UPDATE:Taseko again ups stakes in bcMetals battle
Vancouver — Only hours after Imperial Metals (III-T, IPMLF-O) briefly took the lead in the bcMetals (C-V, BMTLF-O)…
Copper
Corriente delays startup of Ecuador mine.
Vancouver Already facing a suspension order from the Ecuador government, Corriente Resources (CTQ-T, ETQ-A) is de…
Cardero cuts wide copper-gold at Huachi (January 24, 2007)
Vancouver – Initial drilling by Cardero Resource (CDU-T, CDY-X) on its Huachi project in Argentina’s San Juan provi…
Continental boosts Xietongmen resource
Vancouver – With 2006 drill data from its Xietongmen copper-gold deposit in the Tibetan Autonomous Region of China …
Revised feasibility buoys Yukon Zinc
Vancouver – Yukon Zinc (YZC-V, YZCCF-O) has tabled an “optimized feasibility study” indicating positive economics f…
Scoping study suggests Maskwa has the stuff
A preliminary economic study on the Maskwa nickel-copper deposit in eastern Manitoba says higher metal prices have …
Zinc-copper find in Matagami boosts Donner shares
A new zinc-copper discovery at the Matagami project in Quebec sent Donner Metals (DON-V) shares up more than 33% to…
Tyler pulls more holes at Bahuerachi
Eight recent reverse-circulation holes drilled by Tyler Resources (TYS-V) at the Bahuerachi copper deposit in south…
Iberian to reopen Aguas Tenidas
Seville, Spain — Iberian Minerals (IBZ-V, IZNFF-O) president and CEO Peter Miller was “in the jungles of Venezuela,” where the junior had acquired a number of gold properties, when he was first appro…
African Metals options copper belt claims
Vancouver — African Metals (AFR-V, AFMCF-O) has inked an option deal on a large land position in the Katanga copper belt of southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
Editorial: Is that it for copper? (January 22, 2007)
Copper mining executives and investors who thought they might settle gently back into work after the holidays got a nasty jolt in the first half of January, as spot copper prices dropped US45, or 15….
Wealthy foes target Northern Dynasty
Vancouver — Wealthy opponents appear to be lining up against Northern Dynasty Minerals (NDM-V, NAK-X) as it works to develop a remote project in southern Alaska that ranks among the world’s largest c…