Disappointing Q2 earnings for First Quantum
Higher costs and a fall in net sales sent First Quantum Minerals,(FM-T, FQVLF-O) second-quarter profits tumbling t…
Copper
Luiri Gold shows lustre in Zambia (August 09, 2007)
Just a little more than two months after completing a 4,159-metre drilling program at its Dunrobin and Matala gold …
New Gold hits third zone at New Afton
Vancouver – Drill results indicating a third zone of copper mineralization below the defined New Afton resources Ne…
Seeking silver in Big Sky Country
SITE VISIT Libby, Montana — Tall pines blanket the Cabinet Mountains here in northwestern Montana, an area held up as some of the region’s most spectacular wilderness. It is home…
New zones at Kemess
Exploration at the Kemess gold-copper project in northwestern British Columbia has shown two new porphyry copper-gold occurrences east of the known Kemess North deposit, one of which yielded the longe…
Editorial: Potash powers PCS
While the broad stock markets took a beating with the release of mixed U.S. economic data during the week ended July 29, the 30th trading week of 2007, the commodities markets continued to show underl…
Lundin eyeing Chariot
Lundin Mining (LUN-T, LMC-X) is in a better position to acquire Chariot Resources (CHD-T, CHDSF-O), now that shareholders in the Toronto-based junior have rejected a poison pill proposal.
EMED looking at buying Rio Tinto (August 02, 2007)
A London-listed junior is in negotiations to acquire Rio Tinto — not the company, but the historic base-metal prop…
Northern Dynasty partners with Anglo on Pebble
Vancouver – Northern Dynasty Minerals (NDM-V, NAK-X) has brought on senior miner Anglo American (AAUKD-O, AAL-L, AG…
Bellhaven hits strong copper in Panama (July 31, 2007)
Vancouver – Strong copper grades in its initial drill hole at Cerro Chorcha in Panama gave junior explorer Bellhave…
Nautilus gets sinking feeling
Vancouver — Shares of aspiring seafloor miner Nautilus Minerals (NUS-V, NUSMF-O, NUS-L) slipped to a several-month low recently following news that a works contract with its tentative development par…
Cream rises on Manitoba nickel intercept (July 30, 2007)
Vancouver — Cream Minerals’ (CMA-V, CRMXF-O) first test hole on its Wine-Radar Lake property, in northern Manitoba, has delivered promising results, cutting 20.4 metres of 1.3% nickel and 2.27% coppe…