VANCOUVER — Since hitting 333 metres of copper-gold porphyry in its first hole at the North ROK property in B.C. just four months ago, Colorado Resources (TSXV: CXO) has completed 6,000 metres of drilling and hit mineralization in 10 of…
Chris Chang of Laurentian Bank Securities has initiated coverage of Lundin Mining (TSX: LUN) with a buy rating and a target price of $5.50 per share and argues the company is well positioned to capitalize on the weak commodity price environment…
DEASE LAKE, B.C. — Buying used equipment. Building the small mine envisioned by previous project owners because it was already permitted. Funding the $500-million capital cost from cash flow, supplemented by a loan from a single…
Speaking on a conference call in mid-August from Ulaanbaatar, CEO Kay Priestly of Turquoise Hill Resources (TSX: TRQ; NYSE: TRQ) confirmed that development of the Oyu Tolgoi underground copper-gold mine was being delayed until matters including…
There are two ways to look at the current rough conditions in the mining equity markets: investors can believe in the “sky is falling” scenario and stay clear for an indeterminate period of time, or they can see present conditions…
Even with an after-tax, non-cash impairment charge of US$123.6 million related to the decline in metal prices and potential costs associated with a 1% tax on economically viable mineral reserves in Argentina’s Santa Cruz province, McEwen…
In early August the price for copper hit US$3.04 per lb. and seemed to be heading into a tailspin. But after several days, the price stabilized and reached a US$3.32 high before closing at US$3.31 per lb. What is going on?
Sometimes working with minority shareholders in joint-venture partnerships in Southeast Asia can present unusual challenges—a lesson St. Augustine Gold and Copper (TSX: SAU) is learning all too well at its enormous…
VANCOUVER — Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO) has taken another step in its effort to sell non-core assets and reduce its debt with a deal to sell its 80% stake in the Northparkes copper mine in Australia to China Molybdenum (US-OTC: CMCLF)…
Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: ABX) is writing down the value of its assets by US$8.7 billion and slashing its quarterly dividend in response to the recent decline in metal prices.
The whole appears greater than the sum of its parts for Candente Copper (TSX: DNT), which is acquiring Cobriza Metals (TSXV: CZA; US-OTC: CBZMF) — a company it spun out in late 2011 — to survive and hopefully thrive in a harsh…
VANCOUVER — The jurisdiction may not be ideal given recent events, but Calgary-based explorer Ecuador Gold and Copper (TSXV: EGX) is outlining some sizable resources at its Condor gold-silver-copper project in Ecuador’s Zamora…
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