Tamarack North delivers for Talon in Minnesota
Over the last two years, the management team at Talon Metals (TSX: TLO; US-OTC: TLOFF) looked at more than 700 projects before it found one that it believed could be a company-maker.
Copper
Broken Hammer funds Wallbridge’s exploration plans
It’s been a busy six months for Wallbridge Mining (TSX: WM; US-OTC: WLBMF).
Sudbury Platinum advances Aer-Kidd
Privately held Sudbury Platinum, in which project-generator Transition Metals (TSXV: XTM; US-OTC: TNTMF) holds a 57% stake and Royal Nickel (TSX: RNX; US-OTC: RNKLF) a 23% interest, has acquired 100% ownership of the Aer-Kidd project, 20…
Trevali finds more copper and gold at Stratmat in New Brunswick
Trevali Mining (TSX: TV; US-OTC: TREVF) is hitting the right notes with its drill programs in Peru and New Brunswick, discovering three zones over the last three months.
Facts ‘n’ figures: Refined copper in deficit in early 2014
According to preliminary International Copper Study Group data, the refined copper market balance for May 2014 (excluding the adjustment for changes in China’s bonded stocks) showed an apparent production deficit of 69,000 tonnes. When…
Agnico expands Mexican footprint via $205M Cayden bid
VANCOUVER — Agnico Eagle Mines (TSX: AEM; NYSE: AEM) had been eyeing Cayden Resources’ (TSXV: CYD; US-OTC: CDKNF) exploration efforts since early 2012, but on Sept. 8 finally made its move with a $205-million offer…
Taseko to buy Curis
B.C. copper miner Taseko Mines (TSX: TKO; NYSE-MKT: TGB) has tabled a friendly, all-share bid for Vancouver-based junior copper developer Curis Resources (TSX: CUV; US-OTC: PCCRF) and its wholly owned Florence in situ copper project beside the…
Imperial agrees to First Nations review of Red Chris
Imperial Metals (TSX: III; US-OTC: IPMLF), the beleaguered miner behind the large Mount Polley tailings spill in B.C., has agreed that the Tahltan Central Council could review the tailings facility at its Red Chris copper–gold mine now…
Mercator on life support
Financially troubled producer Mercator Minerals (TSX: ML; US-OTC: MLKKF) has filed for protection from its creditors in Canada and the U.S.
Start small in the Ring of Fire, Noront CEO says
There’s no question that massive infrastructure will need to be built in order to mine the large chromite deposits in the Ring of Fire, says Noront Resources (TSXV: NOT) president and CEO Alan Coutts.
Letter to the editor: Why Mount Polley’s tailings are not toxic
The Mount Polley copper-gold mine operated by Imperial Metals processed a form of ore related to an alkali intrusive. This type of ore is typified as having a low content of sulphur and is not associated with significant quantities of…
Balmoral delivers more high-grade nickel-PGMs at Grasset
Balmoral Resources’ (TSX: BAR) latest drill results provide further confirmation of new high-grade discovery at its Grasset nickel-copper-PGM project in Quebec, 600 km northwest of Montreal.