Linear Metals extends mineralization at Cobre Grande
Using assays from the last two reverse-circulation holes on its Cobre Grande project in Mexico, Linear Metals (LRM-…
Industrial/Specialty Minerals
Taca Taca cha-cha: Rio returns option to Lumina (September 15, 2008)
VANCOUVER — After drilling six holes, Rio Tinto (RTP-N, RIO-L) has taken a pass on Taca Taca, giving its option on the Argentinean property back to Lumina Copper (LCC-V, LCPRF-O). And this, as Lumina…
Bard sings for long moly intercepts at Lone Pine
VANCOUVER — Bard Ventures (CBS-V, BVTLF-O) is pulling long molybdenum intercepts out of the ground at its Lone Pine property near Houston, in west-central British Columbia.
TTM’s Chu molybdenum project looks good
VANCOUVER–To offset skyrocketing equipment costs, TTM Resources (TTQ-V, TTMRF-O) took a good hard look at buying used mining equipment in a prefeasibility study of its Chu molybdenum project in centr…
Redhawk ramps up Copper Creek resource
Vancouver – Redhawk Resources’ (RDK-V) drilling efforts in the Arizona sun are paid off with a 60% boost to the cop…
Canadian International Minerals acquires silica project
Canadian International Minerals (CIMI-C) has acquired the Solar silicon claims, holding about 900 hectares, 2 km no…
Spur Ventures digs in to ride the dragon
Spur Ventures’ (SVU-T, SPVEF-O) Chinese odyssey began in 1996, when the company’s mining-focused founders saw potential in some rock phosphate mines in the country.
DRC sounds sour note on Tenke
Words from the mouth of a mines ministry official of the Democratic Republic of the Congo have been anything but music to the ears of Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold (FCX-N) and Lundin Mining (LUN-…
CPM releases vanadium study
New York City-based CPM Group has released its 2008 vanadium industry outlook. The report forecasts that the demand…
Positive PEA for TTM Resource’s Chu project
Vancouver – In a challenge to skyrocketing equipment costs, TTM Resources (TTQ-V) considered used mining equipment …
Long moly intercepts for Bard Ventures
Vancouver – Bard Ventures (CBS-V) is pulling long molybdenum intercepts out of the ground at its Lone Pine property…
Navasota unperturbed by Rio’s troubles in Guinea
VANCOUVER –Christopher Wild, the president and CEO of Navasota Resources (NAV-V, NAORF-O), doesn’t have any grand delusions about his company’s giant bauxite property in Guinea, West Africa.