Peru Copper endorses $840M Chinese bid
Vancouver — Management of Peru Copper (PCR-T, CUP-X) has thrown its support behind a friendly $6.60-per-share takeover offer by Beijing-based Aluminum Corp. of China (ACH-N) (Chinalco).
2007
Canadian juniors look to light a fire in Jalisco
SITE VISIT Ameca, Jalisco, Mexico — When talk turns to Mexican mining, Jalisco doesn’t have the historical cachet of Durango or the copper-fed importance of Sonora. But this state on…
Deep gold at Cedartree
Drilling by Houston Lake Mining (HLM-V, HLKMF-O) at the West Cedartree gold project near Sioux Narrows, Ont., has intersected high-grade gold mineralization at depth on the Dogpaw No. 1 vein.
SouthernEra working the phones (June 18, 2007)
SouthernEra Diamonds (SDM-T, SRE-L) says it is in negotiations with possible white-knight bidders to thwart a bid from London-listed Mwana Africa (MWA-L) to take over the company.
Far West’s Santo Domingo Sur to benefit from Salvador closure
SITE VISIT Diego de Almagro, Chile — Vancouver-based exploration company Far West Mining (FWM-T, FWMLF-O) will update the resource estimate for its Santo Domingo copper property in Chile’s Region III…
Aur officially opens Duck Pond
With concentrate production well under way, and an official opening ceremony under its belt, mid-tier copper miner Aur Resources (AUR-T, AURRF-O) is off to a good start at its new, wholly owned Duck P…
Sherwood’s drilling shows Minto’s potential
Vancouver — Stepout drilling around Sherwood Copper’s (SWC-V, SWOPF-O) Minto mine in the Yukon — scheduled to begin production in the third quarter — has returned significant copper-gold mineraliza…
Millstream intersects more sulphides (June 18, 2007)
A new drill hole on the Potter massive sulphide deposit near Matheson, Ont., has intersected more sulphide mineralization.
Geodex readies for Sisson scoping study
Geodex Minerals (GXM-V, GXMLF-O) has contracted for a preliminary economic analysis on the Sisson Brook tungsten-molybdenum- copper deposit in central New Brunswick.
Candente moves Canariaco to feasibility
Vancouver — Eyeing a potential 2008 production scenario for its Caariaco Norte copper deposit in northwestern Peru, Candente Resource (DNT-T, CDOUF-O) is advancing the project to the feasibility sta…
Nevada Copper digging deep at Pumpkin Hollow (June 18, 2007)
Vancouver — Ten-month old Nevada Copper (NCU-V) is pushing hard to explore its Pumpkin Hollow project in southwestern Nevada, with 13,000 metres drilled to date.
Linear’s Cobre Grande proving itself worthy of name (June 18, 2007)
Vancouver — Linear Metals (LRM-V, LMTCF-O) is showing its Cobre Grande or “great copper” site in Oaxaca, Mexico, is worthy of its name, with the latest drill effort cutting high-grade copper along wi…