Eaglehead results disappoint Carmax speculators (December 17, 2007)
Vancouver – The first assays from Carmax Explorations’ (CMX-V) 2007 drill program on its B.C. Eaglehead property di…
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Laramide preparing for gold spin-off
Back in April Laramide Resources (LAM-T) announced it would spin-off its non-uranium assets into a company only k…
Western Canadian Coal embarks on strategic review
After enduring a net loss of $43.9 million in the second quarter of 2008, Western Canadian Coal (WTN-T, WTN-L) is l…
SouthGobi: It’s the coal, stupid
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia — Ivanhoe Mines’ (IVN-T, IVN-N) massive Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold project in Mongolia may be hogging the headlines, but it’s the Ovoot Tolgoi coal field that really should be getti…
Xstrata boosts Raglan resource (December 17, 2007)
Exploration efforts by Xstrata (XSRAF-O, XTA-L) at its Raglan nickel mine in northernmost Quebec have paid off with a substantial resource boost for the mine’s Zone 5-8, which the company describes as…
Editorial: Red light, green light
With the global commodities boom marching relentlessly forward, the week ended Dec. 8, the 49th week of 2007, was full of major announcements of mines going forward or else being stopped in their trac…
Freeport-McMoRan restarts Climax mine
With molybdenum prices trading recently at US$32.65 per lb. — up sharply from a 20-year high in 2004 of US$16 — it’s hardly surprising that Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold (FCX-N) plans to reopen…
Alexis prepares Lac Pelletier for bulk sample
Alexis Minerals (AMC-T, AXSMF-O) is steering its Lac Pelletier gold project near Rouyn-Noranda, Que., towards a production decision, but first the company is getting the mine and the property ready fo…
People (December 17, 2007)
Bolivar Mining — Michael Ellis appointed to recently created position — chief engineering and mining officer.
Mirabela Nickel’s Santa Rita shines
When Mirabela Nickel’s (MNB-T, MBN-A) Santa Rita hard rock nickel deposit in Brazil starts producing 18,500 tonnes of nickel in concentrate a year beginning in mid-2009, it will be one of the world’s …
Lead surprise for Zincore (December 17, 2007)
Zincore Metals (ZNC-T) has found a little more lead than expected in its Yanque zinc oxide deposit in southern Peru.
Western Troy adds up at Macleod Lake (December 17, 2007)
Thanks to a field season’s drilling, Western Troy Capital Resources (WRY-V, WTCRF-O) has updated the resource estimate at its Macleod Lake molybdenum-copper project in north-central Quebec.