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Silver Wheaton announced Monday it will extend its original silver streaming agreement with Barrick Gold’s Pascua Lama Mine. Denver-based Royal Gold, which holds a 0.78% to 5.23% sliding scale net smelter royalty on the Chilean side of Pascua Lama, reiterated Monday that the company is not responsible for capital costs or other costs of the project. http://www.ctoccapital.com/silver-wheaton-extends-pascua-l/

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Gold and silver prices continue to disappoint the hard money believers, but fundamentals suggest that the long term future for precious metals remains a positive one. http://www.ctoccapital.com/points-to-ponder-on-gold-asian-/

The mining sector, already a major contributor to the economy of Canada’s Saskatchewan, will be the main pillar to sustain growth in the province this year. http://www.ctoccapital.com/mining-to-support-saskatchewans/

Chinalco Mining Corp. International will spend a futher $1.32 billion on its Peruvian Toromocho copper project one of the biggest in the world to increase production capacity, reports the Wall Street Journal. http://www.ctoccapital.com/northern-gateways-biggest-risk-/

Comex gold futures saw an initial moderately bearish price reaction to [the last] Wednesday afternoon’s highly anticipated Federal Reserve Open Market Committee (FOMC) statement and the ensuing press conference held by Fed Chairman Bernanke. http://www.ctoccapital.com/p-m-kitco-roundup-gold-backs-of/

Eighteen months into expensive hearings across the far north of British Columbia, views on the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline between proponents and opponents remain as far apart as ever. http://www.ctoccapital.com/canadian-oil-producers-plead-fo/