Kipoi copper project moves closer to production
Tiger Resources (TGS-T, TGS-A) says commercial production will begin in April at its Kipoi copper project in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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El Morro’s EIA gets the green light (March 17, 2011)
Chilean authorities have approved El Morro’s environmental impact assessment, joint-venture partners Goldcorp (G-T, GG-N) and New Gold (NGD-T, NGD-X), report.
Candente works to advance and sell Canariaco Norte
Vancouver – Having sharply cut back operations during the global recession, Candente Copper (DNT-T) is coming back to life with a completed prefeasibility study, an updated resource and new financing.
Copper Canyon ‘very pleased’ with sweetened NovaGold bid (March 11, 2011)
Vancouver – Just one month after dismissing the Dec. 20, 2010, takeover bid of joint venture partner NovaGold Resources (ng-t, ng-x) as “inadequate,” and only one week after suing it for allegedly failing to honour certain terms of the JV…
Minera Andes makes headway at San Jose mine (March 11, 2011)
Exploration drilling in and around the San Jose underground mine in Argentina last year uncovered 7.5 km of new high-grade silver-gold veins, a 44% year-on-year increase in the cumulative strike length of all the known veins at the mine, Minera…
Equinox generates good cash flow but struggles with rising costs
With Equinox Minerals’ (EQN-T, EQN-A) bold bid for Lundin Mining (LUN-T) — to be financed by a $3.2 billion bridge loan — top of mind, the release of its year-end financial results attracted a little more attention than usual….
Yellowhead reviving B.C. copper project (March 09, 2011)
Vancouver – Recently listed Yellowhead Mining (YMI-V) is breathing new life into the Harper Creek copper project in central British Columbia that was first discovered over forty years ago.
PDAC: base metals and potash prices set to consolidate gains in 2011
The outlook for base metals prices looked equally bright to the next set of speakers at the opening technical session “Commodities and Market Outlook” of the Prospectors and Developers of Canada convention in Toronto.
EMED reviving Rio Tinto in Spain
In six years, Cyprus-based EMED Mining (EMD-T, EMED-L) has grown from being little more than a concept to a company with very real plans to restart copper production this year from the historic Rio Tinto open-pit copper mine in southwestern…
Taseko to add capacity at Gibraltar copper mine
Taseko Mines (TKO-T, TGB-X) wants to take advantage of robust copper prices and expand capacity at its 75%-owned Gibraltar copper mine in the Cariboo region of British Columbia, near Williams Lake.
Northgate updates resource at Kemess
Northgate Minerals (ngx-t, nxg-n) has boosted its indicated resource tonnes by 18% and its contained gold and copper by 10% and 9%, respectively, at its Kemess underground project in north-central British Columbia.
Baja finally gets to build Boleo mine (March 10, 2011)
After a false start in 2008, Baja Mining (BAJ-T) now has funding fully secured and is moving ahead with building its 70%-owned Boleo copper-cobalt-zinc project in Mexico’s Baja California Sur state.