More reward than risk at Kutcho Creek
Dease Lake, B.C. — The Kutcho Creek volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) project located 100 km east of this Northern community made it to prefeasibility in the mid-1980s, only to be put on the back b…
Copper
Rio Tinto throws weight behind Oyu Tolgoi
Ivanhoe Mines (IVN-T, IVN-N) wowed the market in mid-October, by laying the groundwork for a partnership with Rio Tinto (RTP-N, RIO-L) to get its massive Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold project in southern Mon…
Petaquilla lifts veil on Jinchuan talks (October 30, 2006)
Petaquilla Minerals (PTQ-T, PTQMF-O) has revealed that it is in talks with Chinese nickel producer Jinchuan Group to finance Petaquilla’s buyout of its partners at the Petaquilla copper project in Pan…
Campbell offering held up
A rights offering by Campbell Resources (CCH-T, CBLRF-O) to assist the restructuring of the financially troubled company is ready, its final prospectus having been approved by securities regulators. B…
Nautilus contracts to build deep-sea mining vessel (October 30, 2006)
Vancouver — Nautilus Minerals (NUS-V, NUSMF-O) and Belgium-based Jan De Nul Group have reached a tentative agreement that would see a deep-sea mining vessel built for use at a Nautilus project in the…
Editorial: Russia tightening its grip on natural resources (October 25, 2006)
Foreign investors of time and money in Russia’s mining sector would do well to keep a close eye on the increasingly…
Nuinsco readying estimate at Lac Rocher (October 23, 2006)
A 2,087-metre drill program at the Lac Rocher nickel prospect in northwestern Quebec should allow Nuinsco Resources (NWI-T, NUIRF-O) to put together a resource figure for the zone it discovered in 199…
First Metals heading underground at Fabie
The province of Quebec has issued a permit to First Metals (FMA-T) to extract a 50,000-tonne bulk sample from the Fabie Bay copper deposit in northwestern Quebec, allowing quick feasibility work on th…
African Copper to go ahead at Dukwe (October 23, 2006)
African Copper (ACU-T, AFNCF-O, ACU-L) will start construction of a mine at the Dukwe copper project in Botswana, with the hope of starting production in 2008.
Strike averted at Teck’s Highland Valley
Vancouver — Teck Cominco (TCK.B-T, TCK-N) and Local 7619 of the United Steelworkers of America have averted a strike at the Highland Valley copper mine, 60 km southwest of Kamloops, B.C., with worker…
Shareholders approve EuroZinc/Lundin merger
Vancouver – Shareholders of Lundin Mining (LUN-T) and EuroZinc Mining (EZM-T, EZM-X) voted in favor of a merger pr…
Rio Tinto coming to Oyu Tolgoi
Ivanhoe Mines (IVN-T) wowed the market by laying the groundwork for a partnership with Rio Tinto (RTP-N, RIO-L) in …