Lumina releases more drill results for Taca Taca
Shares of Lumina Copper (LCC-V) advanced 3%, or 35¢, to close at $11.90 apiece in mid-December following news of more drill results from its Taca Taca copper-porphyry in Argentina.
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Teck options into Strait’s Alicia
Teck Resources (TCK-T, TCK-N) has given Peruvian-focused junior Strait Gold (SRD-V) a boost by optioning into its Alicia copper project.
African Metals held up by violence and rain
National elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have held up African Metals (AFR-V) in the development of its Luisha South copper and cobalt project.
Rambler delivers on Ming
Nearly seven years after Rambler Metals and Mining (RAB-V, RMM-L) took control of the past-producing Ming copper-gold mine on Newfoundland Baie Verte peninsula, the company has poured its first gold doré bar and shipped it for further…
Rio wins ruling, Ivanhoe stock falls
While being on the hook for half of a US$6-billion mine construction is hardly small potatoes, it’s a bargain compared to shouldering the burden alone.
Abacus advances its Ajax copper-gold project
Abacus Mining & Exploration (ame-v) has painted an interesting prospect at its joint-ventured Ajax copper-gold project near Kamloops, B.C., with a feasibility study showing the project could support a 60,000-tonne-per-day operation…
South American Silver releases first Escalones resource
Vancouver – South American Silver (SAC-V) has released a first resource estimate on its wholly-owned Escalones copper-gold-silver project in central Chile.
Taca Taca gets bigger and better
After a brief stop around midnight to refuel in Panama, Ross Beaty pulls out a sleeping bag from his carry-on and spreads it in the aisle of the luxurious Gulfstream III jet he has chartered to fly a group of mining analysts to Lumina Copper’s…
Intrepid Mines keeps expanding Tumpangpitu
For the third time in a little over a year, Australia-based Intrepid Mines (IAU-T, IAU-A) has added hundreds of millions of inferred tonnes at the Tujuh Bukit gold-copper project in Indonesia.
Lundin completes Semblana resource
Lundin Mining (LUN-T, LUMI-O) discovered the Semblana copper deposit adjacent to its Neves-Corvo mine in southern Portugal in September last year and describes it on its website as “the first new massive sulphide deposit discovery at…
Xstrata to expand Canadian footprint through organic growth
London, U.K. – After a decade of expansion through M&A, diversified Swiss miner Xstrata (XTA-L) is turning to organic growth to provide its next generation of mines and to increase production through the expansion of others.
Thompson Creek raises $270M with gold stream sale
Vancouver -Thompson Creek Metals (TCM-T, TC-N) has pre-sold another chunk of future gold production from its Mt. Milligan project to Royal Gold (RGL-T, RGLD-Q) in the face of a softened molybdenum market and two projects under…