More Alaskan high-grade for NovaCopper
Since NovaCopper (NCQ-T, NCQ-X) started drilling the South Reef Zone on its Bornite concession in northwestern Alaska this year, sixteen of the nineteen holes returned high-grade copper — a success rate of 84%.
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Tirex scores ground-breaking Albanian mine permits
VANCOUVER — Vancouver-based explorer Tirex Resources (TXX-V) is set to make history in the small Balkan nation of Albania. On Oct. 29, Tirex succeeded in acquiring 25-year mining licenses that encompass six past-producing deposits in…
Miners give back in Toronto and Mali
Finland’s next one?
Taranis Resources (TRO-V) thinks it’s about time a junior mining company hit the big time in Northern Finland’s world class Kittila copper and gold district.
Scott McLean says project generation model a win-win
Scott McLean and Kevin Stevens were part of a four-man team at Falconbridge that in 2001 discovered the high-grade Nickel Rim South deposit in Sudbury, Ontario.
Nevada Copper can’t help but to find more red metal
Nevada Copper (NCU-T) keeps hitting more copper just as it puts its finishing touches on a soon-to-be-released feasibility study for its Pumpkin Hollow property.
Rambler’s Ming mine moves into production
The Ming copper-gold mine on the Baie Verte Peninsula of Newfoundland and Labrador officially moved into commercial production on Nov. 1 and Rambler Metals and Mining (RAB-V, RMM-L) says the first 9,000-10,000 tonnes of copper concentrate…
Hana sells its Banana
Hana Mining (HMG-V) has managed to recoup some of recent losses for its shareholders thanks to, well, one of its shareholders.
Teck wobbles in the third quarter
Teck Resources (TCK.B-T, TCK-N) produced a record 99,000 tonnes of copper in the third quarter, up 29%-year-on-year, but lower commodity prices and sales volumes for its steelmaking coal sent the miner’s adjusted net earnings down to $349…
PEA lifts Entre Gold, but Mongolian risk remains
Entrée Gold’s (ETG-T) shares rebounded after outlining encouraging economics at the Ann Manson copper-molybdenum porphyry deposit in Nevada, following a recent slump that the company attributed mostly to “current political…
International Enexco keeps it simple
Mining investors often get caught up in the idea that the bigger the deposit the better the deposit.
Capstone: Doing it the right way
Capstone Mining (CS-T) is one of those good stories in the mining world that often gets overlooked: the company went out and did what it said it would do, and now it’s reaping the benefits of two steadily producing copper mines that…