Inca Pacific wins environmental permit for Magistral
Fifteen months after submitting its environmental and social impact assessment to the government of Peru, Inca Paci…
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First gold pour for Centamin Egypt
Centamin Egypt (CEE-T, CNT-A, CEY-L) has poured its first gold from the Sukari Hill gold mine in Egypt’s eastern de…
Uranium symposium covers state of the art (Part 4)
Another paper presented at the U2009 uranium symposium in Keystone, Colo., was by Andres Meglioli of Environmental …
Great Basin Advances Hollister And Burnstone
VANCOUVER– Trial mining and underground drilling at Great Basin Gold’s (GBG-T, GBG-X) Hollister project in Nevada have increased the gold resource there while the company works to finalize a US$129-m…
Emba Derho Scoping Study Lifts Sunridge
VANCOUVER — As Sunridge Gold (SGC-V, SGCNF-O) announces a positive scoping study for its Emba Derho copper-zinc project near Asmara, the capital of Eritrea, the company’s executive vice-president Don…
Silver Standard Ramping Up Pirquitas
VANCOUVER — Stalwart junior explorer Silver Standard Resources (SSO-T, SSRI-Q), a force in mineral exploration for over two decades, is set to become a significant silver producer as it ramps up prod…
Inmet Ups Las Cruces Financing To $348M
Inmet Mining (IMN-T, IEMMF-O) plans to increase a US$300-million bought-deal financing to $348 million so it can pay off all debts related to building its Las Cruces open-pit copper mine in Spain.
Xstrata Triggers Consolidation Talk With Anglo American Offer
Consolidation is the key word again in the base metals sector after Xstrata (XSRAF-O, XTA-L) tabled an informal offer for London-based Anglo American (AAL-L, AAUK-Q) on June 21.
Semafo Raising $40.5M
West-Africa focused Semafo (SMF-T, SEMFF-O) plans to raise $40.5 million through a bought-deal financing, the company reports.
Pebble Creek Gets Key Permit In India
It’s been 13 long years in the making, but Pebble Creek Mining (PEB-V, PBLEF-O) is now just one step away from getting a mining lease for its Askot project, in the scenic foothills of the Himalayas in…
National Bank: Looming Food Crisis To Benefit Fertilizers
National Bank analysts Pierre Fournier and Angelo Katsoras say that a looming food crisis will raise prices of agricultural commodities and challenge the world’s food production capacity. And the fert…
Nautilus Hones Undersea Plans
VANCOUVER — Construction of its novel deep-sea mining equipment has been on hold since December, but Nautilus Minerals is seeing opportunity rather than disappointment in its delay: the company has s…