Hunt’s promising intercepts at La Josefina
Argentina-focused Hunt Mining (HMX-V) has drilled encouraging gold intersections at the Sinter zone of its La Josefina gold project in Santa Cruz province.
Copper
NovaGold’s CEO chats about progress, George Soros
Vancouver – NovaGold Resources (NG-T, NG-N) held its first live broadcast of the company’s annual general meeting of shareholders on May 25, with long-time chief executive officer Rick Van Nieuwenhuyse providing a pleasing roundup of the…
Reko Diq to see a mining licence soon
The mining licence dispute for the sizable Reko Diq copper-gold project in Pakistan’s southwest Balochistan province seems to be coming to an end after much uncertainty.
General Moly presents at Goldman Sachs conference
Investors always like to know when chief executives buy stock in the companies they head. So it didn’t pass unnoticed last week when Bruce Hansen, chief executive of General Moly, (GMO-T, GMO-X) spent US$99,250 on the purchase of 25,000…
Pan Terra heads to Africa in search of gold, copper
Vancouver – From the ashes of a high-flying hydrogen fuel cell promotion and later a construction-site preparation and excavation business, Pan Terra Industries (PNT-V) has emerged once again to reinvent itself as a mineral explorer.
Trafigura backs Cadillac at Thierry
After forty years in the business, Norman Brewster knows a thing or two about developing mining projects.
Macquarie says the best is yet to come
The recent pullback in base metals is a “good entry point for investors” analysts at Macquarie Capital Markets report in a May 17 research note to clients.
Rising Nevsun declares first dividend (May 18, 2011)
Vancouver – Nevsun Resources (NSU-T, NSU-X) has followed up a successful ramp-up to production at its 60%-owned Bisha polymetallic mine in Eritrea by declaring a modest dividend.
Barclays is bullish on copper in 2H 2011
Copper prices could move lower before they go higher but Barclays Capital says it believes we have not yet seen the highs for this year.
Good news for Quadra’s Sierra Gorda
Quadra FNX (QUX-T) is hooking up with Sumitomo to develop the sizable Sierra Gorda copper-molybdenum project in Chile.
Trevali hits thick mineralization at Halfmile (May 16, 2011)
Trevali Mining (TV-T) hit the thickest mineralized intercept yet at its new Halfmile polymetallic project in New Brunswick.
China Yunnan teams with Rio Tinto in Chile
A Chinese state-owned company has teamed up with Rio Tinto (RIO-N, RIO-L) to explore for copper in northern Chile.