Hudbay opens two mines
Hudbay Minerals’ Lalor and Reed mines officially opened on Sept. 16 in Manitoba.
Copper
Precipitate Gold team talks discovery at Ginger Ridge
VANCOUVER — It took junior Precipitate Gold (TSXV: PRG; US-OTC: PREIF) two years of socio-political wrangling to get its drills turning, but only a fraction of that time to make a discovery at its 125 sq. km Juan de Herrera…
Lundin produces concentrate at Eagle
With the start of concentrate production and the completion of mill commissioning ahead of schedule and under budget at Lundin Mining’s (TSX: LUN) high-grade Eagle mine in Michigan, the company is poised to start shipments of the first…
Sean Roosen brings golden touch to Falco
The co-founder of Osisko Mining — who brought the $1-billion Canadian Malartic mine into production, and oversaw the sale of the company earlier this year to Agnico Eagle Mines (TSX: AEM; NYSE: AEM) and Yamana Gold (TSX: YRI; NYSE: AUY)…
Work on Oyu Tolgoi underground to resume in Q1
Turquoise Hill Resources (TSX: TRQ; NYSE: TRQ) and the Mongolian government have resolved several issues that have held up the underground expansion of the Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold mine in the country.
Capstone tweaks Minto’s mine plan after permit delay
Capstone Mining (TSX: CS; US-OTC: CSFFF) is modifying the mine plan at its Minto copper-gold-silver mine in the Yukon, after announcing that it had not received its amended water-use licence from the Yukon Water Board to pre-strip the…
Stillwater scales back work on Marathon PGM project
Stillwater Mining (TSX: SWC.U; NYSE: SWC) intends to reduce work at its 75%-held Marathon platinum–palladium–copper project in Ontario, as part of a wider strategic review.
Drilling prices ‘not sustainable’: Major Drilling
Prices for drilling services have reached levels that are too low to be viable in the long term, said Francis McGuire, president and CEO of Major Drilling Group International (TSX: MDI), in the company’s most recent financial statements…
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.
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.