Canplats Red Road discovery boosts share price 170%
Vancouver – Stained rocks in a recently improved roadbed led Canplats Resources (CPQ-V) geologists to the companys…
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Galore Creek mothballed
Vancouver – Just six months after NovaGold Resources (NG-T, NG-X) brought on Teck Cominco (TCK.B-T, TCK-N) as a par…
Copper-hungry Sherwood taking over Western Keltic (November 26, 2007)
Vancouver – Fresh off the success of its newly opened and already growing Minto mine, Sherwood Copper (SWC-V) has l…
Rio plans to spend as suitors circle
Rio Tinto (RTP-N, RIO-L) plans to get stronger and thwart BHP Billitons (BHP-N, BLT-L) hostile takeover the old-fa…
Iron ore prices likely to rise further with robust China demand
China’s insatiable appetite for iron ore has been a major factor behind the recent enormous price increases and pro…
Demand for resources is driving Chinese mining companies overseas
As the worlds largest consumer of mineral raw materials, its no surprise that Chinas mining companies are follow…
Lead surprise for Zincore (November 26, 2007)
Zincore Metals (ZNC-T) has found a little more lead than expected in its Yanque zinc oxide deposit in southern Peru…
Alexandria and the new Abitibi (November 26, 2007)
SITE VISIT Val d’Or, Que. — Alexandria Minerals (AZX-V, ALXDF-O) might be at the early stage of the exploration game, but the 75 years of mining success stories that surround…
Not so hollow
SITE VISIT Yerington, Nev. — There is a lot to be gained from a little drilling and a lot of thinking. That is probably one of the more obvious lessons…
Shear, Stornoway find big Kahuna diamond (November 26, 2007)
Vancouver — Canadian-focused diamond hunters Shear Minerals (SRM-V, SRMUF-O) and Stornoway Diamond (SWY-T, SWYDF-O) recently turned up a large stone from mini-bulk sampling at their Churchill diamond…
Navidad silver resource grows by 52%
Vancouver — Aquiline Resources’ (AQI-T, AQLNF-O) Navidad silver-lead project, in Argentina, has grown to become one of the biggest silver deposits in the world, according to a new resource estimate.
Filling in the gaps at Shea Creek (November 26, 2007)
Vancouver — The deep uranium deposits at Shea Creek keep growing for Areva (ARVCF-O) subsidiary Areva Resources Canada and earn-in partner UEX (UEX-T, UEXCF-O), both of which enjoyed a share price bo…