Silvercorp to build new mill at Ying
After a spending spree this year during which Silvercorp Metals (SVM-T, SVMFF-O) acquired three new properties within 15 km of its Ying silver camp, the company has started to build a 2,000-tonne-per-…
Copper
Editorial: BHP Billiton pitches mega-bid
After a furious few months of mergers-and-acquisitions activity, the mining industry stopped to catch its breath during the week ended Dec. 15, the fiftieth trading week of 2007.
First Quantum ups interest in Equinox to 17%
First Quantum Minerals (FM-T, FQM-L) is quietly buying up shares of fellow copper miner Equinox Minerals (EQN-T, EQXMF-O) for “investment purposes,” it says.
Castillian expands nickel-copper deposit
Due to lab delays, Castillian Resources (CT-V, CTIIF-O) may have to wait until the beginning of 2008 for a resource estimate on its Las Aguilias nickel-copper-platinum group element project, in Argent…
Andean American reports new result at Invicta in Peru
Additional infill diamond drilling at Andean American Mining’s (AAG-V) Invicta exploration project in Peru, has yie…
Nautilus takes three steps forward
Vancouver – Nautilus Minerals (NUS-V) is three steps closer to its goal of mining the sea floor off the coast of Pa…
Constellation Copper releases scoping study on San Javier
Results from Constellation Copper’s (CCU-T, CCUDF-O) scoping study show its San Javier oxide copper project in Mexi…
Romios Gold intersects high-grade zone at Newmont Lake property
The results are in from Romios Gold Resources’s (RG-V, RMIOF-O) summer drill program at its Newmont Lake property i…
Eaglehead results disappoint Carmax speculators (December 17, 2007)
Vancouver – The first assays from Carmax Explorations’ (CMX-V) 2007 drill program on its B.C. Eaglehead property di…
Laramide preparing for gold spin-off
Back in April Laramide Resources (LAM-T) announced it would spin-off its non-uranium assets into a company only k…
Michigan approves Eagle mine (December 17, 2007)
Rio Tinto (RTP-N, RIO-L, RIO-A) subsidiary Kennecott Eagle Minerals will be going ahead with its Eagle nickel-coppe…
Lead surprise for Zincore (December 17, 2007)
Zincore Metals (ZNC-T) has found a little more lead than expected in its Yanque zinc oxide deposit in southern Peru.