Ascendant closes in on SGV
Ascendant Copper (ACX-T) and St. Genevieve Resources (SGV) managed to hammer out a deal whereby Ascendant will up i…
South America
B2Gold settles into Colombia (February 18, 2008)
Vancouver – In its first major move since debuting on the market in December, B2Gold (BTO-V) has worked a deal with…
Century withdraws Sulliden offer (February 18, 2008)
Century Mining (CMM-V, CMNZF-O) has withdrawn its hostile offer for rival Sulliden Exploration (SUE-T, EXSDF-O).
Troy Resources posts expected loss of $4.9M
Shutting down one Brazillian gold mine before starting up another left Troy Resources (TRY-T, TRY-A) with a net los…
Coro buying Chilean copper mine
Vancouver – Looking to fast-track its copper production aspirations, Coro Mining (COP-T) has entered into a deal to…
Mirabela releases smelter scoping study on Santa Rita
It would cost Mirabela Nickel (MNB-T, MBN-A) about US$254 million to build a nickel sulphide smelter for its Santa …
Int’l Minerals goes back to drawing board for Gaby gold plant
A prefeasibility study for International Minerals’ (IMZ-T) Gaby open pit gold project in Ecuador recommends that th…
Apogee cuts silver-zinc at Pulacayo
VANCOUVER — Shares of Bolivian-focused junior Apogee Minerals (APE-V, AGEEF-O) jumped as much as 67% on strong volume in recent trading, on the results of a pair of drill holes that returned wide, hi…
France denies Iamgold permits
The government of France has rejected the final permit applications needed to start open-pit construction at Iamgold’s (IMG-T, IAG-N) Camp Caiman gold project, in French Guiana, a protectorate of Fran…
Antares, Mansfield hit new zone at Rio Grande (February 11, 2008)
VANCOUVER — Stepout drilling by Rio Grande joint-venture partners Antares Minerals (ANM-V, ANMFF-O) and Mansfield Minerals (MDR-V, MFMNF-O) has identified significant copper-gold mineralization in a …
Editorial: Aluminum gets a rise from power crises in South Africa and China
While aluminum has made the headlines during the past couple of years owing to all the mega-mergers among producers, the fifth trading week of 2008 saw prices for the metal stand out, as supply was hi…
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…