Downside protection trims upside for Phelps Dodge
Vancouver — Taking the position that copper prices are currently in “uncharted territory,” Phelps Dodge (PD-N) defended a previous decision to put in place copper collars and put options that shaved…
Copper
Andacollo’s sulphides look profitable to Aur (May 15, 2006)
It’s been a long time coming, but a new bankable feasibility study of the underlying copper-sulphide mineralization at Aur Resources’ (AUR-T, AURRF-O) 9-year-old Andacollo copper-gold mine in Chile is…
Antofagasta gets Tethyan (May 15, 2006)
Shareholders of Tethyan Copper (TYCFF-O, TYC-A) have tendered about 96% of their shares to a takeover offer from Antofagasta (ANFGY-O, ANTO-L) that closed Friday….
On-site exploration yields high-grade zones for Imperial
Vancouver — A spring drilling campaign by Imperial Metals (III-T, IPMLF-O) has returned encouraging results from several zones near existing pits at the wholly owned Mount Polley copper-gold mine sit…
Bema sees losses up despite higher gold output
Vancouver – Record quarterly revenues and gold production was not enough to quell the red ink for Bema Gold (BGO-T,…
HudBay’s earnings soar
Significantly higher prices for its bread-and-butter metals saw HudBay Minerals (HBM-T, HBMFF-O) more than octuple …
Agnico-Eagle’s Q1 and LaRonde II
Agnico-Eagle Mines (AEM-T, AEM-N) continues to build on its impressive assets by confirming it will go ahead with i…
Major financings continue to roll (May 11, 2006)
Vancouver – Abundant cash remains available to mineral explorers and developers in this resiliently strong resource…
Kansanshi hits the sweet spot
Production from the Kansanshi copper mine in the North-Western Province of Zambia has come along just in time for F…
Eurozinc gets the attention but falls
Eurozinc Mining (EZM-T) has been the most popular mining stock over the last week and it continued to draw heavy tr…
Niblack drills namesake VMS project in Alaska
Vancouver – A first phase exploration program to include 6,500 metres of drilling is under way at the Niblack volc…
Royalties tables scoping study for Raglan South (May 10, 2006)
Royalties tables scoping study for Raglan SouthQuebec-based nickel explorer Canadian Royalties (CZZ-T, CRYAF-O)…