Exploration Adit Proving Its Worth At Niblack
Vancouver — The first underground drilling program at Committee Bay Resources’ (CBR-V, CBYRF-o)Niblack project, on Prince of Wales Island in Alaska, returned strong intercepts that are sure to expand…
Zinc-Lead
VMS Ventures keeps hitting good grades at Reed Lake
Vancouver – The Reed Lake discovery continues to return solid copper-zinc-silver-gold intersections for VMS Venture…
Canplats proves up resource at Camino Rojo
Vancouver – A year after geologists traced red-stained road fill back to its quarry and staked the Camino Rojo or &…
Lundin Sees One-Two Punch In Q3
Vancouver– Deteriorating metal prices have forced Lundin Mining (LUN-T, LMC-n) to put one mine on care and maintenance, consider closing another early, and shift production at a third to copper from …
Apex Silver Forced Into Fire Sale Of San Cristobal
Apex Silver Mines (SIL-x) has been forced to sell its 65% stake in the massive San Cristobal zinc and silver mine to its minority partner, Japan-based Sumitomo Corp. (SSUMY-o) for US$22.5 million.
Rambler focused on Ming
Vancouver — With dewatering complete and a prefeasibility study under way, Rambler Metals and Mining (RAB-v) continues to hit strong copper and gold grades at its namesake property in Newfoundland.
Geologix grows San Agustin
Vancouver–A new resource estimate for the San Agustin polymetallic property in Durango, Mexico, has doubled the project’s indicated resource and added 74% to its inferred count for owner Geologix Exp…
Editorial: Teck teeters, Apex falls
Falling commodity prices took deep bites out of another group of zinc miners during the week ended Nov. 15, the 46th trading week of 2008.
Apogee shuts La Solucion mine in Bolivia
Declining metal prices and lower grades combined with higher smelting costs and taxes have forced Apogee Minerals (…
High-grade zinc-lead resource for Firestone Ventures
Vancouver – Firestone Ventures (FV-V) has proven up a small, high-grade zinc-lead resource at its Torlon Hill proje…
Exploration adit proving its worth at Niblack
Vancouver – The first underground drilling program at Committee Bay’s (CBR-V) Niblack project on Prince on Wa…
Teck’s dilemma: How to pay off a $10-billion debt while metal prices fall all around
Vancouver – For the last few years Teck Cominco (TCK.B-T, TCK-N) has been a reliable, dividend-paying investment op…