Lumina hits wide gold zone in Expo drilling (January 16, 2006)
Vancouver – Follow-up drilling by Lumina Resources (LUR-T, LUMNF-O) on the NW Expo area of its Hushamu project, on …
Copper
BHP drills Dragoon copper project
Vancouver – A drill program by BHP Billiton (BHP-N) is testing a buried copper system at the Dragoon property opti…
Ascendant can’t escape tumultuous history of Junin
It looked as though history was repeating itself on Dec. 10, 2005, when a building belonging to newly listed Ascend…
Reko recalculated (January 12, 2006)
A new resource estimate from Tethyan Copper (TYC-A) on the Reko Diq copper project in Balochistan province, Pakista…
Southern Arc inks Indonesian deal with Newmont
Vancouver – A newly inked agreement with Newmont Mining (NMC-T, NEM-N) sets the stage for Southern Arc Minerals (…
Constellation tests metallurgy at Terrazas
Vancouver – Column leach tests on four composite bulk samples have returned encouraging extraction results from th…
Northern Dynasty examines a bigger Pebble
A successful drilling campaign in 2005 has prompted Hunter-Dickinson-led junior Northern Dynasty Minerals (NDM-V, N…
Yukon Zinc confirms Wolverine resources (January 10, 2006)
Vancouver – A recently completed infill drilling and test-mining program has upgraded resources at the Wolverine d…
Piedras feasibility tweaked for higher price
Consultants for Frontera Copper (FCC-T) have updated the feasibility study for the Piedras Verdes copper project in…
Codelco contractors strike for share of windfall
Chilean copper giant Codelco faced a strike by about half of its contract workers, with protests at the El Teniente…
EuroZinc drills to expand Neves deposit
Vancouver An ongoing surface drill program by EuroZinc Mining (EZM-T) has returned mixed results from the western…
Silver Standard adds Berenguela to Peruvian holdings
Vancouver A newly signed purchase agreement with a Peruvian company allows Silver Standard Resources (SSO-T, SSRI…