Trek worth the effort for Romios
Vancouver – The first hole Romios Gold Resources (RG-V) drilled at its Trek property in the Galore Creek area of BC…
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Noront releases scoping study on Eagle One
In the midst of a proxy fight with a dissident shareholder, Noront Resources (NOT-V, NOSOF-O) has fired back with a…
Noront hunkers down ahead of proxy battle
In the midst of a proxy fight with a dissident shareholder, the management of Noront Resources (NOT-V) took another…
Mount Polley looks to grow for Imperial Metals
Vancouver – Continuing exploration at the Mount Polley open pit copper-gold mine in central British Columbia is fin…
Freeport McMoRan highlights positives for copper at Denver
In a presentation at the Denver Gold Forum in September, Richard Adkerson, president and CEO of Freeport McMoRan Co…
Dissident shareholder looks to topple Noront board (October 20, 2008)
Charging that current management has “squandered” Noront Resources’ (NOT-V, NOSOF-o) first-mover advantage in the “Ring of Fire” area it discovered last year, shareholder Rosseau Asset Management is l…
Editorial: Base metals prices nosedive
The global economic crisis worked its way deep into the base metals sector during the week ended Oct. 11, the 41st trading week of 2008, as prices for virtually all base metals contracted sharply.
Zaruma stops to look for money
Zaruma Resources’ (ZMR-T) has halted the development of its Luz del Cobre copper project in Mexico for lack of fund…
Nevada Copper rises on results
Drill results from Nevada Copper’s (NCU-T) Pumpkin Hollow copper property in Nevada lit the fuse for its share’s st…
Miners still waiting on DRC review
Investors and onlookers alike will have to hold their collective breath a little longer as completion of the mining contract review in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has been delayed.
Candente pulls long interval at Canariaco Sur
Vancouver — As Candente Resources (DNT-T, CDOUF-o) closes in on an expanded scoping study for its Canariaco Norte copper-gold porphyry, its first drill result from a second porphyry target 1.3 km to …
Citigroup cuts commodity forecasts for 2009-10
Citi Investment Research has lowered some of its commodity price forecasts due to the U. S. financial crisis, slowing growth in China and disinflationary developments.