Copper

Xstrata copes with civil unrest in Peru

VANCOUVER — As with many developing countries, there is a natural resource duality in Peru that can trigger tension between pro-mining interests and local communities. Switzerland-based mega-miner Xstrata PLC (XTA-L) is stuck in the…


Exploring La Escandalosa at GoldQuest Mining's Las Tres Palmas gold-copper project in the Dominican Republic. Photo by Goldquest Mining

GoldQuest soars 613% on new discovery

GoldQuest Mining (GQC-V) shares have taken flight after the company revealed a monster gold intercept from its 15-hole program at the Las Tres Palmas project in the northest Dominican Republic, around 40 km east-southeast from the border with…


Drillers at Hana Mining's Ghanzi copper-silver project in Botswana. Photo by Hana Mining

Hana plunges on Ghanzi PEA disappointment

Hana Mining’s (HMG-V) share price dropped 68% after the company released a long-awaited preliminary economoc assessment (PEA) on the Banana zone and zone 5 at its 70%-owned Ghanzi copper-silver project in northeastern Botswana.The news…



Thompson Creek provides the lowdown on Mt. Milligan

VANCOUVER — As the old adage goes, it tends to always be darkest before the dawn, and that seems an apt description for Colorado-based molybdenum (moly) player Thompson Creek Metals (TCM-T, TC-N). The company is bulling through a stage of…


Lumina Copper's Taca Taca copper project in northwestern Argentina. Photo by Trish Saywell

Taca Taca won’t be taken, analysts say

When Lumina Copper (LCC-V) announced in early May that it had increased the size of its Taca Taca copper project in northwestern Argentina, mining analyst Adam Low of Raymond James raised his six- to 12-month target price on the stock by $2.50,…


Drillers at Crazy Horse Resources' Taysan copper project in the Philippines, 100 km south of Manila. Photo by Crazy Horse Resources

Crazy Horse moves Taysan ahead with prefeasibility study

Philippines-focused Crazy Horse Resources (CZH-V) has outlined a 15-milliontonne- per-year open-pit copper operation at its Taysan project in a prefeasibility study. The mine plan, like the November scoping study before it, splits the project…


Lifton describes copper as ‘nerves of civilization’

In a keynote address at Byron Capital Markets’ third annual conference on electric metals in Toronto on April 19, Jack Lifton warned that copper shortages should be a far greater concern than electric metals, such as rare earths, graphite…


McEwen comments on uncertainty in Argentina

When mining entrepreneur Rob McEwen put US Gold and Minera Andes together to create McEwen Mining (MUX-T, MUX-N) he was working on the model that you could take one company that had cash flow and another company that had development…


Quaterra completes MacArthur PEA

Quattera Resources (QTA-V) took a step closer this week to near-term production at its MacArthur project, a fully-stripped porphyry copper oxide property in the historic Yerington copper district of Nevada.


Change the only constant for Ivanhoe

VANCOUVER — Change and progress are the name of the game for Vancouver-based Ivanhoe Mines (IVN-T, IVN-N) as the company adjusts to a takeover by Rio Tinto (RIO-N, RIO-L, RIO-A) and approaches first production at its world-class Oyu…


Nothing to fear for copper projects in Argentina

When Lumina Copper (LUM-V) announced earlier this month that it had significantly increased the size of its Taca Taca project in Argentina, mining analyst Adam Low of Raymond James raised his six-to-twelve month target price on the stock by…


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