Fortress plans to up Svetloye interest to 80%
Mineralization now stretches 100 metres farther at Fortress Minerals’ (FST-V) Elena prospect on its 51%-owned Svetl…
Freeport-McMoRan Inc
Freeport-McMoRan restarts Climax mine
With molybdenum prices trading recently at US$32.65 per lb. — up sharply from a 20-year high in 2004 of US$16 — it’s hardly surprising that Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold (FCX-N) plans to reopen…
Editorial: Red light, green light
With the global commodities boom marching relentlessly forward, the week ended Dec. 8, the 49th week of 2007, was full of major announcements of mines going forward or else being stopped in their trac…
Freeport-McMoRan restarts Colorado molybdenum mine
With molybdenum prices trading last month at US$32.65 per pound up sharply from a 20-year high in 2004 of $16…
U.S. Markets November 13-19
The losses from the previous period in the United States equity markets spilled over to the Nov. 13-19 trading session.
Delay at Tenke Fungurume (November 05, 2007)
Base metal markets will have to wait a bit longer to see some of the massive stores of minerals from the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s copper belt.
Delay at Tenke Fungurume (October 24, 2007)
The base metals market will have to wait a bit longer for some of the massive stores of minerals under the soil of …
Bannerman aims for top 10
SITE VISIT Swakopmund, Namibia — Bannerman Resources’ (BNNLF-O, BMN-A) Welwitschia uranium project in Namibia is named after a rather ugly plant found exclusively in the Namib Desert of southwestern Africa,…
Denver Forum rides bullish bullion
Denver, Colo. — On rising bullion prices and bullish market sentiment, the 2007 Denver Gold Forum saw strong numbers, with several hundred industry and financial executives attending the late Septemb…
East Asia Puts Indonesian Portfolio Together
Indonesia has had an up-and-down experience with junior exploration companies, having hosted staking rushes first by a mass of Australian juniors, then, infamously, by Canadians in the mid-1990s. And …
Antares hits new system beneath Haquira
Vancouver — A deep hole exploring a new copper-molybdenum-gold porphyry system at the Haquira project, in Peru, returned good grades recently with the news pushing Antares Minerals (ANM-V, ANMFF-O) u…
Cusac nabs Taurus
Vancouver — Cusac Gold Mines (CQC-T, CUSIF-O) is consolidating its grip on the historic Cassiar mining region of B.C. with the purchase of American Bonanza Gold’s (BZA-T, ABGFF-O) Taurus gold project…