Apoquindo copper chiefs see near-term production
SITE VISIT Antofagasta, Chile — The word apoquindo means “meeting of the chiefs.” It’s an appropriate name for a company chaired by the former head of the world’s biggest copper…
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Lundin Sees One-Two Punch In Q3
Vancouver– Deteriorating metal prices have forced Lundin Mining (LUN-T, LMC-n) to put one mine on care and maintenance, consider closing another early, and shift production at a third to copper from …
Empire strikes deep copper-gold-moly (November 24, 2008)
Vancouver — Having wrapped up a 1,300-metre, six-hole drill program at its Bursa property, 120 km south of Istanbul, in Turkey, Empire Mining (EPC-v) has hit long, near-surface, copper-gold-molybdenu…
Sinchao boasts hefty initial resource
Vancouver — After two years of drilling, Sinchao Metals (SMZ-v) has delineated a sizable initial resource at its namesake copper-gold- silver project in Peru.
Rambler focused on Ming
Vancouver — With dewatering complete and a prefeasibility study under way, Rambler Metals and Mining (RAB-v) continues to hit strong copper and gold grades at its namesake property in Newfoundland.
Kinbauri expands gold resources in Spain
Last March, Kinbauri Gold (KNB-V, KINBF-O) bought gold assets in northwestern Spain from Rio Narcea Gold Mines…
Exploration adit proving its worth at Niblack
Vancouver – The first underground drilling program at Committee Bay’s (CBR-V) Niblack project on Prince on Wa…
Teck’s dilemma: How to pay off a $10-billion debt while metal prices fall all around
Vancouver – For the last few years Teck Cominco (TCK.B-T, TCK-N) has been a reliable, dividend-paying investment op…
Hana hits more copper at Ghanzi (November 17, 2008)
Vancouver — Hana Mining has (HMG-v) quadrupled the strike length of Zone 2 at its Ghanzi copper project, in northwestern Botswana, to 2 km. The zone is one of six Hana has targeted on the 4,370-sq.-k…
Kinbauri tops 2M oz. gold at El Valle and Carles
Vancouver — Resources at Kinbauri Gold’s (KNB-V, KINBF-o) El Valle and Carles mines in northwestern Spain continue to grow in the wake of a completed 30,000- metre drilling campaign. All told, the pr…
Pacific Comox’s vision for Ryan Lake (November 17, 2008)
SITE VISIT Matatchewan, Ont. — A big old pile of crushed ore sits outside the mill at Pacific Comox Resources’ (PCM-V, PAOCF-o) past-producing Ryan Lake copper-moly project. The pile has…
Citigroup turns bearish across the board (November 17, 2008)
Vancouver– In a new commodity outlook Citigroup Global Markets predicts all base metal markets moving to surplus in 2009, meaning trough cycle prices will dominate through 2009.