Rio Blanco pre-feasibility study looks good
Pre-feasibility work for London-base Monterrico Metals (MNA-L) at the Rio Blanco copper project in northern Peru ha…
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Rio Narcea to drive ramp at Aguablanca (December 05, 2003)
Anxious to catch the peak of nickel prices, Rio Narcea Gold (RNG-T) now plans to begin underground development of i…
Andina on strike
Vancouver – The supply of copper concentrates on the world’s market got a little bit tighter after workers walked…
Milling tests positive at Shakespeare
Test milling of drill core samples from the Shakespeare copper-nickel project west of Sudbury, Ont., has successful…
BHP Billiton sells Highland Valley Copper interest
Vancouver — BHP Billiton has inked a deal with privately-owned Quadra Mining to sell its 33.6% interest in the Hi…
Cashin, Lisbon get thumbs-up sign
An independent study has concluded that the Cashin copper deposit of Constellation Copper (CCU-T) could be economic…
Alcan secures 92.21% of Pechiney
With Alcan’s (AL-T) 4-billion-euro takeover bid for France’s Pechiney expiring, the Canadian aluminum giant reports…
SAGC raises Pimenton funds (December 02, 2003)
Aiming to restart the Pimenton gold-copper mine in Chile, South American Gold & Copper (SAG-T) has raised $3.5 mill…
Nevsun hits new zone at Bisha (December 01, 2003)
Drilling at the Bisha project in Eritrea has led to the discovery of a new massive sulphide zone, reports Nevsun Re…
Bwana has Mkubwa quarter
The third quarter of 2003 was a good one for First Quantum Minerals (FM-T), as its Bwana Mkubwa operation in the Za…
Ontzinc bids on remains of Pasminco (November 28, 2003)
Administrators of Australian zinc and lead producer Pasminco have rejected a bid by Venture-listed developer Ontzin…
Jaguar Nickel fires up pilot plant (November 28, 2003)
Junior Jaguar Nickel (JNI-T) has started up a pilot plant designed to test the viability of its proprietary atmosph…