Investment Dollars Flow Into Mexico
Monterrey, Mexico — Mexico’s long-neglected mineral reserves are set to get a historic boost over the next few years with record levels of mining investment, making Mexico the world’s number two dest…
Copper
Dias Bras Looks to Build Mill at Bolivar
Dia Bras Exploration (DIB-V, DBEXF-O) has been pilot mining at the Bolivar copper-zinc mine in Chihuahua, Mexico, for nearly two years, but now that the company has completed a National Instrument 43-…
No More Broken Promises: Constellation Copper
Hoping to address the repeated production shortfalls that have left it red-faced in the past, Constellation Copper (CCU-T, CCUDF-O) is making improvements at its Lisbon Valley mine, in Utah, to increa…
Explorator Keen to Drill Chilean Property
Explorator Resources (EXO-V, EXRAF-O) is about to begin exploration on the newly acquired Venus block on its 11-sq.-km El Espino-Venus project in Chile, where nine small copper-gold mines are in opera…
Virgin Wants to Start Small at Los Verdes
With a resource calculation in hand and plans for a feasibility study, Virgin Metals (VGM-T, VGMTF-O) is looking to move along its Los Verdes copper-molybdenum project on the eastern boundary of Sonor…
Zaruma picks up $22 million to build Luz del Cobre
Vancouver – Zaruma Resources (ZMR-T) Luz del Cobre copper deposit in Sonora State, Mexico, just took a major step …
Reed Lake results boost VMS Ventures (October 05, 2007)
Vancouver – It only took an hour for VMS Ventures to trade 18 million shares and jump 74% after announcing assay re…
Pebble keeps proving itself (October 04, 2007)
Vancouver – Pebble project owners Northern Dynasty Minerals (NDM-V, NAK-X) and Anglo American (AAUKD-Q, AAL-L, AGL-…
Ivanhoe looks for next big thing in Australia
Ivanhoe Mines (IVN-T, IVN-N, IVN-Q) is looking to add to its already impressive copper and gold portfolio — but th…
Taseko Mines hopes for Prosperity
Vancouver – Their Gibraltar mine is already a fixture in south-central BC, and now Taseko Mines (TKO-T, TGB-X) has …
Marathon Drilling Promising Bigger Things
SITE VISIT Marathon, Ont. — The Marathon copper-palladium-platinum project of Marathon PGM (MAR-T, MRPGF-O) has several solid virtues: a large resource near the surface, and indications of favourable economics, not…
Iberian Buys Peruvian Copper Mine
Vancouver — Iberian Minerals (IZN-V, IZNFF-O) recently took two steps towards its goal of becoming a mid-tier base metals producer with the acquisition of a producing copper mine in Peru and the sign…