High-grade copper at Moonlight
Vancouver — The first three drill holes by Sheffield Resources (SLD-V, SLDOF-O) on the Engels mine area of its Moonlight copper property, in northern California’s Plumas Cty., have cut into a zone of…
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Katanga fears CAMEC’s motive for special meeting (August 27, 2007)
Takeover target Katanga Mining (KAT-T, KATFF-O) says Central African Mining and Exploration Co. (CAMEC) (CEAMF-O, CFM-L) has demanded a special shareholders meeting in an effort to end its shareholder…
Southern Arc takes on abandoned Indonesia (August 27, 2007)
As junior mining companies across the world gripe about lab delays and equipment shortages caused by the so-called “super-cycle,” Southern Arc Minerals (SA-V, SOACF-O) is a little more relaxed in sunn…
Disappointing Q2 for First Quantum
Record rainfall, higher costs and a fall in net sales sent First Quantum Minerals (FM-T, GQVLF-O) second-quarter profits tumbling to US$123.1 million (US$1.83 per share), down 18% from the correspondi…
Continental gets positive feasibility for Xietongmen (August 27, 2007)
Vancouver — Continental Minerals (KMK-V, KMKCF-O) now holds a positive feasibility study for its Xietongmen copper-gold deposit in the Tibet Autonomous Region of southwestern China.
Getting in Early: Pebble Creek Mining
Pebble Creek Mining (PEB-V) of Vancouver is banking on becoming the first foreign company and the first private-sector company to start up a new precious and base metals mine in India in more than fif…
Teck Cominco and the Big Payout
Kalgoorlie, Western Australia — Executives of Teck Cominco (TCK.B-T, TCK-N) virtually sat on the doorstep of Rudi Gomez’s suburban residence in Adelaide to ensure a deal would be struck with this eng…
East Asia Puts Indonesian Portfolio Together
Indonesia has had an up-and-down experience with junior exploration companies, having hosted staking rushes first by a mass of Australian juniors, then, infamously, by Canadians in the mid-1990s. And …
GobiMin sees record earnings in Q2
China-focused junior producer GobiMin (GMN-V) saw a healthy second quarter this year, with record revenue at its Ye…
One hole good enough for Sheffield
Good results from just one drill hole were enough to lift Sheffield Resources (SLD-V) on the market on Aug. 24.Th…
Long copper-gold intersect for Candorado
Vancouver – At least one of Candorado Operatings (CDO-V) summer purchases is showing promise: the company hit a lo…
Sunridge shares ride Asmara results
Drill results from the Asmara project in Eritrea gave Sunridge Gold (SGC-V) a rest from the recent drubbing commodi…