Blockade shuts down Freeport’s Grasberg
Vancouver — A large group of protesters, some toting weapons, effectively shut down operations at Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold’s (FCX-N) massive Grasberg mine in Indonesia’s Pa…
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Desert Sun rises on Yamana bid (March 13, 2006)
A friendly bid from Yamana Gold (YRI-T, AUY-X, YAU-L) to take over Desert Sun Mining (DSM-T, DEZ-X) would see the creation of a 450,000-oz. gold producer in the near…
Delivering at Corani
With 89 holes representing over 14,000 metres of drilling completed on the Corani silver discovery in Peru and a resource estimate due out in early March, Bear Creek Mining (BCM-V, BC…
Early drilling finds copper at Nova Esperana
Preliminary drilling by Novicourt (NOV-T) and Falconbridge (FAL.LV-T, FAL-N) has intersected copper-gold mineraliza…
Dundee Precious Metals gets OK for Chelopech expansion
Vancouver – Dundee Precious Metals’ (DPM-T, DPMLF-O) redevelopment plans for its Chelopech gold-copper mine in cent…
Record Q4 and 2005 earnings for First Quantum
Vancouver – Soaring copper prices drove home the bottom line for First Quantum Minerals (FM-T, FQM-L, FQVLF-O) enro…
Galeno resource boost for Northern Peru Copper
Vancouver – A new resource estimate has been delivered to Northern Peru Copper (NOC-T, NPUCF-O), increasing the siz…
Tethyan tussle heats up (March 09, 2006)
The board of Aussie takeover target Tethyan Copper (TYCFF-O, TYC-A) is stepping back from earlier advice and urging…
Adastra advances Kolwezi
A definitive feasibility study gives a hearty thumbs-up to a 2.3-million-tonne-per-year operation at the Kolwezi co…
EuroZinc accelerates mine-site exploration at Neves-Corvo
Vancouver With new reserve and resource estimates in hand, EuroZinc Mining (EZM-T, EZM-X) has accelerated mine-si…
Odyssey tests copper-silver target at Alous
Vancouver The first hole of an ongoing drilling campaign by Odyssey Resources (ODX-V) has intersected 73 metres a…
MetalCORP cuts high-grade platinum at North Rock (March 06, 2006)
Vancouver – Drilling on its North Rock project, 25 km east of Fort Frances in northwestern Ontario, has turned up a…