Updated: Hana plunges on Ghanzi scoping study
VANCOUVER — Hana Mining’s (HMG-V) share price dropped 68% after the company released a long-awaited first economic study on the Banana Zone and Zone 5 at its 70%-owned Ghanzi project in Botswana.
Copper
Copper Mountain’s Q1 results surpass expectations
An impressive ramp up at the Copper Mountain mine in southern British Columbia and higher than anticipated first-quarter revenue suggest that shares of Copper Mountain Mining (CUM-T) represent an attractive risk-reward trade-off, mining analyst…
Freeport in eye of Indonesia’s nationalization storm
The world’s largest, publicly traded copper producer, Phoenix-based Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold (FCX-N), is standing tough in the face of simmering labour turmoil and nationalization overtures aimed at its Grasberg…
Curis an innovator and educator at Florence
When it comes to the mining industry’s grand stage, companies are often required to play different roles. The tale is much the same for Hunter Dickinson-backed Curis Resources (CUV-T) in its gambit to develop its Florence in-situ copper…
B2 Gold shows faith in Calibre
B2Gold (BTO)-T will help finance Calibre Mining’s (CXB-V) exploration activities in Nicaragua by purchasing 20 million Calibre units for $5 million in cash.
Altan Rio sees potential in Mongolia
Having assembled a collection of greenfield copper-gold prospects in Mongolia’s western frontier, Vancouver-based explorer Altan Rio Minerals (AMO-V) is aiming to take the next step forward with a US$2-million drilling campaign in 2012.
El Morro hits a road bump
Following the Chilean Supreme Court’s move to temporarily suspend the environmental permit for the El Morro copper-gold project, an analyst says the project should be shelved until the next decade.
More hot water for Baja Mining
Without additional funding by mid-June, the advanced-stage Boleo project in Mexico will be suspended, Baja Mining (BAJ-T) has warned shareholders. The announcement comes two weeks after the company declared a 22% increase in funding…
Revamped Virgin Metals improving Los Verdes
VANCOUVER — Back in 2008 Virgin Metals (VGM-V) was banking big on the high molybdenum price, marketing its advanced Los Verdes deposit in Mexico’s Sonora State as an exciting moly play and trying to rush it towards production.
Redhawk Resources adds tonnes at Copper Creek
VANCOUVER — Redhawk Resources (RDK-V) has seen a more than 175% increase in the total resource at its Copper Creek copper-molybdenum-silver project in Arizona with a new estimate.
Will cost inflation challenge supply growth?
Capex costs in the copper mining industry rose 33% on average in the fourth quarter of last year leaving in their wake “no shortage of examples of cost blow outs this year,” Barclay’s commodities research team pens in a new…
More hot water for Baja Mining
Without additional funding by mid-June, the advanced-stage Boleo project in Mexico will have to be suspended, Baja Mining (BAJ-T, BAJFF-O) has warned shareholders. The announcement comes two weeks after the company declared a 22% increase in…