Superior Copper revisits the old Coppercorp mine
SAULT STE. MARIE, ONT. — Superior Copper (SPC-V) is hoping to find a new mine beside an old one as it gears up for another round of drilling on its flagship Batchawana copper property.
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Western Copper jumps on Casino feasibility study
VANCOUVER – For resource companies, it can be hard to keep investors interested during the lull between discovery and development. During those years the story shifts from exciting exploration results to endless studies of metallurgy,…
Angkor cashes in on Cambodian project generation
VANCOUVER — It has been just over a year since Vancouver-based Angkor Gold (ANK-V) went public with its stable of Cambodian exploration projects, and it is looking like the company’s early-mover strategy in the developing Southeast Asian…
Candente restarts drilling, shares surge 38%
Candente Copper (DNT-T) has started off the New Year by resuming exploration and feasibility drilling on its Canariaco copper-silver-gold project in northern Peru, sending its shares soaring.
Copper Fox falls on Schaft Creek feasibility
VANCOUVER – After four years of drilling, designing, consulting, and number crunching, Copper Fox Metals (CUU-T) has produced a feasibility study for its planned Schaft Creek mine in British Columbia that increases throughput by 30%…
Perseus disappoints on production
Perseus Mining (PRU-T) warned the market that gold production from its Edikan gold mine in Ghana would be less than originally forecasted, but it now says the number will be even lower than its previous downward revision.
Santacruz Silver on the fast track to production
VANCOUVER — For Mexico-focused Santacruz Silver Mining (SCZ-V) 2013 may well be the year where well-laid plans take root and begin to grow. The Vancouver-based company is working on a trio of advanced-stage silver projects with the goal…
Premier delivers 7.8M oz. Trans-Canada gold resource
Premier Gold Mines (PG-T) has completed a much-anticipated resource estimate on the Trans-Canada project in the Beardmore-Geraldton greenstone belt. The resource estimate represents the first consolidated results of the four gold deposits…
BMO takes a fresh look at single-asset miners
BMO Capital Markets’ research team is shaking things up this new year.
Rubicon prepares to defend Phoenix in court
The Wabauskang First Nation is getting more forceful in opposing Rubicon Minerals (RMX-T, RBY-X) and its Phoenix gold project in Red Lake, Ont.
Cash-rich AuRico to buy back shares
AuRico Gold (AUQ-T, AUQ-N) is flush with US$750 million in cash after selling Minera Frisco (MSNFY-O) its Ocampo mine and adjacent exploration projects, Venus and Los Jarros, in Mexico’s Chihuahua state, as well as its 50% interest in…
Centerra gets more headaches in Kyrgyzstan, puts more capital into Turkey
Centerra Gold (CG-T) is going all-in on a small Turkish gold project, just as it prepares to endure more tough times at the world-class Kumtor gold mine in Kyrgyzstan. Issues at Kumtor have been ongoing, with talk concerning nationalization of…