Exeter rises on Cerro Moro high grade
Vancouver – News of the highest-grade intersection to date from the Cerro Moro gold-silver project in Argentina gav…
Copper
Copper Mountain weighs re-opening mine in B.C.
Re-starting a past-producing copper and precious metals mine in southern British Columbia looks more and more likel…
Canada Nickel to option ‘Ring of Fire’ property from Diamondex
Privately held Canada Nickel Corp. has signed an option agreement with Diamondex Resources (DSP-V, DMDXF-O) to earn up to a 51% interest in the James Bay lowlands nickel project, in northern Ontario.
Yankee Hat brings copper into the fold (July 28, 2008)
VANCOUVER– Yankee Hat Minerals (KHT-V, YKHTF-O) isn’t doodling at its Lobo del Norte site, 20 km southwest of Whitehorse, Yukon. It only optioned the project from Lobo del Norte Exploration in April,…
Franconia updates Birch Lake resource
VANCOUVER– Franconia Minerals (FRA-T, FRALF-O) has doubled its resource estimate for the Main zone at its Birch Lake copper-nickel- platinum group metals deposit, about 11 km northeast of Babbitt, in…
UAE pours oil money into mining
In an effort to shield itself from escalating costs of infrastructure-related materials, the government of Ras Al Khaimah, a part of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), has set up what may become the firs…
Apoquindo: fast and focused in South America (July 28, 2008)
VANCOUVER — Apoquindo Minerals (AQM-V, APQUF-O) is on a mission. In a year and a half, it has picked up three properties, drilled almost 28,000 metres, and raised over $14 million through private pla…
Full Metal’s Little White Man gets bigger (July 28, 2008)
VANCOUVER — The first drill results from Full Metal Minerals’ (FMM-V, FLMTF-O) 2008 program have expanded the size of a zinc-lead- copper-silver mineralized area at its Little White Man (LWM) prospec…
Good intercepts, delayed start-up for Equinox
Vancouver – It’s been an up-and-down summer for Equinox Minerals (EQN-T) as it tries to get its Lumwana copper proj…
Western Copper jumps over environmental hurdle at Carmacks
Vancouver An OK from the Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic Board (YESAB) on Western Copper’s (WRN-T) Carmack…
Taseko zips ahead with Gibraltar expansion
SITE VISIT WILLIAMS LAKE, B. C. — In central British Columbia, where pine beetles are choking the lifeblood out of the lumber industry, Taseko Mines (TKO-T, TGB-X) is a breath…
Los Andes upgrades Vizcachitas
Vancouver – The last time The Northern Miner caught up with Los Andes Copper (LA-V) they were dealing with a core-b…