Copper

Ross Beaty closes in on 10 for 10

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 rest it sold -…



Teck doubles adjusted profit in Q1

Vancouver – Teck Resources (TCK.B-T, TCK-N) has more than doubled first quarterly adjusted earnings compared with last year on strong copper and coal prices.



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.



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…


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