Mangazeisky showing sparkle for Silver Bear
Vancouver– In its third year exploring the Mangazeisky silver project in Russia’s Sakha Republic, Silver Bear Resources (SBR-t) pulled some short, high-grade intercepts out the of ground, indicating …
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Silverstone makes move into gold
Vancouver — Silverstone Resources (SST-V, SVRCF-o) has secured life-of-mine silver and gold production from Sherwood Copper’s (SWC-V, SWOPF-o) Minto copper mine in the Yukon.
Editorial: Teck teeters, Apex falls
Falling commodity prices took deep bites out of another group of zinc miners during the week ended Nov. 15, the 46th trading week of 2008.
Apogee shuts La Solucion mine in Bolivia
Declining metal prices and lower grades combined with higher smelting costs and taxes have forced Apogee Minerals (…
MAG drills high-grade silver at Juanicipio
Vancouver – The Valdecanas vein on the Juanicipio property in the state of Zacatecas, Mexico, continues to return h…
Exploration adit proving its worth at Niblack
Vancouver – The first underground drilling program at Committee Bay’s (CBR-V) Niblack project on Prince on Wa…
Minefinders pours first gold at Dolores, Mexico
Minefinders’ (MFL-T, MFN-X) Dolores mine in Chihuahua, Mexico is expected to produce more than 1.7 million oz…
Hana hits more copper at Ghanzi (November 17, 2008)
Vancouver — Hana Mining has (HMG-v) quadrupled the strike length of Zone 2 at its Ghanzi copper project, in northwestern Botswana, to 2 km. The zone is one of six Hana has targeted on the 4,370-sq.-k…
Nevsun arranges US$89M debt for Bisha (November 17, 2008)
Vancouver — The Industrial Development Corp. of South Africa (IDC) must have liked what it saw at Nevsun Resources’ (NSU-T, NSU-x) Bisha project when it visited the site in Eritrea this August. The I…
Berg shaping up for Terrane Metals (November 17, 2008)
Vancouver — Terrane Metals (TRX-V, TRXOF-o) may be primarily focused on developing its mega Mt. Milligan copper project, near Prince George, B. C., but the company is still finding time to drill its …
Apex out, Sumitomo in at San Cristobal
Apex Silver Mines (SIL-X) is selling its stake in the massive San Cristobal zinc and silver mine to Japan-based Sum…
Rambler looks to bring Ming back to life
Vancouver – With dewatering complete and a prefeasibility study underway, Rambler Metals and Mining (RAB-V) continu…