Sterling acquisition to make Minco a major silver producer by 2011
Vancouver – The company advancing the Fuwan silver property in China, Minco Silver (MSV-T), is taking over Sterling…
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Silvercorp turning on China’s silver tap (August 20, 2008)
Record production brought in higher revenues for Silvercorp Metals (SVM-T), and the company maintained its status a…
Skybridge coring good grades in Nunavut
Vancouver – The Downie brothers are at it again.Last September the brothers, who founded and ultimately sold Wo…
SilverCrest Mines takes two steps forward at Santa Elena
SilverCrest Mines (SVL-V, STVZF-O) has checked off two more boxes on its “to-do” list before it can move its Sant…
More gold for Aquila
Aquila Resources (AQA-T) got a slight lift from drills testing a porphyry deposit at its Back Forty project in Mich…
Western Copper jumps environmental hurdle at Carmacks
VANCOUVER — An OK from the Yukon Environmental and Socioeconomic Board (YESAB) on Western Copper’s (WRN-T, WCPCF-O) Carmacks copper project paves the wayfor a mining licence, Julien Francois, Western…
Miners sidestep Olympic hurdles
Inadequate coal supplies for Chinese power plants means industrial customers are facing power rationing in order to ensure enough electricity for the Olympic Games.
Promontorio drilling delivers for Kootenay Gold
VANCOUVER — Continued good news out of the Promontorio silver-gold- lead-zinc project in Sonora, Mexico, once again buoyed Kootenay Gold’s (KTN-V, KOOYF-O) share price in a lagging market.
Vedanta Resources in US$8.8 billion India expansion
Having received the go-ahead from India’s supreme court, Vedanta Resources (VED-L), an India-focused resource giant…
Pebble Creek Mining tables Askot resource estimate, applies for potash permits in India
Pebble Creek Mining (PEB-V) has released a National Instrument 43-101 resource estimate for its flagship project, t…
Certej study predicts 11-year mine life
A feasibility study for European Goldfields’ (EGU-T, EGU-L) Certej gold-silver project in Romania says an open-pit mining operation could produce an average of 156,000 oz. gold and 814,000 oz. silver …
Exeter rises on gold from Cerro Moro
VANCOUVER–News of the highest-grade intersection to date from the Cerro Moro gold-silver project, in Argentina, gave Exeter Resource (XRC-V, XRA-X) a nice share price lift.