Western Copper draws closer at Carmacks
Vancouver — As far as permitting goes, all Western Copper (WRN-T, WCPCF-o) needs now is a quartz mining licence for its Carmacks copper property, about 200 km north of Whitehorse, Yukon.
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Sinchao hits another long intercept in Peru (September 29, 2008)
Vancouver–Long mineralized intercepts from Sinchao Metals’ (SMZ-v) namesake project in Peru seem to be becoming the norm.
FNX on target to bring LFD to production (September 29, 2008)
Vancouver — FNX Mining (FNX-T, FNXMF-o) has defined an initial resource for what will likely be the next production target at its Levack mine complex, about 30 km northwest of Sudbury, Ont.
Aura’s Aranzazu proves its strength
Vancouver — Aura Minerals (ORA-T, ORAUF-o) took over the Aranzazu mine in Zacatecas state, Mexico, three months ago. Now the final set of assay results from the previous owner’s 40,000-metre drill pr…
Schaft Creek twice the price for Copper Fox (September 29, 2008)
Vancouver — Copper Fox Metals (CUU-V, CPFXF-o) has both upped the size and doubled the capital cost of its Schaft Creek, copper-gold project, about 300 km north of Prince Rupert, B. C., with the rele…
New Guinea Gold tracks gold-rich oxide at Sinivit
Vancouver — At the producing Sinivit gold mine in Papua New Guinea, expansion drilling is returning high-grade gold oxide at surface and well-mineralized sulphide from just below for New Guinea Gold …
Arian Silver adds to Tepal resource
Arian Silver (AGQ-V, AGQ-L) has upgraded resources at the Tepal gold-copper property in Michoacan state, Mexico….
Tirex races to reveal new VMS district in uncharted Albania
SITE VISIT TIRANA, ALBANIA — You could call it a silver lining. Albanians endured almost 50 years of repressive dictatorship under Enver Hoxha and his Communist Albanian Party of Labour….
Copper Rand mine to close its doors
The Copper Rand mine in Chibougamau, Que., will soon be no more.
Freeport McMoRan a ‘buy’ for Citibank
Despite concerns that the government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) will take more cash and a greater share of the massive Tenke Fungurume project, Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold’s …
NovaGold takes another run at Galore Creek
DENVER, COLO.–After halting construction of its Galore Creek copper and gold mine in British Columbia last November when estimated costs more than doubled to $5 billion, NovaGold Resources’ (NG-T, NG…
Tiger into high-grade Kipoi copper in DRC
Tiger Resources (TGS-T, TGS-A) has a firmer grasp of the economics of its copper-rich Kipoi deposit in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Now it must wait to see how firm its grip is on the r…