Thompson Creek drops 2007 moly output forecast (December 15, 2007)
Vancouver – Thompson Creek Metals Company (TCM-T, TC-N) sees 2007 molybdenum production coming in up to 12% below f…
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Relincho results propel Global Copper to new high (December 12, 2007)
Vancouver – A stream of good news from Global Copper’s (GLQ-V) Relincho project in Chile has boosted the junior’s s…
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…
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%.