Noront buoyed by high-grade
VANCOUVER–Noront Resources (NOT-V, NOSOF-O) posted a 20% gain in recent trading on drill results the company says are its highest grade to date from the Double Eagle project, in northeastern Ontario.
Copper
Anvil updates Kinsevere feasibility
Anvil Mining (AVM-T, AVM-A) has updated a preliminary study on its Kinsevere copper project, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), based on a recent 45,370- metre drilling program that has li…
Feasibility puts El Morro price tag at US$2.5B
A feasibility study on the El Morro copper-gold project, in Mexico, puts average annual production at 195,000 tonnes copper and 354,000 oz. gold over the first five years of a 15-year mine life, say j…
Antares, Mansfield hit new zone at Rio Grande (February 11, 2008)
VANCOUVER — Stepout drilling by Rio Grande joint-venture partners Antares Minerals (ANM-V, ANMFF-O) and Mansfield Minerals (MDR-V, MFMNF-O) has identified significant copper-gold mineralization in a …
Quaterra expands copper zone at MacArthur (February 07, 2008)
It’s been more than 30 years since the MacArthur porphyry copper system in the world-class copper district of Lyon …
Redcorp inks Tulsequah offtake and credit MOU
Vancouver – Aspiring base metals producer Redcorp Ventures (RDV-T, RDFVF-O) has lined up Swiss-firm MRI Trading to …
Anvil Mining updates feasibility on Kinsevere copper project in DRC
Anvil Mining (AVM-T, AVM-A) has updated a preliminary study on its Kinsevere copper project based on a recent 45,37…
Coro forges ahead in Argentina, Chile
SITE VISIT Uspallata, Argentina — Coro Mining (COP-T) is a company on a mission. The junior explorer debuted on the market in mid-2007 and plans to be a mid-tier base…
Chile courts juniors to boost exploration
Santiago, Chile — Already home to most of the world’s largest mining houses, Chile is now seeking to raise its profile among the minnows of the industry to turn around a relative decline in explorati…
BC exploration breaks record in 2007
Vancouver — Exploration spending in British Columbia hit an alltime high of $416 million in 2007, more than doubling last year’s record-breaking level and showing a 1,300% increase over the $29 milli…
New resource for Sunridge’s Asmara
New resource estimates for two of four deposits at Sunridge Gold’s (SGC-V, SGCNF-O) Asmara project show a significant increase in size, the company says.
First Quantum raises copper production 24%
Vancouver — First Quantum Minerals (FM-T, FQM-L) produced roughly 500 million lbs. (226,693 tonnes) of copper in 2007 — 24% more than the previous year — buoyed by record fourth-quarter output of a…