Move over nickel, here comes lead (June 22, 2007)
With lead prices steadily climbing towards record highs, the un-glamorous metal looks poised to knock nickel off it…
Hecla Mining Company
OP-ED: Venezuelan Protestors Disrupt Hecla Operations
Vancouver — Hecla Mining (HL-N) has temporarily halted mining at Mina Isidora, the smaller of its two gold mines in Venezuela, in response to a group of local residents who are blocking access to the…
Editor’s Picks: in the Concrete Jungle, Lionore Doesn’t Sleep Tonight
Merger and acquisition activity once again topped the mining news of the week ended May 19, the twentieth trading week of 2007, as the battle over nickel miner LionOre Mining International intensified…
Great Basin doubles Nevada gold estimate
Vancouver — After 16,750 metres of underground drilling, Great Basin Gold (GBG-T, GBN-X) has announced their Holli…
Protesters disrupt Heclas Mina Isidora
Vancouver — Hecla Mining (HL-N, HL-X) has temporarily halted mining at Mina Isidora, the smaller of its two gold m…
Orko takes nino steps in Mexico
SITE VISIT Durango, Mexico — Taking a methodical approach to exploration in north-central Mexico isn’t necessarily a headline-grabbing exercise. But it is one that Orko Silver (OK-V, OKOFF-O) hopes will…
Freegold advances Almaden
SITE VISIT Weiser, Idaho — A buoyant bullion price coupled with past engineering studies has Freegold Ventures’ (ITF-T, FGOVF-O) recently revitalized management team convinced its Almaden gold project in west-central…
BC eyeing $9.5B in mine development spending
Vancouver — British Columbia kicked off the most important conference on its mining calendar by predicting that the province will draw $9.5 billion in mine development spending in the next four years…
B.C. eyeing $9.5 billion in mine development spending
Vancouver – British Columbia kicked off the most important conference on its mining calendar, by predicting that th…
Chavez sends new wave of chills down investors’ spines
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez waved the socialist banner broadly at his inauguration ceremony on Jan. 10, but co…
Schaft Creek drilling returns high-grade gold for Copper Fox (October 23, 2006)
Vancouver — Partial assays from initial 2006 drilling at Copper Fox Metals’ (CUU-V, CPFXF-O) Schaft Creek project, in northwestern British Columbia, indicate a new high-grade gold zone.
Schaft Creek drilling returns high-grade gold for Copper Fox (September 07, 2006)
Vancouver – Partial assays from Copper Fox Metals’ (CUU-V, CPFXF-O) initial 2006 drilling at its Schaft Creek proje…