Quaterra Resources (QTA-V, QMM-X) has taken a step closer to near-term production at its MacArthur project, a fully stripped porphyry copper-oxide property in western Nevada’s historic Yerington copper district.A preliminary economic…
Panoro Minerals (PML-V) has over a dozen properties in Peru, but is focusing on developing its two advanced-stage projects in the country’s southeastern region.Its top priority is the wholly owned Cotabambas copper-gold project,…
As with many resource-rich developing countries, there can be tensions in Peru between pro-mining interests and affected local communities. Switzerland-based Xstrata (XTA-L) is stuck in the middle of such a dispute as regional…
VANCOUVER — Rio Tinto (RIO-N, RIO-L) has announced billions of dollars in capital commitments to advance and upgrade some of its most high-profile assets.
VANCOUVER — Vancouver-based copper explorer NGEx Resources (NGQ-T) is enjoying a June comeback, as the company benefits from drill results on promising targets at its land package on the established Region III corridor along the…
Shares of INV Metals (INV-T) surged 46% to 16¢ on news the Toronto-based company plans to acquire the Quimsacocha gold project in Ecuador from Iamgold (IMT-T) in a move it hopes will take it from a junior exploration company to an…
VANCOUVER — A lot has changed since Vancouver-based producer Capstone Mining (CS-T) kick-started production at its Minto open-pit copper mine 240-km-north of Whitehorse in 2007. At the time the mine had an eight-year life and a throughput…
Nearly two months after Baja Mining (BAJ-T, BAJFF-O) initially disclosed cost overruns of US$246 million at its Boleo copper-cobalt-zinc project in Baja California Sur, Mexico, one of the company’s largest shareholders, Louis Dreyfus…
VANCOUVER — The Andean nations of Chile and Peru are firmly established as the top copper producing locales in the world. Chile holds the number one spot with annual production clocking in at roughly 4.9 million tonnes, while Peru sits in…
On the Philippine island of Mindanao, advancement of the Tampakan project — encompassing one of the planet’s largest undeveloped copper-gold deposits — remains in limbo following months of environmental opposition to a planned…
VANCOUVER — Aldridge Minerals (AGM-V) is aiming to be the next Canadian explorer to take advantage of a mining boom in Turkey that has drawn substantial international investment, and positioned the country as Europe’s top gold…
Denver-based molybdenum miner Thompson Creek Metals (TCM-T, TC-N) is bulling through a major expansion despite falling moly prices, temperamental equity markets and rising costs in a bid to diversify its commodity basket and provide long-term…
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