Quadra FNX loses Chinese partner for Sierra Gorda (June 16, 2010)
A Chinese utility company has walked away from a potential 50-50 joint venture deal with recently-merged Quadr…
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Anatolia secures Tunceli licenses
VANCOUVER — Anatolia Minerals (ANO-T) has secured full ownership of a group of mineral licenses in Turkey after a failed joint venture with Rio Tinto (RTP-N, RIO-L).
Romios explores next to Galore Creek (June 14, 2010)
Right now, nearly everything about Romios Gold Resources (RG-V) is small — its $1.3-million budget, its $15-million market cap and its 27-sq.-km Trek project– but the company believes that Trek’s lo…
More setbacks for First Quantum in the DRC
VANCOUVER — The situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has gone from bad to worse for First Quantum (FM-T, FQM-L) after the country’s Supreme Court made a ruling that seemingly inval…
Fronteer rises on high-grade hits at Long Canyon and Sandman
Vancouver – A $20-million, five rig exploration program at the Long Canyon gold project in Nevada has quickl…
Peregrine pulls long, leachable copper hits at Altar
Vancouver – The Altar copper porphyry in Argentina is returning long mineralized intercepts as owner Peregri…
Wildfire forces Minto shutdown just as Capstone plans expansion
Vancouver – Capstone Mining (CS-T) has been forced to temporarily suspend operations at its Minto copper-gol…
Sunridge advances in Eritrea
SITE VISIT ASMARA, ERITREA — Six years and $30 million into its Eritrean exploration adventure, Sunridge Gold (SGC-V) has defined four deposits lying in an arc around the capital city Asmara that together host indicated resources containing…
Polish miner agrees to fund Abacus’s Afton-Ajax
Europe’s second largest copper producer KGHM Polska Miedz has agreed to fund up to 80% of Abacus Mining’s (AME-V) Afton-Ajax copper project near Kamloops, B.C., which could be the first of many new pr…
Nevada Copper hits deeper copper at Pumpkin (June 07, 2010)
VANCOUVER — Step-out drilling by Nevada Copper (NCU-T) at its Pumpkin Hollow copper project in Nevada has expanded mineralization at the extensively-explored property.
Xstrata pulls plug on investments in Australia
The backlash against Australia’s proposed Resource Super Profits Tax is starting to draw blood with Xstrata’s …
Copper Canyon’s new resource
Vancouver – Copper Canyon Resources (CPY-V) has released an updated resource estimate for the Copper Canyon pr…