Taseko zips ahead with Gibraltar expansion
SITE VISIT WILLIAMS LAKE, B. C. — In central British Columbia, where pine beetles are choking the lifeblood out of the lumber industry, Taseko Mines (TKO-T, TGB-X) is a breath…
Freeport-McMoRan Inc
Antares study suggests Haquira economic
A scoping study and preliminary economic assessment of the nearsurface leachable portion of the Haquira copper deposit in south-central Peru suggest there is an opportunity for an economic operation a…
Citigroup forecasts strong moly prices until 2010 (May 05, 2008)
Molybdenum supply won’t catch up with demand until 2010 and rising oil prices will only heighten the metal’s value, according to a new report from Citi Investment Research, a division of Citigroup Glo…
Residents of Oklahoma town sue over historic pollution
Kaylee Jernigan and her mother Kim live less than half a mile from the site of a smelter that refined zinc and cadmium ore concentrates for 58 years before it was closed down in 1974.
To buy or to build, that is the question
When escalating costs and a much-delayed construction schedule forced NovaGold Resources (NG-T, NG-X) and Teck Comi…
Citigroup forecasts strong moly prices until 2010 (April 23, 2008)
Molybdenum supply won’t catch up with demand until 2010 and rising oil prices will only heighten the metal’s value,…
Residents of Oklahoma town launch class-action lawsuit against Phelps Dodge
Kaylee Jernigan and her mother Kim live less than half a mile from the site of a smelter that refined zinc and ca…
Creston drills thick, high-grade moly
VANCOUVER — Creston Moly’s (CMS-V, CMSJF-O) initial round of infill drilling at its El Creston project in Sonora, Mexico, has turned in some long intervals of high-grade molybdenum mineralization.
Coro forges ahead in Argentina, Chile
SITE VISIT Uspallata, Argentina — Coro Mining (COP-T) is a company on a mission. The junior explorer debuted on the market in mid-2007 and plans to be a mid-tier base…
Chile courts juniors to boost exploration
Santiago, Chile — Already home to most of the world’s largest mining houses, Chile is now seeking to raise its profile among the minnows of the industry to turn around a relative decline in explorati…
Fortress plans to up Svetloye stake
Mineralization now stretches 100 metres farther at Fortress Minerals’ (FST-V, FTMNF-O) Elena prospect, part of its 51%-owned Svetloye gold project in Russia’s Far East.
Lithic rises on Crypto intercept (January 28, 2008)
Vancouver — A high-grade zinc intercept at the Crypto project, in western Utah, had Lithic Resources (LTH-V, LTHIF-O) up almost 30% in recent trading.