Nevsun Resources and its heaps of cash
Last year marked the second year of production at Nevsun Resources (NSU-T, NSU-N) 60%-owned Bisha mine in Eritrea and already its balance sheet is the envy of many companies in the industry.
Zinc-Lead
Firestone eyes quick start-up in Guatemala
VANCOUVER — There’s only five years of defined resources at Torlon Hill, but a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) of the zinc-lead-silver project in Guatemala suggests that owner Firestone Ventures (FV-V) could build a mine at…
Selwyn turns the page after eight years at Howard’s Pass
VANCOUVER — It has been quite a ride for Vancouver-based junior Selwyn Resources (SWN-V) since it acquired a 100% stake in the Howard’s Pass zinc-lead project in the eastern Yukon from a Placer Dome joint venture in 2005. The story…
Friedland works his magic at the PDAC
Legendary mining promoter Robert Friedland is looking to strike it big again — this time with Ivanplats’ (IVP-T) high-grade precious and base metals projects in Africa.
Friedland works his magic at the PDAC
Legendary mining promoter Robert Friedland is looking to strike it big again — this time with Ivanplats’ (IVP-T) high-grade precious and base metals projects in Africa.
“This is the beginning of the African decade,” says Robert Friedland
Shares of Ivanplats (IVP-T) began trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange in October 2012, but the company, founded by Singapore-based mining entrepreneur Robert Friedland, has been exploring in Africa since 1994. Today Ivanplats has discoveries…
Selwyn turns the page after eight years at Howard’s Pass
VANCOUVER — It has been quite a ride for Vancouver-based junior Selwyn Resources (SWN-V) since it acquired a 100% stake in the Howard’s Pass zinc-lead project from a Placer Dome joint venture in 2005. The story came to an end on Mar. 5,…
El Teniente’s tailings offer dividends for Amerigo
Over the last 40 years, Klaus Zeitler has financed, built and managed base metal and gold mines in Europe, Africa, North and South America and the Pacific.
Inmet boosts copper reserves as First Quantum bid looms
VANCOUVER — As its future hangs in the balance, Canadian base metals producer Inmet Mining (IMN-T) increased its value with a global resource update on Feb. 11, which was highlighted by a 22% jump in proven-and-probable copper reserves.
Colombian violence hurts Continental despite high grades
VANCOUVER — Drills at Continental Gold’s (CNL-T) Buritica project in Colombia keep hitting new areas of high-grade gold and silver, but a resurgence of violence in the country following the end of a two-month FARC ceasefire is…
Back Forty gains grade but work still suspended
VANCOUVER — A new resource estimate for the Back Forty poly-metallic project in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula has boosted the deposit’s metal grades. But despite the improvement, no work is underway at the site because project…
Constantine finds perfect partner for Palmer
VANCOUVER — For the last few years, the Palmer project in Alaska almost had it all: a high-grade polymetallic deposit with thick, continuous zones that could be mined using short lateral drifts to deposit ore beside a highway running to a…