Pilot mining to help Dia Bras build reserves
SITE VISIT Chihuahua, Mexico — To this day, no one really knows what happened to plans to mine the Cusi property in the early 1900s. They went missing while Mexican…
Zinc-Lead
Las Animas drilling buoys GoldQuest
Vancouver — Shares of GoldQuest Mining (GQC-V, GDQMF-O) rocketed more than 300% in recent trading, following the announcement of a wide mineralized drill intercept containing copper, zinc and gold fr…
Scorpio could mine by next spring (June 25, 2007)
A prefeasibility study for Scorpio Mining (SPM-T, SMNPF-O) at the Nuestra Senora silver-zinc-lead deposit in Sinaloa state, Mexico, says a 1,000-tonne-per-day mine would be economic at base-case metal…
Drilling at West Timmins’ Montana de Oro
Vancouver — West Timmins Mining’s (WTM-T, WTMNF-O) Montana de Oro project in Mexico is starting to show potential as drill results reveal numerous systems bearing gold, silver, copper and zinc.
Tyler results show wider zone (June 25, 2007)
Further drill results from Tyler Resources’ (TYS-V, TYRRF-O) Bahuerachi copper-zinc deposit in Chihuahua state, Mexico, show that the previously inferred width of the deposit’s Main Zone may have been…
Move over nickel, here comes lead (June 22, 2007)
With lead prices steadily climbing towards record highs, the un-glamorous metal looks poised to knock nickel off it…
Breakwater reserves up 50% at El Toqui (June 22, 2007)
Breakwater Resources (BWR-T) latest reserve increase for its El Toqui zinc project has given the company the confi…
Aquila drills 87 metres grading 9.8% zinc
Aquila Resources (AQA-V) has reported its largest zinc intercept ever as it drills its way through a 20,000-metre p…
Canadian juniors look to light a fire in Jalisco
SITE VISIT Ameca, Jalisco, Mexico — When talk turns to Mexican mining, Jalisco doesn’t have the historical cachet of Durango or the copper-fed importance of Sonora. But this state on…
Angus & Ross funds Black Angel (June 18, 2007)
Angus & Ross (AGU-L) has lined up a US$30-million loan combined with an issue of equity to allow faster development of the Black Angel zinc-lead mine in western Greenland.
Canadian Zinc sees Prairie Creek vein widen to north
Vancouver — Underground drilling by Canadian Zinc (CZN-T, CZICF-O) on its Prairie Creek zinc-lead-silver deposit in the Mackenzie Mountains region of western Northwest Territories is returning a numb…
Millstream intersects more sulphides (June 18, 2007)
A new drill hole on the Potter massive sulphide deposit near Matheson, Ont., has intersected more sulphide mineralization.