Balmat floats first zinc
HudBay Minerals (HBM-T) has produced the first zinc concentrate from the reopened Balmat mine in upstate New York….
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Barrick takes stake in Midway Gold (May 10, 2006)
Vancouver – In an increasingly common strategy amongst majors, Barrick Gold (ABX-T, ABX-N) will participate in a fi…
Niblack drills namesake VMS project in Alaska
Vancouver – A first phase exploration program to include 6,500 metres of drilling is under way at the Niblack volc…
Queenstake cuts Jerritt Canyon high-grade (May 08, 2006)
Vancouver – Underground drilling by mid-tier gold producer Queenstake Resources (QRL-T, QEE-X) at its Jerritt Canyo…
Coeur basks in record Q1 profits
Vancouver – A 31% increase in silver production helped Coeur d’Alene Mines (CDM-T, CDE-N) post net earnings of US$…
Midway tables preliminary Spring Valley number (May 08, 2006)
AMEC E&C Services has pinned down a preliminary resource estimate for Midway Gold’s (MDW-V, MDWGF-O) developing Spring Valley project, in Pershing Cty., Nev….
Mosquito finds mutiple metals at Pine Tree
Vancouver — Drilling by Mosquito Consolidated Gold Mines (MSQ-V, MQCMF-O) on its Pine Tree project, in central Nevada, has turned up wide, multi-element mineralized intercepts….
Trigon steps into uranium with Utah acquisition
Vancouver – Diamond explorer Trigon Exploration Canada (TEL-V) is branching out into the uranium business, having a…
Forward contracts clip Stillwater earnings
Vancouver – Higher prices for platinum group metals (PGMs) pushed Stillwater Mining (SWC-N) into the black with ne…
Lisbon Valley produces copper
Vancouver — Denver, Colo.-based Constellation Copper (CCU-T, CCUDF-O) has harvested the first cathode copper at its wholly owned Lisbon Valley mine near Moab, in Utah’s San Juan Cty….
Midway shaping up zone near Tonopah (May 01, 2006)
A 43-hole drill program by Midway Gold (MDW-V, MDWGF-O) at its Midway property in Nye Cty., Nev., has wrapped up and results show an expansion of at least one of the property’s mineralized zones….
Midway tables preliminary Spring Valley number (April 26, 2006)
AMEC E&C Services has pinned a preliminary resource estimate for Midway Gold’s (MDW-V, MDWGF-O) Spring Valley proje…