Typhoon Haiyan: The relief after the storm
Typhoon Haiyan swept across the Philippines on Nov. 8, killing nearly 4,000 people, with thousands more missing and feared dead.
Copper
Aura improves ops, but seeks more funds
Aura Minerals’ (TSX: ORA) move to cut costs across its mines has contributed to promising third-quarter results, but the company still has operating and financing hurdles to clear before it can receive better market recognition, says CIBC…
Hudbay sells Back Forty stake, Constancia’s gold
With seven projects in the Great Lakes area, Aquila Resources (TSX: AQA; US-OTC: AQARF) is carving out something of a reputation as a junior explorer to watch in this region of North America. That reputation grew two sizes in early November,…
Mongolian gov’t rescinds 106 exploration licences
Criminal legal proceedings against former government officials in Mongolia have resulted in the cancellation of 106 mineral-exploration licences in the country. Investigating the former government officials accused of corruption has brought…
Capstone’s Minto keeps on growing
MINTO LANDING, YUKON — When the Minto mine started up in 2007 it was an open-pit copper-gold-silver operation with a projected four-year mine life and a 1,600-tonne-per-day throughput. But Sherwood Copper knew the potential at Minto was…
Barrick shelves Pascua-Lama
Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: ABX) has suspended construction at its controversial Pascua-Lama gold-silver project in Argentina and Chile, citing lower metal prices and regulatory and legal uncertainties.
The battle continues at Taseko’s New Prosperity
VANCOUVER — The permitting saga has lasted nearly four years for B.C.-based copper producer Taseko Mines (TSX: TKO; NYSE-MKT: TGB) and its New Prosperity copper-gold project, 125 km southwest of Williams Lake, but the proposed…
Silver Wheaton buys half of Constancia’s gold output
Silver Wheaton (TSX: SLW; NYSE: SLW) has inked a second offtake agreement on Hudbay Mineral’s (TSX: HBM; NYSE: HBM) Constancia polymetallic project in southern Peru: this time for its gold output.
Thompson Creek all smiles at Mount Milligan
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. — Thirty years after prospector Richard Hanslinger discovered copper-gold mineralization in the hills north of Fort St. James in central B.C. and three years after Thompson Creek Metals (TSX: TCM; NYSE: TC) struck a…
Enexco tables Contact PEA in Nevada
International Enexco (TSXV: IEC) is taking a measured approach to building its wholly owned Contact copper project in Nevada, with a recent prefeasibility study showing the deposit could be economically mined as a small and relatively cheap…
‘Unprecedented’ hit at Flatreef PGM deposit
A 90-metre intersection of 4.51 grams per tonne of platinum, palladium, rhodium and gold — plus 0.37% nickel and 0.20% copper — at Ivanhoe Mines’ (TSX: IVN; US-OTC: IVPAF) Flatreef deposit in South Africa has reignited talk of…
Thundermin and Rambler team up on Little Deer in Newfoundland
Thundermin Resources (TSX: THR) and Rambler Metals and Mining (TSXV: RAB; LSE-AIM: RMM) hope to bring Rambler’s expertise in bringing the past-producing Ming Ming copper-gold mine back into commercial production in northeastern…