High River updates Bissa gold resource
High River Gold Mines (HRG-T) has boosted the mineral resource at its Bissa gold project in Burkina Faso, 80 km nor…
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Silver Standard ramping up Pirquitas production
Vancouver – Stalwart junior explorer Silver Standard Resources (SSO-V), a force in mineral exploration for over two…
Teck sells 33% of Waneta Dam for $825 million
Vancouver – In its latest debt-reduction move, Teck Resources (TCK.B-T, TCK-N) is selling a 33% stake in its Wane…
Lithium Americas gets down to business
Lithium Americas Corp., a private company being set up by Latin American Minerals (LAT-V) and an Argentinean borax …
Positive prefeasibility for Potash One’s long-life Legacy mine
Vancouver – Backed by a resource of more than 1 billion tonnes of potassium chloride, a prefeasibility study for …
Short Position Report (June 18, 2009)
TSX Short PositionsShort positions outstanding at June 15/09 (w…
BHP delays Chilean expansion projects
The global recession has prompted BHP Billiton (BHP-N, BLT-L) to continue to delay a slate of expansion projects …
Polar Star files technical report on Chepica in Chile
A year ago cattle grazed at the entrance to Polar Star Mining’s (PSR-V) Chepica copper-gold mine and a mill from Ch…
Panoro establishes inferred resource for Antilla in Peru
If you asked Luquman Shaheen, president and chief executive of Panoro Minerals (PML-V), why he likes Peru he’d tell…
Great Basin boosts Hollister resource, lines up debt for Burnstone
Vancouver – Trial mining and underground drilling at Great Basin Gold’s (GBG-T) Hollister project in Nevada have …
Quadra driving Franke down the home stretch
Quadra Mining (QUA-T) is banking that it is the right company to finally get the Franke copper project in Chile int…
Tinka reports metallurgical recoveries of 90-97% at Colquipucro
Tinka Resources (TK-V) has completed metallurgical testing on its Colquipucro silver project in west-central Peru….