BC’s power play to open province’s northwest
Power is the missing ingredient in B.C.’s mineral -r ich northwest, and the proposed $404-mi l l ion Northwest Transmission Line (NTL) could finally bring it to the remote region.
Copper
La Verde produces long porphyry hits for Catalyst Copper
Vancouver – Catalyst Copper’s (CCY-V) first drill program at the La Verde project in Michoacan state, Mexico, …
Baja Mining signs US$858 million financing for Boleo project
Construction and development can start “imminently” at Baja Mining’s(BAJ-T, BAJFF-O) Boleo project in Mexico’s…
Northgate returns to Kemess North (September 17, 2010)
Vancouver – Northgate Minerals (NGX-T) quietly restarted exploration work at its Kemess North project, where d…
Augusta secures US$176 million for Rosemont
Vancouver – Augusta Resource (AZC-T, AZC-X) has taken another big step towards funding its Rosemont …
Chinese make move for Continental Minerals
After a long period of tire kicking, Chinese conglomerate Jinchuan Group decided to take the plunge and has ma…
Exeter grows Caspiche ahead of prefeasibility work (September 14, 2010)
Vancouver – The already sizeable Caspiche gold-copper porphyry in Chile has grown again and the confidence in …
Long intercept has Intrepid climbing high
Intrepid Mines (IAU-T, IAU-A) hit upon its best intercept yet at its Tujuh Bukit project in Indonesia and the …
Orvana rises on Copperwood PEA (September 14, 2010)
Vancouver – Orvana Minerals (ORV-V) has released a preliminary economic assessment for its Copperwood project …
Carpathian pulls long gold-copper hit in Romania
Vancouver – A deep drilling program at the Rovina Valley project in Romania has returned the longest and highe…
Magma Metals updates resource Thunder Bay North resource
An updated resource based on nearly twice as much drilling as the previous estimate completed a year ago revea…
First Quantum shuts Frontier mine in face of DRC demands
Vancouver – The saga of First Quantum Minerals’ (FM-T, FQM-L) wranglings in the Democratic Republic of th…