Mongolia sends positive signal to miners
Mongolia’s parliament has voted to set a February 2009 deadline for completing a long-awaited draft investmen…
Copper
Northern Dynasty and Anglo update Pebble resource
Vancouver – As a joint-venture between Northern Dynasty Minerals (NDM-T) and Anglo American (AAUK-N, AAL-L) moves t…
Freeport-McMoRan to run lean in 2009
Vancouver – Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold (FCX-N) is making deep cuts to capital expenditures, nixing its divi…
Aguila showing size potential for Duran Ventures
Vancouver – Drilling efforts at the Aguila copper-molybdenum prospect in Ancash, Peru, are starting to define a siz…
BHP charts Olympic Dam expansion road map
BHP Billiton (BHP-N, BLT-L), the world’s largest mining company, is planning to expand production at its Olym…
Positive PEA for Seabridge’s KSM project
Vancouver – A preliminary economic assessment has tagged the Kerr-Sulphurets-Mitchell (KSM) project in northwest Br…
Tirex Resources offers 5 oz. gold for new slogan
Before Tirex Resources (TXX-V, TIRXF-O) came along, gold and silver values were largely unknown in the Mirdita mini…
HudBay Bids For Lundin
Vancouver — In a move that took investors and analysts by surprise, HudBay Minerals (HBM-T, HBMFF-o) and Lundin Mining (LUN-T, LMC-n) plans to merge into what they hope will be the next major global …
Kinbauri Expands Resources At El Valle, Carles Gold-Copper Mines
Last March, Kinbauri Gold (KNB-V, KINBF-o) acquired gold assets in northwestern Spain from Rio Narcea Gold Mines for US$5 million. The goods included two exploration properties and fixed assets at the…
Teck Takes Hard Line On Fording Debt
Vancouver–The harsh reality of Teck’s (TCK. B-T, TCK-n) debt burden has just become abundantly clear: the major has cancelled its annual dividend, slashed spending dramatically, and walked away from …
Exploration Adit Proving Its Worth At Niblack
Vancouver — The first underground drilling program at Committee Bay Resources’ (CBR-V, CBYRF-o)Niblack project, on Prince of Wales Island in Alaska, returned strong intercepts that are sure to expand…
VMS Ventures keeps hitting good grades at Reed Lake
Vancouver – The Reed Lake discovery continues to return solid copper-zinc-silver-gold intersections for VMS Venture…