Copper Mountain closes $34.5M financing
Copper Mountain Mining (CUM-T) has raised $34.5 million that it will use to pay its 75% share of working capital for its copper porphyry project in southeastern B.C.
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Scorpio drills Nuestra Senora
Scorpio Mining (SMP-T) is off to a good start with its 20,000-metre drill program at the Nuestra Senora mine, 10 km east of Cosala, in Sinaloa state, Mexico.
Argentinian porphyry attracts Peregrine Metals (May 31, 2010)
Peregrine Metals (PGM-T) is fast-tracking a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) on a solvent extraction-electrowinning (SX/EW) copper heap-leaching operation for its near-surface higher-grade copper…
More hurdles for First Quantum in DRC
Vancouver – The situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo has gone from bad to worse for First Quantum (FM…
Romios explores next to Galore Creek (May 28, 2010)
Right now, nearly everything about Romios Gold Resources (RG-V) is small – its $1.3 million budget, its $15-mi…
Anatolia secures Turkish licenses
Vancouver – Anatolia Minerals (ANO-T) has secured full ownership of a group of mineral licenses in Turkey afte…
Exeter pulls long gold intercepts at Caspiche (May 25, 2010)
Vancouver – Exeter Resource (XRC-T, XRA-X, EXB-F) has cut very long gold intercepts that expand the main miner…
Polish miner invests in Abacus
Europe’s second largest copper producer KGHM Polska Miedz has agreed to fund up to 80% of Abacus Mining and Ex…
New challenge for Chile’s ‘Copper Man’ (May 21, 2010)
Santiago, Chile — It was no surprise that they wanted him but few expected him to accept. Especially given …
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…
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…