Rio Tinto Alcan starts $200M community fund
Rio Tinto Alcan has started the $200-million Canada fund, aimed at giving back to communities in Quebec and British Columbia, where the company has operations. The subsidiary of mining juggernaut Rio …
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Oromin tallies Sabodala resource
Oromin Explorations (OLE-V, OLEPF-O) has reported an initial inferred resource estimate totalling 1.4 million oz. gold at its Sabodala project in eastern Senagal.
More zinc for Lundin
Lundin Mining (LUN-T, LMC-N) has hit upon a new zinc-copper discovery at its Neves-Corvo mine, in southern Portugal, that could well be the largest deposit at the project, the company says.
Atacama to raise $80M
VANCOUVER– Atacama Minerals (AAM-V, ATAAF-O), a major iodine producer in Chile, has announced an $80-million brokered private placement on a best-efforts basis to raise money for its move into fertil…
Thumbs up for Silver Eagle’s Miguel Auza mine
The fully permitted Miguel Auza mine, which generated its first revenue for Silver Eagle Mines (SEG-T, SVEGF-O) during a bulk-sampling program last year, shows promising economics according to a prefe…
Tough quarter for HudBay
Lower zinc prices took their toll on HudBay Minerals’ (HBM-T, HBMFF-O) second-quarter earnings.
Andina doubles Volcan
Andina Minerals (ADM-V, ADMNF-O) has boosted measured and indicated resources at its Volcan gold project, in Chile, to 6.62 million oz. gold. The last resource estimate was released in October 2007 an…
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