Seabridge Puts KSM’s Mine Life At 30 Yrs
Vancouver — A preliminary economic assessment has put a US$3.4- billion price tag on the Kerr-Sulphurets- Mitchell (KSM) gold project in northwest British Columbia, but the investment would buy a 30-…
Copper
Editorial: Nickel Cuts Hit Home
The steep fall in nickel prices since July finally translated into production cuts by the majors in Canada’s nickel camps during the week ended Dec. 6, the 49th trading week of 2008.
BHP Maps Olympic Dam Plans
BHP Billiton (BHP-N, BLT-L),the world’s largest mining company, is planning to expand its Olympic Dam copper-uranium-gold mine in Australia, envisioning a sixfold increase in mining and milling capaci…
Candente Resource completes PEA for Canariaco Norte
A long-awaited preliminary economic assessment of the Canariaco Norte project in Peru may bring Candente Resource (…
Ridgetop copper-gold zone shaping up for Capstone
Vancouver – The last 28 drill results from Capstone Mining’s (CS-T) 2008 drill program at the Minto mine conf…
Bad notes delay Norsemont payment
The frozen asset backed commercial paper market continues to effect miners as Norsemont Mining (NOM-T) announced it…
Linear says new resource makes KM61 prefeasibilty-ready
Linear Metals (LRM-T) has come out with a resource estimate for its KM61 copper-moly-silver project near Armstrong,…
Best-ever zinc grades at Scott Lake
Cogitore Resources (WOO-V) reported its best-ever zinc grades from recent drilling at Scott Lake near Chibouga…
Reed Lake Drilling Paying Off For VMS Ventures
Vancouver — The Reed Lake discovery continues to return solid copper-zinc-silver-gold intersections for VMS Ventures (VMS-V, VMSTF-O).
Persian Gulf Region, India To Cushion Copper’s Fall
Vancouver — It’s hard to believe given the bleak numbers the International Copper Study Group (ICSG) is forecasting for 2009 copper use in the four major copper-using regions — Japan, China, North A…
Carpathian Doubles Rovina Gold Resource
Carpathian Gold (CPN-T, CPNFF-o) has doubled the resource at its Rovina Valley project in the heart of the Golden Quadrilateral of western Romania’s Transylvania region, 300 km northwest of Bucharest.
Iberian: Five years in reserves at Condestable
Vancouver – Iberian Minerals (IZN-V) has added 30% more contained copper to its proven and probable reserves at the…