Copper

A panoramic view of Exeter Resource's Caspiche project in northern Chile. Credit: Exeter Resource

Exeter lays out options for Caspiche

VANCOUVER — Exeter Resource’s (TSX: XRC; NYSE-MKT: XRA) Caspiche project in northern Chile hosts proven and probable reserves exceeding 19 million oz. gold and 4.6 billion lb. copper. Such a large deposit had Exeter envisioning a…


Trevali’s Caribou looks profitable

Trevali Mining (TSX: TV; US-OTC-TREVF) is firing on all cylinders, with commercial production underway since February at its Santander zinc–lead–silver mine in Peru, and a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) newly wrapped up at…


Duluth Metals senior vice-president of exploration Dean Peterson at the Twin Metals polymetallic project in Minnesota. Credit: Duluth Metals

Duluth sees nickel upside at Twin Metals

VANCOUVER — It’s been a long road for junior Duluth Metals (TSX: DM; US-OTC: DULMF) on the northern edge of Minnesota’s prolific Iron Range, but it looks like development at the company’s Twin Metals joint venture…


A drill rig at Garibaldi Resources' Rodadero North project in Sonora state, Mexico. Credit: Garibaldi Resources

Garibaldi hits silver and gold in Mexico, hunts copper in BC

VANCOUVER — Ten years of developing and permitting new technology, staking ground, flying surveys, mapping, sampling, and finally, identifying drill targets, is paying off for Garibaldi Resources (TSXV: GGI; US-OTC: GGIFF): it has hit a…


Drillers at Ivanhoe Mines' 95%-owned Kamoa copper project in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Credit: Ivanhoe Mines

Ivanhoe raises $150M for DRC projects

VANCOUVER — With a $150-million financing, executive chairman Robert Friedland and his team at Ivanhoe Mines (TSX: IVN; US-OTC: IVPAF) have sidestepped a cash crunch that could have impacted the company’s ability to advance its…


Low costs at Tenke Fungurume bolster Lundin

Lundin Mining (TSX: LUN; US-OTC: LUNMF) continues to be a market darling, largely because of its position in the world-class Tenke Fungurume copper mine in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.



The north end of Nevsun's Bisha open-pit copper-gold mine in Eritrea. Credit: Nevsun Resources

Nevsun’s coffers swell as it shifts Bisha to copper

VANCOUVER — In its first full quarter operating Bisha as a copper mine, owner Nevsun Resources (TSX: NSU; NYSE-MKT: NSU) encountered some commissioning challenges, like higher-than-expected grades and a trucking bottleneck that filled the…


An aerial view of the Revenue polymetallic mine in southwestern Colorado. Credit: Silver Star Resources

Fortune to buy Revenue mine in Colorado

Fortune Minerals (TSX: FT; US-OTC: FTMDF) is buying 100% of the Revenue polymetallic mine in southwestern Colorado in a staged transaction, putting it a step closer to becoming a junior producer. 


[Update] Two drillers dead at First Nickel’s Lockerby mine

At First Nickel’s (TSX:FNI) underground Lockerby nickel-copper mine southwest of Sudbury, Ont., seismic activity that apparently preceded a fall in ground claimed the lives of two contract drillers: Marc Methe, 34, and Norm Bissaillon, 49.



Workers inspect a jumbo at Hudbay Minerals' 70%-owned Reed copper mine, 120 km east of Flin Flon, Manitoba. Credit: HudBay Minerals

Hudbay’s Manitoba business going strong and growing

Hudbay Minerals (TSX: HBM: NYSE: HBM) swung to a net loss in the first quarter of $27.2 million, or 15¢ per share, compared to a profit of $1.9 million, or 1¢ per share, in the first quarter of 2013, mainly due to a temporary…


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