Mill changes pay off for GobiMin
Venture-listed GobiMin (GMN-V, GMNFF-O) posted earnings of US$879,000 on revenue of US$3.5 million in the quarter ended June 30, a net result of US1.4 per share….
Copper
Settlement looms at Escondida
Peace between management and workers at the world’s largest copper mine appears to imminent as the 25-day strike at…
Amerigo squeezed by tailings flow restrictions
Vancouver – Copper production from Amerigo Resources’ (ARG-T, ARGOF-O) Minera Valle Central (MVC) operation will be…
Record Q2 earnings for First Quantum (August 28, 2006)
Vancouver — A continued robust copper market propelled First Quantum Minerals (FM-T, FQVLF-O, FQM-L) to record 2006 second-quarter profits of US$150.5 million (US$2.33 per share), up 419% over the co…
Royalties gets revised feasibility numbers (August 28, 2006)
The Raglan South project of Canadian Royalties (CZZ-T, CRYAF-O) appears to have better economics than a recent scoping study showed, following a review of the operating costs in the study’s financial…
Sheffield cuts wide copper at Moonlight
Vancouver – Sheffield Resources (SLD-V, SLDOF-O) has been drilling away on its Moonlight copper property in norther…
QGX weathering Mongolia’s tax storm (August 25, 2006)
It takes a lot of blood, sweat and tears to develop a deposit in a young democracy. Sometimes all the work gets rew…
Equinox boosts Lumwana bought deal
Equinox Minerals (EQN-T, EQXMF-O) has boosted the size of its recently announced bought deal financing, with a tota…
General Minerals to spin-out silver-focused company
Vancouver – Appreciated prices and fundamentals for silver have prompted General Minerals (GNM-T) to spin-off cert…
Chariot off and running on results from Peru
Intersects from its Marcona Copper property in Peru pushed Chariot Resources’ (CHD-T) shares up on heavy volume. …
NovaGold starts construction of Rock Creek gold mine
Vancouver – The state of Alaska and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers have issued the necessary permits for NovaGol…
Boddington gets the green light
On care and maintenance since the last of the oxide reserves were mined out at the end of 2001, the Boddington gold mine in Australia received the go-ahead earlier this year for a US$1.35-US$1.5 billi…