Quadra attracts Sumitomo to Sierra Gorda
Quadra FNX Mining (QUX-T) is hooking up with Sumitomo to develop the sizable Sierra Gorda copper-molybdenum project in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile.
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Orvana gets its gold-copper mine rolling in Spain
Orvana Minerals (orv-t) got its northern Spanish El Valle-Boinas/Carles gold-copper mine and plant off the ground on May 31, and expects first shipment in June.
Inmet Mining’s Balboa zone excites the market
A high-grade intercept of 124 metres of 2.32% copper and 2.28 grams gold per tonne in the Balboa zone at Inmet Mining’s (IMN-T) Cobre Panama project is making Balboa a “contender” UBS Investment Research associate analyst Matt Murphy wrote…
Augusta Resource makes headway at Rosemont Copper project
The preliminary draft Environment Impact Statement on Augusta Resource’s (AZC-T, AZC-X) Rosemont Copper project near Tucson in Arizona has been delivered by the Coronado National Forest to the State of Arizona and local cooperating agencies,…
Capstone adds copper resources at Minto (May 30, 2011)
Capstone Mining (cs-t) bulked up measured and indicated resources by 219 million lbs. at its wholly owned Minto copper-gold mine in the Yukon. The miner also combined two deposits at the project, which were once thought to be separate, into…
Global mining giants eye Quesnel Trough
British Columbia’s Quesnel Trough could see heightened exploration this year now that several international majors have taken an interest.
Quaterra picks up past producer in Nevada
The 1970s were not kind to the Anaconda Copper Company. Its properties were expropriated in Chile and the company was eventually taken over by Arco, an oil and gas company that wasn’t interested in the copper producer’s mineral assets, which…
Southern Arc outlines wide zone
On one a tough day on the market for miners, Southern Arc Minerals (SA-V) defied the trend and made a solid gain on the back of its latest drill results.
Hunt’s promising intercepts at La Josefina
Argentina-focused Hunt Mining (HMX-V) has drilled encouraging gold intersections at the Sinter zone of its La Josefina gold project in Santa Cruz province.
NovaGold’s CEO chats about progress, George Soros
Vancouver – NovaGold Resources (NG-T, NG-N) held its first live broadcast of the company’s annual general meeting of shareholders on May 25, with long-time chief executive officer Rick Van Nieuwenhuyse providing a pleasing roundup of the…
Reko Diq to see a mining licence soon
The mining licence dispute for the sizable Reko Diq copper-gold project in Pakistan’s southwest Balochistan province seems to be coming to an end after much uncertainty.
General Moly presents at Goldman Sachs conference
Investors always like to know when chief executives buy stock in the companies they head. So it didn’t pass unnoticed last week when Bruce Hansen, chief executive of General Moly, (GMO-T, GMO-X) spent US$99,250 on the purchase of 25,000…