Pacific Comox makes progress at Mabel (October 13, 2008)
Pacific Comox Resources (PCM-V, PAOCF-o) has completed a 7,000- metre drill program at its Mabel gold-silver project in Sonora state, and some of the results have started to come in.
2008
Redpath acquires Aussie mining contractor Eroc
North Bay, Ont.-based mining contractor The Redpath Group has cemented its place in the Australian mining sector through its acquisition of Eroc Pty. Ltd.
Snowden to prepare Golden Peaks resource
Snowden Group is set to prepare an independent resource calculation for Argentinian-focused mining company Golden Peaks Resources’ (GL-T, GDPEF-o) La Fortuna gold project.
John Gartner gets top Geotechnical Society honours
Gartner Lee co-founder John Gartner has received the Canadian Geotechnical Society’s (CGS) most prestigious award, the Robert F. Legget Medal, for 2008.
U. S. MARKETS – SEPT. 30-OCT. 6
The U. S. government may have passed the US$700-billion bailout package into law on Friday, Oct. 3, but that hasn’t erased fears that it will take a long time to thaw frozen credit and get the economy…
Linear Metals expands Cobre Grande
Using assays from the last two reverse- circulation holes on its Cobre Grande copper project in Mexico, Linear Metals (LRM-t) has extended the El Oso mineralized zone to a strike length of 300 metres….
Silver Wheaton adds Alexco’s Bellekeno to stable
Alexco Resource (AXR-T, AXU-x) has inked a deal with Silver Wheaton (SLW-T, SLW-n) to sell silver from the Yukon.
Miners still waiting on DRC review
Investors and onlookers alike will have to hold their collective breath a little longer as completion of the mining contract review in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has been delayed.
Oro Gold gains on Mexican results
Vancouver — As share prices tumbled down all around, Oro Gold Resources (OGR-V, OGRSF-o) showed what kind of news it took to simply not lose ground during one of the worst days in the history of the …
Citigroup cuts commodity forecasts for 2009-10
Citi Investment Research has lowered some of its commodity price forecasts due to the U. S. financial crisis, slowing growth in China and disinflationary developments.
Tinpo backs off Western Prospector bid
Tinpo Holdings gave Western Prospector Group (WNP-V, WEPGF-o) shareholders a sudden jolt recently, when it unexpectedly announced it was taking its $74- million offer for the company off the table.
Mexoro upbeat about past producing Cieneguita
If one adheres to the safety-in-numbers school of mining and exploration then Mexoro Minerals’ (MXOM-o) Cieneguita property, in Mexico’s Sierra Madre occidental belt in Chihuahua state, is a pretty sa…