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MAX hopes to find ‘silver lining’ in Majuba Hill
MAX Resource (MXR-V) continues to search for a copper-silver porphyry system at its Majuba Hill property in Pershing County, Nev. Assays were released in early February from a second quarter 2011 drill campaign at the property.
Shear secures Jericho water licence
Shear Diamonds (SRM-V) has earned a final approval on a water licence renewal for its Jericho diamond project in Nunavut.
Cap-Ex steps out at Northwest zone of Block 103
Cap-Ex Ventures (CEV-V) has released positive stepout holes from the Northwest zone of its Block 103 iron ore project that show the zone is open to the north, west and south.
Copper market more balanced in 2013-2014
Copper could see above-trend production increases in 2012, Bank of America Merrill Lynch asserts in a Jan. 24 report on base metals. The bank’s global commodity research team forecasts a more balanced market by 2013, “which could…
NovaDx looks to specialty coal
NovaDx Ventures (NDX-V), once a pharmaceutical shell turned merchant bank, has found itself on more solid footing as a specialty coal company.
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Lake Shore Gold updates resource at Timmins West
Greater knowledge from mining and development work over the last year and a half, results from infill drilling and a reinterpretation of drill results have culminated in an updated resource estimate for Lake Shore Gold’s (LSG-T, LSG-X)…
Positive PEA for Queenston’s Upper Beaver
A preliminary economic assessment (PEA) of Queenston Mining’s (QMI-T) flagship Upper Beaver project in northern Ontario envisions producing 120,000 oz. gold and 5.3 million lbs. copper a year at attractive cash costs using low-cost,…
Northshore results boost GTA, Balmoral
Shares of GTA Resources and Mining (GTA-V) surged $1.29, or 529% in a day to $1.54 on 7.8 million shares traded after the company released drill results from the Northshore gold property in Ontario’s Hemlo-Schrieber greenstone…
BHP and Rio double down on copper
BHP Billiton (BHP-N) and Rio Tinto (RIO-N) are feeling optimistic about copper. Six weeks into the first quarter of 2012, the two mining giants have unveiled plans to commit over US$4 billion to expand copper production at operations in Chile…
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