Moly found at NW Expo
Vancouver — With the acquisition of Lumina Copper under its belt, drilling at Western Copper’s (WRN-T, WCPCF-O) North West Expo copper-gold-molybdenum project, on northern Vancouver Island, is confir…
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Carat getting clear picture of Seneca
Drilling to the east of a historic copper-lead-zinc deposit on its Seneca property, in B.C., has provided some encouraging results for Vancouver-based Carat Exploration (CRZ-V).
Baja revises resource
Infill drilling for the Boleo final feasibility study has increased resources on the copper project for Baja Mining (BAJ-T, BAJFF-O).
Teck Cominco posts $360M Q1 profit
Vancouver — Teck Cominco (TCK.B-T, TCK-N) posted 2007 first-quarter earnings of $360 million ($1.67 per share) on operational revenue of $1.34 billion, compared with $448 million ($2.19 per share) on…
Teal updates Konkola resources (April 30, 2007)
Teal Exploration & Mining (TL-T, TEL-J) has published updated resource figures for the Konkola North copper project, in northern Zambia, moving about half the previously inferred resource into the…
Ursa Major gets bulk sampling approval
Ursa Major Minerals (UMJ-V, UMJMF-O) has received provincial approval for a bulk-sampling program at its Shakespeare nickel-copper project west of Sudbury, Ont.
Benton gets PGM exploration boost (April 30, 2007)
Stillwater Mining (SWC-N) has agreed to pump $1.6 million into Benton Resources’ (BTC-V) Goodchild nickel-copper-platinum group metal project north of Marathon, Ont., giving Stillwater the option to e…
Kenrich-Eskay tallies Double Ed copper
Vancouver — Kenrich-Eskay Mining (KRE-V, KREKF-O) has delivered a modest resource estimate for the Double Ed deposit on its 50%-owned Coastal Copper project, located in the Anyox mining district in n…
Potter assays promising
Drilling at Millstream Mines’ (MLM-V), Potter property near Matheson, Ont., continues to hit encouraging intervals of massive sulphide mineralization.
Editor’s picks: top stories of week 17
The trading week ended April 27, the 17th of 2007, was punctuated by the Canadian government’s unveiling of a poten…
Merger trend among juniors going strong
Vancouver – The industry trend of corporate mergers remains a common market theme with a growing number of junior r…
Aquila increases resource at Back Forty
The Back Forty massive-sulphide deposit in Menominee Cty. in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan has more than double t…