African Copper to go ahead at Dukwe (September 20, 2006)
African Copper (ACU-T, ACU-L) will start construction of a mine at the Dukwe copper project in Botswana, with the h…
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Erdenet mining copper under Lenin’s gaze (September 19, 2006)
A giant painting of Lenin’s head still looks down over the sprawling copper and molybdenum project known as Erden…
Lumina merging into Western Copper
Vancouver – Latest in a series of industry consolidations sees Lumina Resources (LUR-T, LUMNF-O) merging into Weste…
Drilling enhances Lookout zone at Niblack property
Vancouver – Recent drilling by Niblack Mining (NIB-V) has intersected 14.94 metres grading 4.68 grams gold and 126…
Imperial Metals bids for bcMetals
Vancouver — A proposed takeover bid for bcMetals (C-V, BMTLF-O) could catapult Imperial Metals (III-T, IPMLF-O) into a much larger gold and copper producer, assuming the company completes the acquisi…
Chariot gets metallurgical results
Metallurgical testing on material from the Mina Justa project in Peru broadly confirmed the assumptions in a May sc…
New World cuts higher grades at Lipea
Vancouver – The second and third holes by New World Resource (NW-V, MWFFF-O) at its Lipea project in southwestern …
Petaquilla lifts veil on Jinchuan talks (September 13, 2006)
Petaquilla Minerals (PTQ-T, PTQMF-O) has revealed that it is in talks with Chinese nickel producer Jinchuan Group t…
Capstone achieves commercial production at Cozamin
Vancouver – Capstone Mining (CS-T) has officially joined the ranks of producing companies after achieving commerci…
Taseko drilling boosts resource potential at Gibraltar
Vancouver The $2-million drilling program launched by Taseko Mines (TKO-T, TGB-X) earlier this year is confirming…
First Quantum asserts rights as Gecamines seeks bids for Kipushi
Vancouver – In a battle launched by competing advertisements in mining and business publications, First Quantum Mi…
Alexis goes two camp
As the old adage goes, the best place to find a mine is in the shadow of a headframe. The odds, then, seem stacked in favour of Alexis Minerals (AMC-V, AXSMF-O), which is poking around behind some 60…