Orsu boosts stake in Karchiga project in Kazakhstan
London-based Orsu Metals (OSU-T, OSU-L) is taking an additional 24.73% stake in the Karchiga volcanogenic mass…
Copper
Apoquindo cuts 66 metres of 1.03% copper at Zafranal
Since January, Apoquindo Minerals (AQM-V) has drilled 30,100 metres over a strike length of more than 3,500 me…
After the quake, Chile seeks more from copper miners
Santiago, Chile — As dawn broke on Feb. 27, 2010, Chileans were aghast at the destruction wrought by a huge…
Nevada Copper hits deeper copper at Pumpkin (May 18, 2010)
Vancouver – Step-out drilling by Nevada Copper (NCU-T) at its Pumpkin Hollow copper project in Nevada has expa…
Western Copper permit denial casts shadow on Yukon permitting process
Vancouver – The Carmacks copper project in the Yukon looked primed for development, with owner Western Coppe…
Taseko secures US$350m from gold off-take at Prosperity
Vancouver – Taseko Mines (TKO-T, TGB-X) has signed a gold-stream agreement with Franco-Nevada (FNV-T) that wil…
BC mining industry robust in 2009: report
Vancouver – The mining industry in British Columbia kept healthy last year despite a sharp drop in coal s…
Copper Ridge looking to re-brand
After a significant injection of new blood into its corporate composition, Copper Ridge Explorations (KRX-V) i…
Update: Oyu Tolgoi could be one of world’s biggest mines
An independent study of Oyu Tolgoi shows Ivanhoe Mines (IVN-T, IVN-N, IVN-Q) to have one of the world’s larg…
Buenaventura, Gold Fields make major gold discovery in Peru (May 12, 2010)
Just eighteen months after drilling their first hole, joint-venture partners Compania de Minas Buenaventura (B…
Ivanhoe releases hard numbers on Oyu Tolgoi
An independent study of Oyu Tolgoi shows that Ivanhoe Mines (IVN-T, IVN-N, IVN-Q) indeed does have one of the …
FNX cuts long copper intersect in new zone
Vancouver – FNX Mining (FNX-T) has hit a new zone of copper mineralization as part of ongoing exploration at i…