Capstone to boost production at Cozamin
Capstone Mining (CS-T, CSFFF-O) has started an expansion of its Cozamin polymetallic mine, in Zacatecas state, Mexico, aimed at increasing production by 36% to 40 million lbs. copper per year by 2009.
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NovaGold stands pat on Copper Canyon (February 15, 2008)
NovaGold Resources (NG-T, NG-X) will maintain its 60% interest in the Copper Canyon property, choosing not to exerc…
Early economics robust at Barytex’s Shituru copper
Vancouver – A recently completed scoping study forecasting robust economics at International Barytex Resources’ (IB…
Coro buying Chilean copper mine
Vancouver – Looking to fast-track its copper production aspirations, Coro Mining (COP-T) has entered into a deal to…
Newmont’s woes mount in Indonesia
Less than a year after being acquitted of pollution charges on Sulawesi Island in Indonesia, Newmont Mining (NMC-T,…
HudBay pays Callinan $2.4 million
HudBay Minerals (HBM-T, HBMFF-O) has cut a $2.4-million cheque to Callinan Mines (CAA-V, CCNMF-O) this month as pa…
Independent Nickel changes Lynn Lake drill focus
Independent Nickel (INI-T) has intersected higher than expected nickel grades within its existing resource model at…
Alberta Star upbeat on Contact Lake (February 11, 2008)
Grab samples from its Contact Lake property on the south side of Echo Bay in the Northwest Territories appear to le…
McFauld’s West samples promising
Shares of Probe Mines (PRB-V, PROBF-O) shot up 40% in mid-day trading recently on news that the company had found anomalies in nickel, copper, cobalt and silver, as well as anomalous values in gold, a…
Noront buoyed by high-grade
VANCOUVER–Noront Resources (NOT-V, NOSOF-O) posted a 20% gain in recent trading on drill results the company says are its highest grade to date from the Double Eagle project, in northeastern Ontario.
Anvil updates Kinsevere feasibility
Anvil Mining (AVM-T, AVM-A) has updated a preliminary study on its Kinsevere copper project, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), based on a recent 45,370- metre drilling program that has li…
Feasibility puts El Morro price tag at US$2.5B
A feasibility study on the El Morro copper-gold project, in Mexico, puts average annual production at 195,000 tonnes copper and 354,000 oz. gold over the first five years of a 15-year mine life, say j…