EuroZinc fires up zinc plant at Neves-Corvo
Vancouver – The start-up of a new zinc plant has allowed EuroZinc Mining (EZM-T, EZM-X) to transform its Neves-Cor…
Zinc-Lead
Wolfden gets positive numbers on Arctic projects (June 28, 2006)
Preliminary economic assessments of the Izok, Ulu and High Lake deposits in Nunavut’s western mainland, done for ow…
Sabina Silver delivers hot hole at Hackett River (June 21, 2006)
Vancouver – Significant initial results are trickling in from Sabina Silver’s (SBB-V, SBBFF-O) 2006 resource drilli…
El Nino options Bathurst projects from Falconbridge
Vancouver — El Nino Ventures (ELN-V, ELNOF-O) is blowing into New Brunswick’s Bathurst base metal camp by optioning a large land package from area producer Falconbridge (FAL-T, FAL-N)….
Boliden breathes life into Garpenberg
A successful exploration program in and around Boliden’s (BLS-T, BDNNF-O) Garpenberg zinc-lead mine in Sweden has substantially boosted ore reserves, extending the mine’s life to over 10 years at curr…
Bear Creek keeps up the pace at Corani
Bear Creek Mining’s (BCM-V) Corani project in southern Peru continues to grow. Back on March 13th the company r…
Everton, Linear cut massive sulphides in DR (June 12, 2006)
A 10-hole drilling program at the Loma el Mate property in the Dominican Republic has returned several significant intersections of zinc-copper mineralization….
Editorial: Race to the Finnish (June 12, 2006)
The geopolitical whirlwinds now buffeting North American miners in the Third World are only underscoring the hard truth that oftentimes it’s best for us to stick to First World countries where there i…
Tributable resources
Junior explorer Tribute Minerals (TBM-V) has tabled a resource estimate for the Arrow massive sulphide zone at its …
Apogee says draft of Bolivian mining code is positive
While Bolivia’s new mining code is not slated to become law until July 20, Apogee Minerals (APE-T) issued a release…
Editorial: Race to the Finnish (June 06, 2006)
The geopolitical whirlwinds now buffeting North American miners in the Third World are only underscoring the hard t…
Southwestern to spin out Zincore Metals
Vancouver After reviewing various options to maximize the value of its zinc assets, Southwestern Resources (SWG-T…