Except for lead, the base metals were all higher on Tuesday. Copper jumped more than 4 cents from yesterday’s close to $1.4872/lb. Nickel tacked on just under 14 cents to finish at $4.3522/lb. Zinc was little changed, ending at $0.4868/lb. Aluminum rose by almost 2 pennies, closing at $0.5848/lb., while lead sank to $0.4530/lb., down one-third of a cent.

In April 2006, Aurelian Resources (CA:ARU) made the gold discovery of the century. It was a once-in-a-lifetime find, the kind most miners can only dream of.