The changing copper market
Despite a declining demand for copper in the developed world, including a 20% drop forecast for the United States t…
Copper
Teck Cominco sees big copper resource at Quebrada Blanca
Vancouver – Base metals giant Teck Cominco (TCK.B-T, TCK-N) has tabled a major new zone of copper-molybdenum minera…
Dundee to test open pit potential at Armenian mine
Dundee Precious Metals (DPM-T) claims that its Shahumyan deposit in Armenia shows potential for an open pit mine….
VMS rising on Reed Lake results
Vancouver – Strong drill results from the copper-zinc volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) discovery at Reed Lake in…
First hole shows Albanian promise for Tirex
Vancouver – The first drill result out of Tirex Resources’ (TXX-V) Mirdita project indicates the company’s decision…
Global Copper unearths a giant
SITE VISIT VALLENAR, CHILE — “This is the biggest project in Chile right now, and it’s the biggest project in the world being worked by a junior,” says David Strang….
Developing reserves — of good will
SANTIAGO, CHILE–With alliances of communities and non-government organizations across Latin America putting the mining industry under increased scrutiny, and occasionally blocking new projects reachi…
Staking continues apace in ‘Ring of Fire’
The Noront Resources (NOT-V, NOSOF-O) base metal discovery has spawned a staking rush in the swampy lowlands of northeastern Ontario, just southwest of James Bay. As of mid-February, juniors had stake…
Yamana CEO proves his mettle
SITE VISIT ALTO HORIZONTE, BRAZIL — Settling into the cramped seat of an eight-seater jet, Yamana Gold (YRI-T, AUY-N, YAU-L) chairman and CEO Peter Marrone says he hasn’t had a…
Redcorp inks Tulsequah offtake deal
VANCOUVER — Aspiring base metals producer Redcorp Ventures (RDV-T, RDFVF-O) has lined up Swiss firm MRI Trading to purchase zinc, copper and lead concentrates from its planned Tulsequah Chief mine in…
Marathon bids for Discovery PGM (March 03, 2008)
VANCOUVER–In the midst of completing a feasibility study on its namesake project, Marathon PGM (MAR-T, MRPGF-O) has made a takeover offer for Discovery PGM Exploration (PTD-V, DPTFF-O) in order to ad…
Int’l Minerals mulls options at Gaby
A prefeasibility study for International Minerals’ (IMZ-T, IMZLF-O) Gaby open-pit gold project in Ecuador found that all four processing options tested would be too costly at a base case gold price of…