Copper

Drillers at Orsu Metals' Karchiga copper project in northeastern Kazakhstan, 40 km west of the China border. Photo by Orsu Metals

Karchiga feasibility lifts Orsu Metals

A definitive feasibility study on the Karchiga volcanogenic massive sulphide deposit in northeastern Kazakhstan demonstrates that the project can be developed as a high-grade, medium-cost open-pit copper mine with a rapid payback period,…


Coro takes a second swing at San Jorge

Vancouver — One week after the successful re-negotiation of a purchase agreement on the San Jorge copper-gold porphyry project in Argentina’s Mendoza province, Coro Mining (COP-T) will take another shot at getting the government…





Prophecy Platinum and Ursa Major to merge

Vancouver — Looking to add near-term production potential, Prophecy Platinum (NKL-V) has entered a binding letter of agreement to merge with Ursa Major Minerals (UMJ-T) in an all-share deal.



Drilling at Midas Gold's Golden Meadows gold project in Idaho. Photo by Midas Gold

‘Rediscoveries’ among featured projects at Roundup 2012

Modern technologies combined with robust metal prices helped generate many of the domestic and international exploration successes featured at Mineral Exploration Roundup hosted by the Association for Mineral Exploration British Columbia (AME…



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

Lumina hits more long intersects at Taca Taca

Lumina Copper (LCC-V) reports that the Taca Taca deposit in northwestern Argentina, 90 km east of Escondida, the world’s largest copper mine, has yielded the longest mineralized intercept to date with 813 metres grading 0.60% copper…


An aerial view of Barrick Gold's Lumwana copper mine in Zambia, acquired during the Equinox Minerals takeover. Photo by Barrick Gold

Lumwana’s margins below Barrick’s expectations

Half a year in, Barrick Gold’s (ABX-T, ABX-N) newly purchased Lumwana copper mine in Zambia has done little to rebut the critics who denounced Barrick’s contentious and expensive move into copper through its June 2011 takeover of…


Drillers at La Mancha Resources' Hassai project in Northern Sudan. Photo by La Mancha Resources

Doubled Hassai resource creates buzz for La Mancha

Exposed sulphide mineralization appears at the bottom of 12 out of 16 oxide pits that make up La Mancha Resources’ (LMA-T) Hassai gold-copper mining complex in the remote desert of northern Sudan. And a new resource estimate based on…


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