Royalties gets revised feasibility numbers (July 25, 2006)
The Raglan South project of Canadian Royalties (CZZ-T) appears to have better economics than a recent scoping study…
Copper
Teck Cominco sets new earnings record
Vancouver – The good times keep rolling for diversified miner Teck Cominco (TEK.B-T, TCKBF-O), which posted record…
Arizona Star and Bema see heap-leach benefits at Cerro Casale
Vancouver – A recent project appraisal has partners Arizona Star Resource (AZS-V, AZS-X) and Bema Gold (BGO-T, BGO…
Redcorp drill results help revive Big Bull
Redcorp Ventures (RDV-T) saw its shares climbed nearly 7% after results from three holes at its Tulsequah project i…
Barrick bid for NovaGold woos Grace from Pioneer
Vancouver – The strategic rationale behind Barrick Gold’s (ABX-T, ABX-N) all-cash bids for NovaGold Resources (NG-…
Phelps troika circles the wagons (July 24, 2006)
Facing a recently sweetened competing bid, and looming July 28 deadline for Falconbridge’s (FAL-T, FAL-N) shareholders’ rights plan, Inco (N-T, N-N) has increased the cash portion of its offer for its…
Quadra tables bid for copper producer Equatorial
Vancouver – Upstart copper producer Quadra Mining (QUA-T, QADMF-O) has launched a takeover offer for Australian-bas…
Freeport earnings up on higher prices (July 19, 2006)
Despite lower copper and gold production from the Grasberg operation in Indonesia, higher metal prices let Freeport…
Sherwood aims to fast-track Minto
Vancouver – Armed with a newly released positive feasibility study, Sherwood Copper (SWC-V) plans to fast-track co…
Imperial and Taseko boost potential of respective B.C. copper mines
Vancouver — Ongoing exploration efforts by two separate companies have expanded resources and the operating lives …
Equinox revises Lumwana figures
While the market initially reacted harshly to news from Equinox Minerals (EQN-T, EQXMF-O) regarding rising capital costs at its Lumwana copper project in Zambia, with time, the market came to see the…
Zaruma board survives coup
Gold and copper hopeful Zaruma Resources (ZMR-T, ZMRAF-O) is free to proceed with a financing deal that would see construction at its Luz del Cobre copper project in Mexico financed by Swiss-based met…