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…
Industrial/Specialty Minerals
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…
Katanga and Nikanor to form African copper giant
Katanga Mining (KAT-T, KATFF-O) and Nikanor (nkr-l) are planning a merger that would create Africa’s biggest copper producer and become the world’s biggest cobalt producer by 2011.
War Eagle cuts wide high-grade zinc at Tres Marias (November 19, 2007)
Vancouver — It looks like past mine operators left behind some pretty decent rock at War Eagle Mining’s (WAR-V, WARGF-O) Tres Marias zinc-germanium project, in Mexico’s Chihuahua state.
Geodex sees short payback, long life at Sisson Brook
A 20,000-tonne-per-day open pit mine on the Sisson Brook tungsten-molybdenum project in central New Brunswick is ec…
Palmary increases offer for Consmin
The board of Consolidated Minerals (CNM-L, CSM-A) has recommended an improved bid for the company from Belize-based…
Empire now a mining company, eyes Turkish copper-moly
Vancouver-based capital pool company Empire Mining (EPC-V) has completed the qualifying transaction it first announ…
Katanga and Nikanor to form African copper powerhouse
Katanga Mining (KAT-T) and Nikanor (NKR-L) plan to create Africas biggest copper producer and the worlds biggest …
Tyhee’s Nicholas Lake shows promise (November 05, 2007)
Tyhee Development (TDC-V, TYHJF-O) is one step closer to deciding whether it can mine its Nicholas Lake deposit, in the Yukon, as an open-pit resource, now that it has hit significant gold intersectio…