Increased ore reserves at Semafo’s Mana property
Drill results from the Wona deposit have helped to increase ore reserves at Semafo’s (SMF-T) Mana property, 200 km…
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Orezone digs deeper at Essakan
Drilling by Orezone Resources (OZN-T) on the Essakan gold project in Burkina Faso, West Africa, has extended the Es…
Drilling extends Boka high grade zone
Vancouver — Southwestern Resources (SWG-T) has reported high grade gold results that show the stratiform nature an…
EuroZinc buys out remaining royalty
EuroZinc Mining (EZM-T) has completed its buyout of royalty holders on the Neves Corvo mine following a deal with P…
Constellation Copper cuts thick high-grade zinc and copper
Constellation Copper (CCU-T) has cut an average of 129 metres grading 0.34% copper and 5.85% zinc in three holes at…
Magistral starts commercial production
Vancouver – Nevada Pacific Gold (NPG-V) has begun commercial gold production at its Magistral heap leach operation…
More work at Simon Copper South
Pelangio Mines (PLG-V) has cut significant copper and zinc at its 16-sq.-km Simon Copper property, 135 km west of O…
Alcan, Novelis dive on profit warning (January 17, 2005)
Shares in Alcan (AL-T) and recent rolled-products spinoff Novelis (NVL-T) were both off more than 6% in early aft…
Century eyes Sigma revival (January 17, 2005)
Preliminary results from ongoing reverse-circulation drilling by Century Mining (CMM-V) suggests that grades at the…
Copper is king in British Columbia
Vancouver — Mineral exploration and development in British Columbia have emerged from a bad nightmare caused by weak commodity prices and an unsupportive previous provincial government.
Yukon exploration heats up
Whitehorse, Y.T. — In an effort to improve its economy, the Yukon government is rolling out the welcome mat as it tries to lure companies back into exploring and mining in the territory. Buoyed by a resurgence in metal prices on the heels of devo…
The Northern Miner Indices (January 17, 2005)
North American Mining: 107.04 (+0.31)…