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Volume 97 Number 50 Jan 30 - Feb 5, 2012
Exeter completes prefeasibility on Caspiche
The Caspiche gold-copper project in northern Chile’s Maricunga gold district has a US$2.8-billion pre-tax net present value at a 5% discount rate and a pre-tax internal rate of return of 11.5%, according to Exeter Resource’s (XRC-T, XRA-X) new…
Quadra FNX ups Victoria resource
Infill drilling at Quadra FNX Mining’s (QUX-T) polymetallic Victoria project in Sudbury, Ont., has increased inferred resource tonnage by 16% and raised by 32%, 26% and 4% its contained nickel, copper and total precious metals, respectively,…
Lupaka ups its ownership in Crucero
Lupaka Gold (LPK-T) now indirectly owns 100% of the Crucero gold project in southeastern Peru, after buying the remaining 40% stake of a subsidiary that held the deposit for US$9.2 million in cash and stock.
Iamgold sees capex rising
Iamgold (IMG-T, IAG-N) has reported production of 253,000 attributable gold oz. in the fourth quarter of 2011, the company’s best quarter of the year. Full-year production, including the company’s production from discontinued businesses, was…
Credit crunch no problem for Quartermain’s Pretium
Robert Quartermain’s Pretium Resources (PVG-T, PVG-N) has started the new year with a bang, announcing plans on Jan. 19 to raise $18.5-million in flow-through funds at $18.50 a share. The bought-deal financing led by Salman Partners represents…
Northern Freegold’s first resource for Revenue finds 3.7M gold equivalent oz.
Northern Freegold Resources (NFR-V) has added significantly to the overall resource at its Freegold Mountain project in Yukon thanks to an initial resource on its Revenue deposit.
BHP boosts copper resources at Spence
Resources at BHP Billiton’s (BHP-N) Spence copper mine in northern Chile has grown by nearly 700%, following a four-year, US$30-million brownfield exploration program.
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