New World drills wide intercept at Lipea (July 06, 2006)
Vancouver – Initial drilling by New World Resource (NW-V, NWFFF-O) on its Lipea project in southwestern Bolivia ha…
Copper
Equinox causes a stir with flurry of news
It’s been a busy week for Equinox Minerals and the market has taken notice. The company announced the doubling …
Capstone tightens Cozamin resource
Emerging copper and silver producer Capstone Mining (CS-T, CSFFF-O) has updated its resource estimate for the Cozam…
Northern Peru drills more gold at Hilorico
Vancouver – Drilling by Northern Peru Copper (NOC-T, NPUCF-O) on its Hilorico gold project in northwestern Peru has…
Preliminary economics on Marathon positive (July 05, 2006)
A preliminary economic assessment of the Marathon copper-palladium-platinum deposit in the Coldwell intrusive compl…
EuroZinc fires up zinc plant at Neves-Corvo
Vancouver – The start-up of a new zinc plant has allowed EuroZinc Mining (EZM-T, EZM-X) to transform its Neves-Cor…
Inco-Falco union tipped, Xstrata tripped (July 04, 2006)
The European Commission has granted approval for Inco’s (N-T, N-N) proposed acquisition of Falconbridge (FAL-T, FAL…
A ‘super major’ is born?
The blockbuster, friendly takeover offer by Phelps Dodge for Inco and Falconbridge looks like it has a good chance of succeeding, and if it does, it’ll profoundly shake up mining in Canada, producing…
Campbell calms creditors
The plan of arrangement filed by Campbell Resources (CCH-T, CBLRF-O) to get out of creditor protection has been approved by Campbell’s creditors….
Northgate hits roadblock in bid for Aurizon
Vancouver – The Supreme Court of British Columbia has granted a permanent injunction prohibiting Northgate Mineral…
Richview gets Thierry results (June 29, 2006)
Early-stage metallurgical testing on samples from the Thierry copper-nickel deposit near Pickle Lake, Ont., have sh…
Zaruma board, Luz del Cobre financing survive
Gold and copper hopeful Zaruma Resources (ZMR-T, ZMRAF-O) is free to proceed with finalization of a financing deal …