Silver Standard and Esperanza to launch Ayelen feasibility
As Silver Standard Resources (SSO-T) and Esperanza Silver (EPZ-V) begin a feasibility study to develop the Ayelen s…
South America
New estimate grows Navidad silver resources by 52%
Vancouver – Aquiline Resources (AQI-T, AQLNF-O) Navidad project has grown to become one of the biggest silver depo…
Lab lags could delay Castillian resource estimate
Castillian Resources (CT-V) may have to wait until the beginning of 2008 for a mineral resource estimate for its La…
Coeur’s Q3 earnings don’t disappoint
After dishing out US$57.3 million in capital spending during the third quarter, Coeur d’Alene Mines (CDM-T, CDE-N) is still sitting on a mountain of cash.
Suppliers News (November 12, 2007)
GRD Minproc gets date with Santa Rita
Uruguay Minerals focuses on finding the “big ounces”
Although Uruguay Mineral Exploration’s (UME-V) net profit for the year ending May 31, 2007 was US$14.5 million, the…
Aurora drilling adding to resources (November 05, 2007)
Drilling by Guyana Goldfields (GUY-T) and Aranka Gold (ARK-V) at the Aurora gold project in north-central Guyana ha…
Norsemont likes scoping of Constancia
The scoping study for Norsemont Minings (NOM-T) Constancia copper project in southern Peru is in, and the results …
CVRD invests big in Canadian nickel (November 05, 2007)
In the largest annual investment program ever undertaken by a mining company, Companhia Vale do Rio Doce has approved a budget of US$11 billion for 2008 — a portion of which will be channelled into n…
Anaconda drills high-grade iron ore at San Gabriel (November 05, 2007)
When Rio Tinto (RTP-N, RIO-L) found iron oxide copper-gold deposits 1,000 km north of Santiago, Chile, 10 years ago, it completed 11 reverse-circulation (RC) drill holes targeting magnetic anomalies. …
Apex ships concentrate
Apex Silver Mines’ (SIL-X) has completed the first two shipments of concentrate from its San Cristobal property in southwestern Bolivia.
EcuaGold goes after Ecuadorian copper
EcuaGold Resources (EGR-V, ECAUF-O) says it will acquire a 100% interest in a 31-sq.-km parcel of land from a private owner in Bolivar province, 180 km southwest of Ecuador’s capital, Quito.