Chinese suitors offer $13.75 a share for Northern Peru
Vancouver – In a deal valued at $455 million, Northern Peru Copper (NOC-V) is being bought out by China Minmetals a…
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First Majestic finding promise in old Mexican mines (December 04, 2007)
Vancouver – Initial drill results from First Majestic Silver’s (FR-V) Chalchihuites group of properties in Zacateca…
Goldcorp to build Penasquito bigger, sooner
Vancouver – Goldcorp (G-T, GG-N) is expanding the Penasquito mine in Mexico before it’s even built, announcing a pl…
San Agustin shaping up above and below ground
Vancouver — With trenching expanding the mineralized footprint and drilling pulling up good grades over considerable lengths, Geologix Explorations’ (GIX-V, GXEXF-O) polymetallic San Agustin project,…
New holes expand Bahuerachi
Further drill results from Tyler Resources (TYS-V, TYRRF-O) at its Bahuerachi copper-zinc project in Chihuahua stat…
Canplats Red Road discovery boosts share price 170%
Vancouver – Stained rocks in a recently improved roadbed led Canplats Resources (CPQ-V) geologists to the companys…
Copper-hungry Sherwood taking over Western Keltic (November 26, 2007)
Vancouver – Fresh off the success of its newly opened and already growing Minto mine, Sherwood Copper (SWC-V) has l…
Lead surprise for Zincore (November 26, 2007)
Zincore Metals (ZNC-T) has found a little more lead than expected in its Yanque zinc oxide deposit in southern Peru…
Under former Haywood VP, Mantle plugs away at Akie
Vancouver — Mantle Resources (MTS-V, MTSZF-O) is carving out a name for itself among junior explorers, with results from the most recent hole at the company’s Akie property, in northeastern B.C., sho…
Tyler board rejects Mercator bid (November 26, 2007)
The board of Tyler Resources (TYS-V, TYRRF-O) has rejected a takeover bid from Mercator Minerals (ML-T, MLKKF-O) that values the company at $139 million. It also fired an exploration shot in its resis…
Forecasters put Copper up and zinc down for 2008
In their report on copper and zinc prices, Scotia Capital analysts Onno Rutten and Lawrence Smith upped their coppe…
First Metals begins production at Fabie Bay
First Metals (FMA-T) is finally shipping ore from its Fabie Bay open pit in Rouyn-Noranda, Que.Ore is being cru…