Largo reports findings of scoping study for Maracas Vanadium-PGM
With the red-hot steel market in Asia showing no signs of cooling, demand for rare and strategic metals like vanadi…
Industrial/Specialty Minerals
Gold isn’t all that glitters
While investors buzz about the possibility of gold breaking the US$1,000 per oz. plateau in the coming year, Patricia Mohr, vice-president of industry and commodity research at Scotiabank, says the ho…
Pallinghurst bows out after Palmary bids A$5 for Consmin
It looks like the last bidder standing in the battle for Consolidated Minerals (CNM-L, CSM-A) is Palmary Enterp…
Positive feasibility study for Inca Pacific’s Magistral (December 03, 2007)
Vancouver – The feasibility study for Inca Pacific’s (IPR-V) Magistral copper-molybdenum project in Peru has showed…
Western Troy adds up at Macleod Lake (November 27, 2007)
Thanks to a field season’s drilling, Western Troy Capital Resources (WRY-V) has updated the resource estimate at it…
All that glitters is not gold
While investors buzz about gold breaking the US$1,000 an oz. plateau in the coming year, Patricia Mohr, vice-presid…
Ironing out possible mega merger
Spurned by the board of Rio Tinto (RTP-N, RIO-L, RIO-A) in a friendly approach, BHP Billiton (BHP-N, BLT-L, BHP-A) has made its proposal for a US$138-billion all-share bid public in an attempt to brin…
NA Tungsten launches Mactung study
Vancouver — Strongly bullish on tungsten’s outlook, North American Tungsten (NTC-V, NATUF-O) has begun a feasibility study on its large Mactung project, near MacMillan Pass on the Yukon-Northwest Ter…
Empire now a mining company, eyes Turkish copper
Vancouver-based capital pool company Empire Mining (EPC-V) has completed the qualifying transaction it first announced in mid-September, with Global Securities acting as sponsor.
Inferred resource up at Sisson Brook (November 19, 2007)
Based on drilling from the current field season, Geodex Minerals (GXM-V, GXMLF-O) has increased the tonnage at its Sisson Brook tungsten-molybdenum deposit in west-central New Brunswick by about 70%.
Consmin board good with Palmary offer (November 19, 2007)
The board of Australian chromium and manganese producer Consolidated Minerals (CNM-L, CSM-A) is sticking with its recommendation that shareholders accept a cash takeover offer from Ukrainian businessm…
Los Andes studies Las Vizcachitas
SITE VISIT Santiago, Chile — Vancouver-based Los Andes Copper (LA-V, LSANF-O) plans to begin a prefeasibility study at its Las Vizcachitas copper project in central Chile by the middle of…