Editorial: Race to the Finnish (June 06, 2006)
The geopolitical whirlwinds now buffeting North American miners in the Third World are only underscoring the hard t…
Copper
Chariot pulls 92 metres of 2.27% copper from Marcona
Vancouver – The latest holes drilled by Chariot Resources (CHD-T) have returned positive results from two zones th…
Political, social stability ensures Chile’s copper future
Santiago, Chile — Way back in January, copper industry analysts thought US$2.50-per-lb. copper was “unthinkable,” but with over a dollar added to that, until recently it seemed that the copper price…
Nautilus samples deep-sea deposits (June 05, 2006)
Vancouver — Ocean-floor explorer Nautilus Minerals (NUS-V, NUSMF-O) has returned high-grade copper-gold values from drilling and sampling of a seabed sulphide zone at its Solwara 1 project off the co…
Kalukundi copper deposit shows strong economics
Another Congolese copper project has received a positive feasibility study, this time the Kalukundi deposit in the Kolwezi area of Katanga province….
Yamana turns hedger
Capitalizing on record copper prices, Yamana Gold (YRI-T, AUY-X, YAU-L) has locked in prices on production from its Chapada copper-gold project in Goias state, Brazil….
Rio Blanco takes shape
Early progress on a final feasibility study for the Rio Blanco copper-molybdenum project in northern Peru proposes mining the deposit at 25 million tonnes annually….
FNX sizes up Podolsky (June 05, 2006)
Junior nickel miner FNX Mining (FNX-T, FNX-X) has tabled a resource estimate for the 2000 and North polymetallic deposits on its Podolsky property, situated in the northeastern portion of Ontario’s Su…
Phoenix Matachewan explores for VMS deposits at Steel River
Vancouver — Starting with a high-precision, deep-penetrating airborne electromagnetic and magnetic geophysical survey, Phoenix Matachewan Mines (PMM-V, PXMMF-O) has launched an exploration program ai…
Yellowhead to drill Harper Creek
Vancouver — Along with a proposed financing to raise up to $10 million and become a publicly traded company later this year, Yellowhead Mining is planning a spring exploration program at its newly ac…
First Nickel extends Lockerby
Shares in First Nickel (FNI-T, FNKLF-O) jumped 18% to $1.18 in heavy morning trade in Toronto on May 29, after the junior producer reported some high-grade extensions to the producing Depth zone at th…
Mongolian president says yes to tax
Vancouver — Mongolian President Nambaryn Enkhbayar has opted for the populist course and declined to veto the recently tabled windfall profits tax aimed at copper and gold producers in the central As…