Hana Mining Reports Inferred Resource For Ghanzi
After 15 months of drilling in northwestern Botswana, Hana Mining (HMG-V) has released the first inferred resource for its Ghanzi copper- silver property.
Copper
Starfield To Acquire Nevoro In Friendly Deal
Explorer Starfield Resources (SRU-T, SRFDF-O), which is advancing the Ferguson Lake base metal and platinum group metal (PGM) project in Nunavut, is taking over fellow junior Nevoro (NVR-T, NEVIF-O), …
Vale to take on 60% interest in Intrepid project
Intrepid Mines (IAU-T, IAU-A) has agreed to option 60% of its Tujuh Bukit sulphide copper-gold project in East Java…
Mongolian parliament votes in favour of Ivanhoe profit-sharing deal; agreement not yet finalized
Five years of negotiations with the Mongolian government might soon come to a positive end for Ivanhoe Mines (IVN…
Abacus Study Adds Potential At Ajax
VANCOUVER — Abacus Mining & Exploration’s (AME-V, ABCFF-O) president has long believed his Ajax project, a brownfields property surrounded by infrastructure and a mining-friendly population in Ka…
Canadian Gold Hunter and Sanu Resources to merge
With the proposed merger of Canadian Gold Hunter (CGH-T) and Sanu Resources (SNU-V), both part of the Lundin Mining…
Inca Pacific wins environmental permit for Magistral
Fifteen months after submitting its environmental and social impact assessment to the government of Peru, Inca Paci…
Emba Derho Scoping Study Lifts Sunridge
VANCOUVER — As Sunridge Gold (SGC-V, SGCNF-O) announces a positive scoping study for its Emba Derho copper-zinc project near Asmara, the capital of Eritrea, the company’s executive vice-president Don…
Inmet Ups Las Cruces Financing To $348M
Inmet Mining (IMN-T, IEMMF-O) plans to increase a US$300-million bought-deal financing to $348 million so it can pay off all debts related to building its Las Cruces open-pit copper mine in Spain.
Pebble Creek Gets Key Permit In India
It’s been 13 long years in the making, but Pebble Creek Mining (PEB-V, PBLEF-O) is now just one step away from getting a mining lease for its Askot project, in the scenic foothills of the Himalayas in…
Nautilus Hones Undersea Plans
VANCOUVER — Construction of its novel deep-sea mining equipment has been on hold since December, but Nautilus Minerals is seeing opportunity rather than disappointment in its delay: the company has s…
BHP Delays Chilean Expansion Projects
The global recession has prompted BHP Billiton (BHP-N, BLT-L) to continue to delay a slate of expansion projects in Chile, the biggest among them an expansion of the world’s largest copper mine, Escon…