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Inmet’s Cobre Panama clears environmental hurdle
Inmet Mining (IMN-T) shares surged $3.12 apiece, or 4.76%, to close at $68.62 in the new year after the company announced that the Panamanian government has approved an environmental and social impact assessment for its Cobre Panama…
Lundin completes Semblana resource
Lundin Mining (LUN-T) discovered the Semblana copper deposit adjacent to its Neves-Corvo mine in Southern Portugal in September last year, and describes it on its website as the “first new massive-sulphide deposit discovery at Neves-Corvo in…
Anglo American meets organic growth milestones
Over the last year Anglo American (AAL-L) has commissioned three of its four major growth projects in three different metals: iron ore, nickel and copper.
Adriana joins the Wuhan clan
Adriana Resources’ (ADI-V) shares are back up after dropping 15% on Dec. 19 as the company reported that it’s partnering with Wisco International Resources to develop the Lac Otelnuk and December Lake iron ore properties in Nunavik, Que….
Avion triples Hounde resource to 1.6M oz. gold
In less than two years, Avion Gold (AVR-T) has turned a group of early stage mineral concessions in Burkina Faso into a 1.6-million-oz. gold project, with management convinced of its potential for growth.
International Minerals completes PEA on Converse
At a base-case gold price of US$1,300 per oz. and US$25 per oz. for silver and throughput of 45,000 tonnes per day, an open-pit mine at International Minerals’ (IMZ-t) Converse project in Nevada returns a pre-tax, non-discounted cash flow of…
Coalspur quietly advances Vista
Marketable coal reserves at Coalspur Mines’ (CPT-T) flagship Vista project in Alberta have risen 20% to 313 million tonnes from the 260 million tonnes estimated in the prefeasibility study. The 313 million tonnes will come from a recoverable…
Silvercorp’s Ying getting back its zing
Even after a KPMG forensic report cleared Vancouver-based Silvercorp Metals (SVM-T, SVM-N) of all anonymous allegations of accounting fraud in October, the largest primary silver producer in China has retained two independent consulting firms -…
South American Silver sizes up Escalones
South American Silver (SAC-T) has released a first resource estimate on its wholly owned Escalones copper-gold-silver project in Central Chile.
HudBay to build Reed copper mine
The board at HudBay Minerals (HBM-T, HBM-N) has agreed to develop the high-grade, near-surface Reed copper deposit in Manitoba into a mine. Production of copper in concentrate is expected to average 17,000 tonnes per year over the five-year…
Luxor turns Crocodile hunter
Luxor Capital Group, a New York-based investment company, has launched a partial bid for Crocodile Gold (CRK-T), which operates gold mines in Australia.