Odds ‘n’ sods: Seabee, The little mine that beat the odds
In the late 1980s, veteran northern Saskatchewan bush pilot Bill MacNeill turned resource developer.
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Metals commentary: Constrained copper supply spells trouble, analysts say
There won’t be enough copper to meet Chinese demand by the middle of the next decade, Adrian Day, president of Adrian Asset Management in London, told a group of investors at the Cambridge House conference in Toronto.
Taseko takes a second swing at New Prosperity
Nearly two years after its initial environmental assessment was rejected, Vancouver-based Taseko Mines (TKO-T, TGB-X) is stepping up to the plate for a second attempt at permitting its US$1.1-billion New Prosperity copper-gold project, 120 km…
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Afferro Mining — Ousmane Kane appointed a director.
Correction
In the article “NuLegacy gets in line on Nevada’s Cortez trend” (T.N.M., Sept. 17–23/12), it was incorrectly stated that NuLegacy Gold has an option agreement with Miranda Gold on the Wood Hills South gold project in Elko County,…
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Atacama Pacific stacks oxide ounces at Cerro Maricunga
Toronto-based explorer Atacama Pacific Gold (ATM-V) has had a good run over the past four weeks. Anticipation built as Atacama neared completion on a year-long resource drill program at its wholly owned Cerro Maricunga gold property, 140 km…
Patagonia Gold to become takeover target: Hallgarten
Patagonia Gold (PAT-T, PGD-L), one of the largest landholders in the Argentine province of Santa Cruz and an exploration company that is likely to have three mines in production within the next three years, could be a takeover candidate in the…
Stornoway navigates the road to production
Recent media reports have suggested Stornoway Diamonds’ (SWY-T) Renard diamond project in Quebec may face delays given that construction of the Route 167 extension from Chibougamau to the Otish Mountains is slightly behind plan, but the…
OceanaGold: What’s the dillio with Didipio?
After the financial crisis derailed the Didipio copper-gold project in 2008 and OceanaGold (OGC-T, OGC-A) was forced to put the Southeast Asian project on care and maintenance, the company says it expects to start commissioning within the next…
Primero up 36% on positive tax ruling
Primero Mining (P-T, PPP-N) soared 36% after the gold-silver producer with operations in Mexico received a favourable tax ruling from Mexican authorities on its Advanced Pricing Agreement (APA).