Kolwezi deal done
America Mineral Fields (AMZ-T) has started the ball rolling on a feasibility study of the Kolwezi copper-cobalt tai…
Copper
BHP Billiton boosts nickel business (March 23, 2004)
Anglo-Australian giant BHP Billiton (BHP-N) has approved a US$1.4-billion plan to develop its Ravensthorpe nickel l…
Rio Tinto finds nickel in Michigan
Rio Tinto (RTP-N) has discovered a small, high-grade nickel-copper deposit at its Eagle prospect in Michigan’s Uppe…
Grand Central climbs on gold discovery (March 22, 2004)
Shares of Grand Central Silver Mines (GSLM-PK) have doubled, tripled and quadrupled in recent months, follow…
Ontzinc checks extensions at Balmat
Underground drilling by Ontzinc (OTZ-V) at the Balmat zinc mine in upstate New York has confirmed extensions of kno…
Ok Tedi back to the old grind (March 19, 2004)
The mill at the Ok Tedi copper-gold mine in northwestern Papua New Guinea is back to full capacity following a two-…
Spider, KWG find more at McFaulds
Drilling at the McFaulds Lake property in northern Ontario has intersected more base-metal sulphide mineralization.
American Mineral Fields gets decree
Congolese president Joseph Kabila has signed off on a decree approving the deal under which America Mineral Fields…
Falconbridge green-lights Nickel Rim South
Falconbridge’s (FL-T) board of directors has given the thumbs up to a US$368-million underground definition drillin…
Breakwater turns a small profit
Zinc miner Breakwater Resources (BWR-T) finished off the last three months of 2003 with net earnings of $327,000, t…
Aquiline launches Navidad suit
Aquiline Resources (AQI-V) has brought its battle for the high-grade Navidad silver discovery in the Patagonia regi…
LionOre roars in q4
With nickel prices soaring and record production out of the Tati nickel operation, LionOre Mining International (LI…