Chilean copper producer buys controlling stake in Explorator Chile
Vancouver – Explorator Resources (EXO-V) is selling a 51% stake in its Chilean subsidiary, Explorator Chile, to int…
Copper
Anvil rises on new mining contracts in DRC
Vancouver – The biggest copper producer in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has finalized mining contract r…
Not so much African Copper
African Copper (ACU-T, ACU-L) is closing the doors on its Mowana mine in Botswana.
Botswana returning copper-silver hits for Hana Mining
Vancouver – New results from the Ghanzi copper-silver project in Botswana show promising grades for owner Hana Mini…
Commentary: Commodity Prices To Bottom In 2009: Banks
While TD Bank sees the commodities market starting to rebound in the second half of 2009, followed by more pronounced price increases in 2010, the World Bank believes that, over the long term, commodi…
Continental Nickel Makes Headway In Tanzania
Nickel prices may be in the dumps, but that isn’t dampening Continental Nickel’s (CNI-V, CNKDF-O) drive at its Nachingwea nickel sulphide project in Tanzania, which recently returned some encouraging …
Woodjam Shaping Up For Fjordland And Cariboo
VANCOUVER — Drill intercepts showing long intervals with consistent grades of copper, molybdenum and gold on the Woodjam property, 50 km east of Williams Lake, B. C., buoyed the share prices of 60/40…
Strongbow To Tally Nickel King Resource
In September, Strongbow Exploration (SBW-V, SBWFF-O) received assay results for the final 14 holes of its 2008 drill program at its Nickel King project in the Northwest Territories.
Healthy Potash Price Can’t Stop The Layoffs
Gold, uranium and potash have been the three bright spots for the mining sector through what has been a historically bleak period.
Augusta Resource updates Rosemont feasibility
An updated bankable feasibility study on the Rosemont copper-molybdenum project in Pima County, Arizona, has found …
Abacus grows Ajax resource
Vancouver – A new resource estimate for the Ajax copper-gold project near Kamloops, British Columbia, says the depo…
Dia Bras to cut travel costs with new Bolivar mill
Dia Bras Exploration (DIB-V) will temporarily stop a pilot mining program in the Cusi silver mining district near C…