Mustang cuts komatiitic nickel mineralization
Vancouver — Mustang Minerals’ (MUM-V) drills have discovered nickel mineralization at the Bannockburn nickel proje…
Copper
Yamana gets new numbers for Chapada
Revised resource and preliminary reserve estimates for the Chapada copper-gold project in Goias state, Brazil, will…
Constellation takes a shine to Philippine copper
Denver-based Constellation Copper (CCU-T) has agreed to acquire the Hinoba-an copper-gold-molybdenum porphyry depos…
Fronteer to kick off three drill programs next month
Vancouver — Fronteer Development Group (FRG-T) plans to commence drill programs on its Dixie Lake, Swain-Sol D’Or…
Taseko eyes Gibraltar rebirth
Vancouver — A mining investment partnership is looking to raise up to $35 million in an effort to resume operation…
New deal at Altonorte
Employees at Noranda’s (NRD-T) Altonorte custom copper smelter in Chile have ratified a new three-year collective a…
Ivanhoe granted Mongolian mining licences
The Mineral Resources Authority of Mongolia has issued four 60-year mining licenses to Ivanhoe Mines (IVN-T). T…
Metco shares surge on Noranda option
Shares in Metco Resources (MKO-V) surged 2.5, or about 21%, to 14.5 in late afternoon trading in Vancouver on Dec…
Ok Tedi suit settled out of court
A class-action lawsuit launched in Victoria state, Australia, against Ok Tedi Mines and BHP Billiton (BHP-N), has b…
Royalties lands two punches over Expo-Ungava
Canadian Royalties (CZZ-V) has won two court judgments in an ongoing dispute with Ungava Minerals over the ownershi…
Gold Fields ventures to South America
South Africa’s Gold Fields (GFI-N) has inked a deal to pick up 92% of Peru-based Sociedad Minera La Cima. No price…
Grasberg suffers second slide (December 18, 2003)
New Orleans-based Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold (FCX-N) has declared force majeure on deliveries of copper concent…