Just two weeks after the board of Australian junior Exco Resources (ESX-A) rejected a hostile, all-cash takeover offer from one of its institutional shareholders, the explorer released an updated resource estimate for its Turpentine copper-gold…
When it comes to early stage exploration, it is not unusual to hear about big ideas and regional plays. But when Quinton Hennigh focused on a theory for the better part of a decade with prolific Australian prospector Mark Creasy, the wheels got…
Australia’s biggest miners say the Queensland government’s latest move to hike royalties on coal operations will cause more job losses and project cancellations in the troubled sector.
Vista Gold (VGZ-T, VGZ-X) has bulked up its resource estimate for the Batman deposit at its Mount Todd gold project in Australia’s Northern Territory.
Lynas Corporation (LYC-A) has been developing its large rare earth project in Western Australia for more than 10 years, and a decision earlier this month by Malaysia’s Atomic Energy Licensing Board (AELB) has brought the project a step…
In late February, Ivanhoe Australia (IVA-T, IVA-A) started production ahead of schedule and on budget at its Osborne copper-gold project in northwestern Queensland. The initial shipment of copper-gold concentrate to Asian smelters left port in…
Copper Mountain Mining (CUM-T) and its copper mine in B.C. could become a takeover target, Matthew Gibson of CIBC argues in a new research report.
Canaccord Genuity analyst Nicholas Campbell has raised his 12-month target price on Colossus Minerals (CSI-T, COLUF-O) by $1 to $10 per share after the junior exploration and development company signed an agreement with Sandstorm Gold (SSL-V,…
Brigus Gold (BRD-T, BRD-X) has updated its resource estimate for the Grey Fox gold property, and the results show the company is particularly adept at pushing inferred resources up into a ballooning “indicated” category.
When and if the final water licence and road permits are issued, Canadian Zinc (CZN-T) will at last be in a position to get its Prairie Creek zinc-lead-silver project here in the southwest corner of the Northwest Territories into…
When Steven Dean stepped down in late 2002 as president of Teck Cominco, now Teck Resources (TCK.B-T, TCK-N), his motivation was pretty simple: he just wanted to spend more time with his family after spending years on the road, a fact…
While a feasibility study for Sulliden Gold’s (SUE-T) Shahuindo project in northern Peru envisions a somewhat smaller and slightly more expensive gold operation than previously thought, the project’s economics are still…
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