Rio Tinto to build Hope Downs iron mine in Western Australia
Vancouver – Rio Tinto (RTP-N, RIO-L) is commencing mine construction at the massive Hope Downs iron ore project in …
Platinum Group Metals
MetalCORP drilling turns up a basket of minerals
MetalCORP’s (MTC-V) property in northwestern Ontario is turning up an array of minerals that are both surprising …
Solitario poised for busy drill season
Vancouver – Denver-based Solitario Resources (SLR-T) is gearing up to drill-test eight mineral projects in Latin A…
Pacific North West Capital acquires Goodnews Bay
Vancouver A newly inked deal with an Alaskan native corporation gives Pacific North West Capital (PFN-T, PAWEF-Q)…
Mugabe’s meltdown
By all accounts, Amos Midzi, Zimbabwe’s minister of mines, is a mild-mannered soul….
Major resource boost in the Bushveld
Vancouver — Indicated resources have almost doubled at Platinum Group Metals’ (PTM-T, PTMQF-O) Western Bushveld joint venture in South Africa….
Marathon resource grows
A new resource estimate for the Marathon copper-palladium-platinum deposit in north-central Ontario shows about 1.7…
Puma posts positive PGE results from East Pansky
Vancouver Recent drilling by Consolidated Puma Minerals (CPW-V) has returned high-grade results for platinum grou…
Kodiak hit by first hole at Caribou Lake
VANCOUVER The first of three exploratory holes drilled by Kodiak Exploration (KXL-V) at the Caribou Lake property…
Warm words from Zimbabwe’s mining minister belie questionable plan
By all accounts, Amos Midzi, Zimbabwe’s minister of mines, is a mild-mannered soul.Throughout his recent half-h…
MetalCORP cuts high-grade platinum at North Rock (March 20, 2006)
Vancouver — Drilling on its North Rock project, 25 km east of Fort Frances in northwestern Ontario, has turned up a new discovery of high-grade platinum mineralization for MetalCORP…
Canadian Royalties signs up with Jinchuan
Details are sketchy, but Canadian Royalties (CZZ-T) has signed a memorandum of understanding with Chinese metal pro…