture.
Wednesday, June 2, 2010