MetalCORP cuts high-grade platinum at North Rock (March 20, 2006)
Vancouver — Drilling on its North Rock project, 25 km east of Fort Frances in northwestern Ontario, has turned up a new discovery of high-grade platinum mineralization for MetalCORP…
Nickel
Eramet eyes Halmahera
Having failed to wrest control of the Koniambo ferronickel project in New Caledonia’s Northern province from partne…
Canadian Royalties signs up with Jinchuan
Details are sketchy, but Canadian Royalties (CZZ-T) has signed a memorandum of understanding with Chinese metal pro…
Aguablanca finally makes the grade
At long last, engineering and construction contractor Fluor has commissioned the processing plant at Rio Narcea Gol…
Inco eyes summer wedding
Inco (N-T, N-N) has for a third time extended its friendly takeover bid for Falconbridge (FAL.LV-T, FAL-N), this ti…
Polymet testing works
Pilot-plant tests of the metallurgical design for the NorthMet copper-nickel project in northern Minnesota have met…
Mustang grows M2 zone at Mayville
Results from the six holes of a 35-hole drill program by Mustang Minerals (MUM-V, MSMGF-O) on the Mayville copper-n…
Brilliant to acquire 25% of Aussie nickel mine
Vancouver – Expanding its roots into Australia, Brilliant Mining (BMC-V) plans on acquiring a 25% interest in the K…
Scandinavian gets Keivitsa estimate
A new resource estimate on the Keivitsa nickel-copper deposit in Finnish Lapland will pave the way for a pre-feasib…
Shakespeare feasibility works at 4,500 tonnes per day (January 20, 2006)
A feasibility study for Ursa Major Minerals (UMJ-V) gives a thumbs-up to a 4,500-tonne-per-day open-pit mine and mi…
Guatemala approves EIS for Fenix
Vancouver – The Guatemalan Ministry of Environment has approved the environmental impact assessment (EIA) report f…
LionOre to go ahead with Maggie Hays expansion (January 18, 2006)
Suits at LionOre Mining International (LIM-T, LIM-A, LOR-L) have given final approval for the Maggie Hays Upgrade p…