Halo adds to Sherridon ground (April 03, 2006)
Halo Resources (HLO-V, HLOSF-O) has optioned three properties from HudBay Minerals (HBM-V, HBMFF-O) in the Sherridon area of northern Manitoba, bringing its land package there to 160 sq. km….
Copper
Antares expands Haquira
Drilling by Antares Minerals (ANM-V, ANMFF-O) at the Haquira porphyry-copper project in southern Peru has intersected high-grade leachable copper mineralization on a western extension of the known dep…
Marathon resource grows
A new resource estimate for the Marathon copper-palladium-platinum deposit in north-central Ontario shows about 1.7…
Strongbow stakes Chu Chua massive sulphide prospect
Vancouver – A massive sulphide prospect discovered in the 1970s by Craigmont Mines and drilled by Minnova in the e…
New estimate for Rio Blanco (March 28, 2006)
Consultants for Monterrico Metals (MNA-L) have calculated a new resource estimate for the Rio Blanco copper-molybde…
First Quantum finds copper at Kibamba (March 27, 2006)
A reverse-circulation drilling program by First Quantum Minerals (FM-T, FQM-L) has intersected copper mineralizatio…
Kodiak hit by first hole at Caribou Lake
VANCOUVER The first of three exploratory holes drilled by Kodiak Exploration (KXL-V) at the Caribou Lake property…
First Quantum sweetens Adastra bid (March 27, 2006)
It took more than two months of steadfast protests of opportunism and financial inadequacy by Adastra Minerals (AAA-T, AAA-L), but First Quantum Minerals (FM-T, FQVLF-O, FQM-L) has finally added a cas…
Canadian Royalties signs with Jinchuan
Details are sketchy, but Canadian Royalties (CZZ-T, CRYAF-O) has signed a memorandum of understanding with Chinese metal producer Jinchuan Group under which Jinchuan will finance exploration and devel…
Resource boost at Galeno
Vancouver — A new resource estimate has been delivered to Northern Peru Copper (NOC-T, NPUCF-O), increasing the size of its Galeno copper-gold-molybdenum deposit, about 600 km north of Lima, Peru….
Falconbridge to absorb Novicourt
Facing consolidation itself, Falconbridge (FAL.LV-T, FAL-N) plans to snap up the shares in exploration partner Novicourt (NOV-T, NOVFF-O) it does not already own….
Dundee to expand Chelopech
Vancouver — Dundee Precious Metals’ (DPM-T, DPMLF-O) environmental impact assessment for its Chelopech gold-copper mine in central Bulgaria has been approved by the country’s Supreme Environmental Co…