AQM and Teck re-jig Zafranal deal following long copper hits
Vancouver – The long copper hits coming out of the Zafranal project in southern Peru are starting to define a …
Copper
Mercator gets Mineral Park into game shape
Mercator Minerals’ (ML-T) continues to shape its Mineral Park mine in Arizona into one of North America’s …
Fjordland, Cariboo shift Woodjam
HORSEFLY, B.C. — There is little for a geologist to see while driving along the dirt roads outside the town of Horsefly. The logging roads that crisscross the forests are mostly punctuated with cattle fields and clear cuts, not rock…
Rio Tinto to build Eagle nickel mine
Rio Tinto (RTP-N, RIO-L) will build the first new mine in Michigan in decades, which would be the only primary nickel mine in the United States.
Xstrata to invest US$1.47 billion in new copper mine in Peru
As part of Xstrata’s (XTA-L, XSRAF-O) target of raising copper production by 50% and cutting costs by 20% befo…
Strong reactions to environmental review of Prosperity
Vancouver – The language in the federal review panel’s environmental assessment on Taseko Mines’ (TKO-T, …
Modified study lowers Northland’s market cap
Northland Resources (NAU-T) released a final preliminary economic assessment (PEA) study on the Hannukainen Ir…
LETTERS TO EDITOR
In regards to the article “New challenge for Chile’s ‘Copper Man'” ( T. N. M., May 24-30/10), exploration would soar in Chile if junior mining companies were allowed to bid on even a percentage of the…
Terrane pegs AMEC-Fluor partnership for Mt. Milligan
Mine builders AMEC Americas and Fluor Canada have signed a letter of intent with Terrane Metals (TRX-V) to construct key components for the company’s Mt. Milligan copper-gold project in northwestern B…
Sandspring ups resources at Toroparu
Sandspring Resources (SSP-V) put considerably more tonnage into its indicated resource category, showing that its Toroparu gold-copper deposit in Guyana is shaping into a significant project.The company had been drilling over the past year…
Quadra FNX loses Chinese partner for Sierra Gorda (June 28, 2010)
A Chinese utility company has walked away from a potential 50-50 joint-venture deal with recently-merged Quadra FNX Mining (QUX-T) for its Sierra Gorda copper-gold- molybdenum project and Franke coppe…
Peregrine pulls long copper hits at Altar
VANCOUVER — The Altar copper porphyry in Argentina is returning long mineralized intercepts as Peregrine Metals (PGM-T) looks ahead to developing a large-scale heap-leach operation at the site.Peregrine recently completed a 76-hole drill…