Southern Cross to explore Ethiudna (July 14, 2004)
Southern Cross Resources (SXR-T) has agreed to explore for Tertiary-hosted uranium mineralization on recently liste…
Copper
No strike at Collahuasi (July 13, 2004)
Miners at the Collahuasi copper mine in Chile have called off a strike after reaching a deal with management for hi…
Strike closes potline at Quebec smelter (July 13, 2004)
Pittsburgh-based Alcoa (AA-N) will curtail production to two from three potlines at its Becancour aluminum smelter…
Partners cut copper at Kizilviran
Drilling on the Tunceli project in east-central Turkey has returned encouraging results for partners Rio Tinto (RTP…
Larger Red Chris copper-gold mine studied
The scope of bcMetals Corporation’s (C-V) Red Chris porphyry copper-gold proposed mine in northwestern British Colu…
Barrick passes on Ivanhoe’s Oyu Tolgoi
Vancouver – Ivanhoe Mines (IVN-T) has confirmed discussions with Barrick Gold (ABX-T) regarding potential joint dev…
Soho focuses on large scale potential at Tahuehueto
Vancouver Underground sampling results on Soho Resources’ (SOH-V) Tahuehueto project shows strong gold, silver, l…
Cerro Casale’s financeability questioned
Vancouver – Arizona Star (AZS-V) and Bema Gold (BGO-T) are threatening to go to arbitration to get back Placer Dom…
Imperial Metals ready to restart Mount Polley
Vancouver – Imperial Metals (III-T) is putting the final touches on permit amendments required to mine the Northeas…
Scandinavian Gold garners results in Finland
Scandinavian Gold (SGL-T) has reported promising results from metallurgical work conducted on a sample from its 100…
Copper hit in Woodjam drilling
Fjordland Exploration (FEX-V) has intersected significant copper at its 45-sq.-km Woodjam project, 10 km south of t…
Phelps deal with BLM clears way for Safford
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management has agreed to a land exchange with Phelps Dodge (PD-N) in southeastern Arizona t…