Zinc-Lead

Analysts question Iberian’s move

Iberian Minerals (IZN-V) has agreed to allow Trafigura Beheer, its largest shareholder, to acquire all of its shares that it doesn’t already own for $1.10 apiece in cash, causing some analysts to question the bid.


[Update]Analysts question Iberian’s move

Iberian Minerals (izn-v) has agreed to allow Trafigura Beheer, its largest shareholder, to acquire all of its shares that it doesn’t already own for $1.10 apiece in cash, causing some analysts to question the bid.


Workers unloading explosives at Canadian Zinc's Prairie Creek zinc project in the Northwest Territories. Photo by Canadian Zinc

Perseverance is the watchword at Canadian Zinc

Since Canadian Zinc (CZN-T) bought 100% of the Prairie Creek property in the 1990s, the company has invested more than $45 million and quadrupled the mineral resource. It has also advanced the zinc-silver-lead mine in the Northwest Territories…



Bear Creek releases Corani feasibility study

Vancouver – A feasibility study on Bear Creek Mining’s (BCM-V) flagship Corani project in southern Peru has added slightly to silver reserves while capital costs have increased 70%.


Facilities at Excellon Resources' Platosa polymetallic mine in Durango state, Mexico. Photo by Excellon Resources

Union troubles for Excellon in Mexico

Feuding unions at Excellon Resources’ (EXN-T) Platosa polymetallic mine in Mexico’s Durango state have staged two demonstrations in recent months and caused a total of seven days of lost production in August and September. 



Mexican army brought in to guard Excellon’s La Platosa mine

About 300 Mexican army troops, federal and state police have surrounded and blocked the entrances to Excellon Resources’ (EXN-T, EXLLF-Q) La Platosa underground silver-lead-zinc mine in Durango State, according to reports by the United…


Riverside and partners busy drilling four properties at once

Prospect generator Riverside Resources (RRI-V) is hoping its “shared-risk business model” will finally return dividends to shareholders this year in the form of a significant mineral discovery. The company has four drill programs running at the…


Lundin completes feasibility study on Lombador I

A feasibility study looking at developing the upper portions of the Lombador ore bodies at Neves-Corvo in Portugal has shown that it would be a “profitable and value accretive extension” to the mine, Lundin Mining (LUN-T) reported yesterday….


Selwyn looks to Norway to fund ScoZinc mine restart

Vancouver – Selwyn Resources (SWN-V) is looking to raise US$30 million in a senior bond offering through Norway’s First Securities AS in order to restart operations at the company’s newly acquired ScoZinc zinc-lead mine in Nova Scotia.


Goldcorp’s Penasquito finding its legs

Beset by a string of early production problems, Goldcorp (G-T, GG-N) is hurriedly working to ramp up to full production at its newest flagship asset, the Penasquito silver-gold-lead-zinc mine in Mexico’s Zacatecas state.


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