Merger trend among juniors going strong
Vancouver – The industry trend of corporate mergers remains a common market theme with a growing number of junior r…
Copper
Aquila increases resource at Back Forty
The Back Forty massive-sulphide deposit in Menominee Cty. in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan has more than double t…
Teal updates Konkola resources (April 23, 2007)
Teal Exploration and Mining (TL-T, TEL-J) has published updated resource figures for the Konkola North copper proje…
Aurcana Launches La Negra Production
Vancouver — Production has begun at Aurcana’s (AUN-V, AUNFF-O) 80%-owned La Negra silver-copper-zinc-lead mine in Queretaro state, Mexico, following completion of a mill refurbishment and expansion p…
Lundin to Absorb Tenke
Vancouver — Advancing its plan to become a major international mining house, Lundin Mining (LUN-T, LMC-X) has tabled a $1.4-billion all-stock deal to acquire sister company Tenke Mining (TNK-T, TNKDF…
Aura to Acquire Brazilian Project
Vancouver — Aura Gold (ORA-T, AUGIF-O) is expanding its asset base in Brazil by acquiring an advanced copper-gold project in a $293-million all-stock deal that transfers control of the junior to the …
Editor’s Picks: Deal-Making Aplenty
The most significant mining event of the fifteenth trading week of 2007 was very good news, even if the announcement was brief.
Equinox Studies Lumwana’s Uranium Potential
With mine construction well under way at its large, wholly owned Lumwana copper project in northwestern Zambia, Equinox Minerals (EQN-T, EQN-A) now has the time to revise a bankable feasibility study …
Barrick offloads entire stake in NovaGold (April 20, 2007)
Vancouver – Making good on the planned sale of its 14.8% stake in NovaGold Resources (NG-T, NG-N), Barrick Gold (AB…
Millstream’s Potter assays promising
Drilling at Millstream Mines’ (MLM-V), Potter property, near Matheson, Ont., continues to hit encouraging intervals…
Kenrich-Eskay tables Double Ed copper resource
Vancouver – Kenrich-Eskay Mining (KRE-V, KREKF-O) has delivered a modest resource estimate for the Double Ed deposi…
Western Copper cuts moly in NW Expo
Vancouver – With its acquisition of Lumina Copper now well under its belt, Western Copper’s (WRN-T, WCPCF-O) drilli…