Capstone bids $725 million for Far West, partners with KORES
Vancouver – Capstone Mining (CS-T) has made a $725 million bid for Far West Mining (FWM-T) for its Chilean copper project while bringing on Korean partner KORES to front the cash.
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Early Canaco investor buys large stake in Silvore Fox
Vancouver – A Chinese group which invested heavily in Tanzania-focused gold explorer Canaco Resources (CAN-V) just before its discovery of the Handeni gold deposit has recently added to its large interest in Nova Scotia base-metal explorer…
NSGold enters Mexico property deal
Vancouver – Launching only last autumn as a Nova Scotia-focused gold play, NSGold (NSX-V) has now entered into a definitive option agreement for 100% of the Dios Padre silver property in Mexico’s Sonora State.
EMED clears major permitting hurdle
Vancouver – After years of struggling through a bureaucratic, political and legal quagmire, Cyprus-based EMED Mining (EMD-T, EMED-L) finally looks to have production at its Spanish copper project within sight.
French Green Party meddles with Rockgate’s uranium exploration plans
Vancouver – Along with many other uranium explorers or producers these days, Mali-focused explorer Rockgate Capital (RGT-T) remains valued at roughly half the level it traded at before the March 11 earthquake in Japan and the resulting crisis…
Ursa Major Minerals hits milestones
Since resuming mining a year ago from the West pit at its Shakespeare nickel-copper-PGM mine, which was closed in 2008 due to weak metal prices, Ursa Major Minerals (UMJ-T) has regained its momentum.
Mercator to buy Creston Moly for $195 million
Vancouver – Mercator Minerals (ML-T) has entered an agreement to buy Creston Moly (CMS-V) in a friendly merger with significant potential for synergies that values Creston at $195 million.
Beaty closes in on 10/10
Vancouver – Of the 10 copper projects acquired by Ross Beaty’s Lumina Copper (lcc-v) in 2003 near the end of a five-year downturn for the resource sector and a dramatic fall in metal prices, it has kept just one, Taca Taca, in Argentina. The…
Peregrine Metals attracts attention
With the war for talent heating up in the mining industry it was something of a coup for junior Peregrine Metals (PGM-T) to snag as its new president Richard Leclerc — a seasoned mining veteran who over the course of his 29-year career has…
Dorato looks to prove up Peru’s side of the border
Dorato Resources (DRI-V) has been getting some promising sniffs near the border between Ecuador and Peru. The company released its latest sampling results from Minera Afrodita, hot on the heels of drill results from a separate target on the…
Western Copper releases updated Casino study
Vancouver – Western Copper (WRN-T, WRN-X) has released an updated prefeasibility study for its sizable but remote polymetallic Casino project in the Yukon, three years and a commodity-price rollercoaster after the first.
Nevada Copper making progress at Pumpkin
Vancouver – Nevada Copper (NCU-T) continues to steadily advance its sizable Pumpkin Hollow copper project with an updated resource and more permits secured.