Delivering at Corani
With 89 holes representing over 14,000 metres of drilling completed on the Corani silver discovery in Peru and a resource estimate due out in early March, Bear Creek Mining (BCM-V, BC…
South America
Early drilling finds copper at Nova Esperana
Preliminary drilling by Novicourt (NOV-T) and Falconbridge (FAL.LV-T, FAL-N) has intersected copper-gold mineraliza…
Galeno resource boost for Northern Peru Copper
Vancouver – A new resource estimate has been delivered to Northern Peru Copper (NOC-T, NPUCF-O), increasing the siz…
Coeur d’Alene posts “all-time” record earnings
Vancouver A strategy to diversify to newer, low-cost gold and silver mines in foreign lands from aging high-cost …
Buenaventura works at its hedge book
Compania de Minas Buenaventura’s (BVN-N) updated gold hedge book is another attempt by a company to free itself fro…
Mansfield enjoys exploration success in Argentina
Vancouver – In the space of two days, Mansfield Minerals (MDR-V) has reported positive exploration results from tw…
Xstrata posts Las Bambas resource (March 01, 2006)
Drilling through to year-end at the Las Bambas copper-molybdenum deposit in Peru has allowed Xstrata (XSRAF-O, XTA-…
Scion loses appeal; Gold Fields deal to go through
The Yukon Court of Appeal has dismissed Scion Capital’s appeal connected to the courts earlier decision in favour o…
Newmont net earnings drop 27% in 2005 (February 27, 2006)
Vancouver – Strong bullion prices helped offset some higher mine operating costs for Newmont Mining (NMC-T, NEM-N) …
Bema forecasts higher production costs in 2006
Vancouver – Mid-tier gold producer Bema Gold (BGO-T, BGO-X, BGO-L) expects to produce about 381,000 oz. gold from …
Will Codelco spin-off silver assets?
The largest copper miner in the world, Chilean state-owned Codelco, denies it’s planning to spin-off its silver ass…
Scion appeals court decision
It’s back to court for Gold Fields ( GFI-N, GOF-L) and Bolivar Gold (BGC-T) as relentless Scion Capital will appeal…