Chinese smelter group buys more Continental
Vancouver – Chinese smelting group Jinchuan has boosted its interest in aspiring copper producer Continental Minera…
Copper
GlobeStar indicates 44,800 tonnes nickel at Cumpie Hill
Vancouver – GlobeStar Mining (GMI-T) got a healthy share price boost after an initial resource estimate for the com…
Peak Gold raises $110 million
Vancouver – A $110-million financing will help Peak Gold (PIK-V) move ahead with continued exploration and efforts …
Western Troy adds up at Macleod Lake (November 27, 2007)
Thanks to a field season’s drilling, Western Troy Capital Resources (WRY-V) has updated the resource estimate at it…
Galore Creek mothballed
Vancouver – Just six months after NovaGold Resources (NG-T, NG-X) brought on Teck Cominco (TCK.B-T, TCK-N) as a par…
Copper-hungry Sherwood taking over Western Keltic (November 26, 2007)
Vancouver – Fresh off the success of its newly opened and already growing Minto mine, Sherwood Copper (SWC-V) has l…
Not so hollow
SITE VISIT Yerington, Nev. — There is a lot to be gained from a little drilling and a lot of thinking. That is probably one of the more obvious lessons…
Lumwana uranium potential growing for Equinox (November 26, 2007)
Vancouver — The completion of infill drilling at what will be Africa’s largest copper mine has shown definitively that the orebody also hosts discrete zones of high-grade uranium mineralization, and …
Invicta gold intersections buoy Andean American
Drill results from Andean American Mining’s (AAG-V, ANMCF-O) Invicta project in Peru include 14.4 metres grading 7.8 grams gold per tonne, 75.9 grams silver and 1.74% copper.
Palmary increases Consmin offer
The board of Consolidated Minerals (CNM-L, CSM-A) has recommended an improved bid for the company from Belize-based Palmary Enterprises, a vehicle of Ukrainian businessman Henadiy Boholyubov.
Tyler board rejects Mercator bid (November 26, 2007)
The board of Tyler Resources (TYS-V, TYRRF-O) has rejected a takeover bid from Mercator Minerals (ML-T, MLKKF-O) that values the company at $139 million. It also fired an exploration shot in its resis…
Western Copper grows Carmacks oxide resource (November 23, 2007)
Vancouver – A new resource estimate for Western Coppers (WRN-T) Carmacks copper project in the Yukon has added ove…