Lundin to bring Touro back to its copper roots
Lundin Mining (LUN-T) wants to give an old copper mine in Spain its identity back.
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VMS Ventures looking to repeat Reed success
Manitoba’s Flin Flon greenstone belt has been yielding high-grade copper and zinc from its volcanogenic massive sulphide orebodies for almost 85 years, and VMS Ventures (VMS-V) thinks there’s a lot more mineralization to be found.
Sunridge unveils Asmara North hybrid mine plan
VANCOUVER — Vancouver-based junior Sunridge Gold (SGC-V) successfully merged four-polymetallic deposits at its Asmara North project in Eritrea, Africa, into a centralized-mill mine model for a feasibility study, it released in early…
Bolero jumps on graphite trend
VANCOUVER — Proving there is still healthy demand for new graphite plays, new entrant Bolero Resources’ (BRU-V) share price nearly doubled after announcing it had secured some prospective graphite claims in northern Ontario.
Altan Rio sees potential in Mongolia
VANCOUVER — Having assembled a collection of greenfield copper-gold prospects in Mongolia’s western frontier, Vancouver-based explorer Altan Rio Minerals (AMO-V) is aiming to take the next step forward with a US$2-million drilling…
Crazy Horse moves Taysan ahead with prefeasibility study
VANCOUVER — Philippines-focused Crazy Horse Resources (CZH-V) has outlined a 15-million-tonne-per-year open-pit copper operation at its Taysan project in a prefeasibility study.
China’s investment in smart grids to benefit copper, aluminum
China plans to increase investment in its power sector by 88% under its 2011–2015 plan, and a significant amount of that will be directed towards smart-grid technology, London-based Barclays analyst Gayle Berry writes in a recent research…
Ivanhoe Australia eyes Mount Elliott’s riches
Ivanhoe Australia’s (IVA-T, IVA-A) acquisition in September 2010 of the Osborne copper-gold processing complex in northwestern Queensland will help transform the company into a significant base metal producer, and much of its mill feed is…
VMS Ventures looking to repeat Reed success
VANCOUVER — Manitoba’s Flin Flon greenstone belt has been yielding high-grade copper and zinc from its volcanogenic massive sulphide ore bodies for almost 85 years, but VMS Ventures (VMS-V) thinks there’s lots of…
Lifton describes copper as the “nerves of civilization”
In a keynote address at Byron Capital Markets’ third annual conference on electric metals in Toronto last week, Jack Lifton warned that the prospect of copper shortages should be of far greater concern than of electric metals such as rare…
Curis plays the role of innovator and educator at Florence
VANCOUVER — When it comes to the mining industry’s grand stage, companies are often required to play a number of different roles. The tale is much the same for Hunter Dickinson-backed Curis Resources (CUV-T) in its gambit to develop…
Boleo cost increase triggers Baja share sell-off
VANCOUVER — Markets have recently demonstrated that when cost optics or feasibilities suddenly shift on an advance-stage mining project, the company in question will inevitably face investor-driven wrath. So the story goes for…