Laramide preparing for gold spin-off
Back in April Laramide Resources (LAM-T) announced it would spin-off its non-uranium assets into a company only k…
Zinc-Lead
First Majestic finding promise in old Mexican mines (December 17, 2007)
Vancouver — Initial drill results from First Majestic Silver’s (FR-V, FRMSF-O) Chalchihuites group of properties in Zacatecas state show there’s still significant silver and zinc in the historic Mexi…
Douglas Lake shows VMS potential for Paragon
Vancouver – Paragon Minerals (PGR-V) saw a modest boost in the markets after the first set of drill holes into the …
Silvercorp will build new mill for its Ying silver mining camp in China
After a spending spree this year during which Silvercorp Metals (SVM-T) acquired three new properties within 15 km …
An early Eritrean Christmas for Nevsun
Nevsun Resources’ (NSU-T, NSU-X) latest deal with Eritrean government has it firmly on the road towards building th…
Canplats up again on Camino Rojo results
Vancouver – For the second time in two weeks, Canplats Resources (CPQ-V) got a share price boost on results from th…
Kootenay Gold climbs on Promontorio drill results (December 10, 2007)
Vancouver – Kootenay Gold’s (KTN-V) share price shot up after news that the company hit significant precious and ba…
Copper-hungry Sherwood taking over Western Keltic (December 10, 2007)
Vancouver — Fresh off the success of its newly opened and already growing Minto mine, Sherwood Copper (SWC-V, SWOPF-O) has launched a friendly takeover bid for Western Keltic Mines (WKM-V, WLKTF-O) i…
Copper dubbed ‘one-trick pony’ in 2008 forecast
In their report on copper and zinc prices, Scotia Capital analysts Onno Rutten and Lawrence Smith upped their copper price forecast by 35% to US$3.25 per lb., but turned bearish on zinc.
Zincore plans prefeasibility for Accha
Now that Zincore Metals (ZNC-T) has a resource estimate for its Accha deposit in southern Peru, the company’s visio…
Breakwater gets a fix at Mochito
Breakwater Resources (BWR-T) announced that its Mochito mine in Honduras is back to normal operation. Milling had…
Chinese suitors offer $13.75 a share for Northern Peru
Vancouver – In a deal valued at $455 million, Northern Peru Copper (NOC-V) is being bought out by China Minmetals a…