Northern Dynasty’s Pebble East keeps on growing
An updated resource estimate for Pebble East confirms the claims of Northern Dynasty Minerals (NDM-T, NAK-X) that i…
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Gravity West plummets on Voltaire assays (February 25, 2008)
VANCOUVER — Shares of Gravity West Mining (GRW-V, GRWFF-O) fell back to earth in recent trading after the company tabled long-awaited drill assays from its Voltaire Lake project, located 175 km north…
Newmont sees new woes in Indonesia
Less than a year after being acquitted of pollution charges on Sulawesi Island in Indonesia, Newmont Mining (NMC-T, NEM-N) is back in hot water again at another mine in the Southeast Asian nation.
Alberta Star upbeat on Contact Lake (February 25, 2008)
Grab samples from its Contact Lake property on the south side of Echo Bay, in the Northwest Territories, appear to lend heft to Alberta Star Development’s (ASX-V, ASXSF-O) assertions that the company …
Global Hunter cuts more copper at La Corona de Cobre
VANCOUVER — Infill drilling by Global Hunter (BOB-V, GBLHF-O) on the Las Posadas shear zone at its La Corona de Cobre project, in northern Chile, has cut some significant copper intercepts.
Early figures point to sound economics at Barytex’s Shituru
VANCOUVER — A recently completed scoping study that forecasts robust economics at International Barytex Resources’ (IBX-V, IBYXFO) Shituru copper project, located in the Democratic Republic of the Co…
HudBay cuts Callinan royalty cheque for 777 mine
HudBay Minerals (HBM-T, HBMFF-O) has paid $2.4 million to Callinan Mines (CAA-V, CCNMF-O) as part of a net profit interest (NPI) and royalty agreement for a Manitoba property that sparked a contentiou…
Quaterra expands copper zone at MacArthur (February 25, 2008)
It’s been more than 30 years since the MacArthur porphyry copper system in the world-class copper district of Lyon Cty., in western Nevada, was seriously evaluated.
Centenario’s Franke bigger but more costly (February 21, 2008)
Vancouver – In the sand of the Atacama Desert, Centenario Copper (CTT-T) is quietly moving the Franke deposit towar…
Ascendant closes in on SGV
Ascendant Copper (ACX-T) and St. Genevieve Resources (SGV) managed to hammer out a deal whereby Ascendant will up i…
Capstone to boost production at Cozamin
Capstone Mining (CS-T, CSFFF-O) has started an expansion of its Cozamin polymetallic mine, in Zacatecas state, Mexico, aimed at increasing production by 36% to 40 million lbs. copper per year by 2009.
NovaGold stands pat on Copper Canyon (February 15, 2008)
NovaGold Resources (NG-T, NG-X) will maintain its 60% interest in the Copper Canyon property, choosing not to exerc…