Tirex Resources offers 5 oz. gold for new slogan
Before Tirex Resources (TXX-V, TIRXF-O) came along, gold and silver values were largely unknown in the Mirdita mini…
Copper
HudBay Bids For Lundin
Vancouver — In a move that took investors and analysts by surprise, HudBay Minerals (HBM-T, HBMFF-o) and Lundin Mining (LUN-T, LMC-n) plans to merge into what they hope will be the next major global …
Kinbauri Expands Resources At El Valle, Carles Gold-Copper Mines
Last March, Kinbauri Gold (KNB-V, KINBF-o) acquired gold assets in northwestern Spain from Rio Narcea Gold Mines for US$5 million. The goods included two exploration properties and fixed assets at the…
Teck Takes Hard Line On Fording Debt
Vancouver–The harsh reality of Teck’s (TCK. B-T, TCK-n) debt burden has just become abundantly clear: the major has cancelled its annual dividend, slashed spending dramatically, and walked away from …
Exploration Adit Proving Its Worth At Niblack
Vancouver — The first underground drilling program at Committee Bay Resources’ (CBR-V, CBYRF-o)Niblack project, on Prince of Wales Island in Alaska, returned strong intercepts that are sure to expand…
VMS Ventures keeps hitting good grades at Reed Lake
Vancouver – The Reed Lake discovery continues to return solid copper-zinc-silver-gold intersections for VMS Venture…
Gulf region and India to cushion fall in copper usage
Vancouver – It is hard to believe given the bleak numbers the Lisbon-based International Copper Study Group (ICSG) …
Minto copper mine plugged into powergrid
Vancouver – The recently completed connection of Capstone Mining’s (CS-T) Minto copper mine to the powergrid …
Duluth Metals’ Nokomis economic, despite low metal prices
A preliminary economic assessment for Duluth Metals’ (DM-T, DM.U-T) enormous poly-metallic Nokomis deposit in…
Carpathian Gold doubles resource in Romania
Carpathian Gold (CPN-T, CPNFF-O) has doubled the resource at its Rovina Valley project in the heart of the Golden Q…
Apoquindo copper chiefs see near-term production
SITE VISIT Antofagasta, Chile — The word apoquindo means “meeting of the chiefs.” It’s an appropriate name for a company chaired by the former head of the world’s biggest copper…
Lundin Sees One-Two Punch In Q3
Vancouver– Deteriorating metal prices have forced Lundin Mining (LUN-T, LMC-n) to put one mine on care and maintenance, consider closing another early, and shift production at a third to copper from …