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A bucket wheel excavator at BHP's Spence open pit mine in northern Chile. Source: BHP Billiton

Capstone buys Pinto Valley mine from BHP

VANCOUVER – Most of the world’s mining majors are selling non-core assets to focus on optimizing key operations, shoring up earnings, and cutting back capital outlays. The shift follows a few years of overspending spurred by commodity…


The past-producing pit at Paramount Gold and Silver's Sleeper gold-silver project in Nevada. Photo by Matthew Keevil

Site visit: Paramount stages golden revival at Sleeper

WINNEMUCCA, NEV. — For Nevada-based explorer Paramount Gold and Silver (PZG-T, PZG-X), there’s a lot to be said for making something old new again. In mid-2010 the company picked up the past-producing Sleeper gold-silver mine, which…


Northern Vertex Mining's Moss gold project in Arizona. Source: Northern Vertex Mining

Northern Vertex plans for pilot production at Moss

VANCOUVER — Northern ­Vertex Mining (NEE-V) wants to get into production as soon as possible, and the junior has taken a big step in this direction with a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) of its Moss project in Arizona that lays…


Nevada Copper tops up coffers with Red Kite loan

VANCOUVER — Things are rolling along for Vancouver-based Nevada Copper (NCU-T) at its development-stage Pumpkin Hollow iron oxide-copper-gold project, 13 km southeast of the picturesque town of Yerington, Nev.


Transition Metals to acquire HTX Minerals

Geologist Scott McLean and geophysicist Keven Stevens set up privately held HTX Minerals in late 2007 and started raising capital for the start-up exploration company in January 2008.



Nevada Copper tops up coffers with Red Kite loan

VANCOUVER — Things continue to roll along for Vancouver-based Nevada Copper (NCU-T) at its development-stage Pumpkin Hollow iron-oxide copper gold project 13 km southeast of the picturesque town of Yerington, Nevada. With a busy year…



Northern Vertex plans for pilot production at Moss

VANCOUVER – Northern Vertex Mining (NEE-V) wants to get into production as soon as possible and the junior just took a big step in that direction, with a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) of its Moss project in Arizona that lays out a…



Mercator takes US$120M writedown on El Creston

Mercator Minerals (ML-T) had a difficult year in 2012 but one that ended with improved operations and a stronger balance sheet, despite taking a US$119.8 million  write-down on its El Creston molybdenum-copper project in Mexico.  


Tintina grows Black Butte copper count

VANCOUVER – With an upgraded resource estimate for a second deposit at its Black Butte project in Montana now in hand, Tintina Resources (TAU-V) is ready to revamp the project’s recent economic assessment while it awaits permission to…


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