Resource security high on China’s agenda
As the world’s largest consumer of mineral raw materials, it’s no surprise that China’s mining companies are following their international peers and starting to hunt for resources overseas.
Copper
Pure Nickel, Crowflight team up for Manibridge (December 03, 2007)
Pure Nickel (NIC-T, PNCKF-O) and Crowflight Minerals (CML-V, CMLGF-O) will be combining interests on the Manibridge nickel property southwest of Wabowden, Man., a Pure Nickel property surrounded by Cr…
Shakespeare to be
The Shakespeare nickel-copper project west of Sudbury, Ont., has been granted the regulatory green light for production and operator Ursa Major Minerals (UMJ-T, UMJMF-O) plans to start construction.
New holes expand Bahuerachi
Further drill results from Tyler Resources (TYS-V, TYRRF-O) at its Bahuerachi copper-zinc project in Chihuahua stat…
Chinese smelter group buys more Continental
Vancouver – Chinese smelting group Jinchuan has boosted its interest in aspiring copper producer Continental Minera…
GlobeStar indicates 44,800 tonnes nickel at Cumpie Hill
Vancouver – GlobeStar Mining (GMI-T) got a healthy share price boost after an initial resource estimate for the com…
Peak Gold raises $110 million
Vancouver – A $110-million financing will help Peak Gold (PIK-V) move ahead with continued exploration and efforts …
Western Troy adds up at Macleod Lake (November 27, 2007)
Thanks to a field season’s drilling, Western Troy Capital Resources (WRY-V) has updated the resource estimate at it…
Galore Creek mothballed
Vancouver – Just six months after NovaGold Resources (NG-T, NG-X) brought on Teck Cominco (TCK.B-T, TCK-N) as a par…
Copper-hungry Sherwood taking over Western Keltic (November 26, 2007)
Vancouver – Fresh off the success of its newly opened and already growing Minto mine, Sherwood Copper (SWC-V) has l…
Not so hollow
SITE VISIT Yerington, Nev. — There is a lot to be gained from a little drilling and a lot of thinking. That is probably one of the more obvious lessons…
Lumwana uranium potential growing for Equinox (November 26, 2007)
Vancouver — The completion of infill drilling at what will be Africa’s largest copper mine has shown definitively that the orebody also hosts discrete zones of high-grade uranium mineralization, and …