Osisko Metals updates resource for Pine Point zinc project
Osisko Metals (TSXV: OM; US-OTC: OMZNF) has tabled a resource update for its wholly owned Pine Point lead-zinc project on the south shore of Great Slave Lake in the Northwest…
Cominco Ltd
Tulsequah Chief resource firmed up (November 08, 2004)
Redfern Resources, a unit of
Teck’s profit hit by lower prices
A sharp drop in the price of power, combined with downward-spiraling metal prices, had a negative impact on Teck’s (TEK-T) second-quarter results.The company, which, as a result of its recent merger w…
Shareholders OK merger
Minority shareholders of Cominco (CLT-T) have voted overwhelmingly in favour of the company’s planned merger with parent Teck (TEK-T), and the British Columbia Supreme Court has approved the merger’s …
Cominco resolves strike
Denver — Striking workers have returned to work at the Cajamarquilla zinc smelter in Peru after reaching an agreement with Cominco (CLT).The company, which controls an 82% stake in the plant, north o…
Juniors test waters in British Columbia
A recent change in government is fuelling optimism and a modest revival of exploration in British Columbia. Mining executives say the government’s promises to streamline permitting procedures and impr…
Novagold takes aim at Shotgun (July 02, 2001)
Vancouver — Novagold Resources (NRI-T) has completed an agreement with Cominco (CLT-T) to earn the 52.5% it does not already own of the 1-million-oz. Shotgun gold property in southwestern Alaska.The …
Union workers halt zinc smelter in Peru (July 02, 2001)
Denver — Production of refined zinc at the Cajamarquilla smelter near Lima, Peru, has ceased after 350 unionized workers walked off the job.The union and Cominco (CLT-T), which owns 82% of the plant,…
Cominco leases Mesaba copper-nickel deposit (June 25, 2001)
Vancouver — Cominco (CLT-T) intends to apply its new hydrometallurgical technology to the Mesaba copper-nickel deposit in northern Minnesota. The company acquired the rights to the large, undeveloped…
Expatriate receives extension
Vancouver — Cominco (CLT-T) has granted Expatriate Resources (EXR-V) a payment extension for its purchase of the Kudz Ze Kayah deposit in the Finlayson Lake District in the Yukon.According to the ame…
Expatriate seeks extension
A US$5-million financing with Resource Capital Fund II has collapsed, leaving Expatriate Resources (EXR-V) unable to complete a $1-million payment to Cominco (CLT-T) that was due May 24.Expatriate has…
Teck, Cominco to form mining giant
Vancouver — It seemed an odd pairing in 1986 when lean, entrepreneurial Teck (TEK-T) bought its initial stake in top-heavy, debt-ridden Cominco (CLT-T).Not anymore.Having shared management and corpor…