Teck Cominco sinks US$25M into Nautilus
Vancouver — Nautilus Minerals (NUS-V, NUSMF-O) has secured another major mining company financing, with Teck Cominco (TCK.B-T, TCK-N) putting US$25 million into the seafloor mineral explorer as part …
Silver
Strait Gold nestles into Peru’s golden area (December 25, 2006)
If location is everything in exploration as it is in real estate, Strait Gold’s (SRD-V) Culebrilla property in the Andes Mountains, near Ancash, Peru, has the company in good shape.
Int’l Royalty to buy NSR on Barrick’s Pascua-Lama
Vancouver – International Royalty (IRC-T, ROY-X) has inked a deal to purchase a sliding-scale net smelter return ro…
More massive sulphides at Niblack
Vancouver — Stepout drilling by Niblack Mining (NIB-V, NBLKF-O) has delivered further massive sulphide intercepts from the Lookout zone at its Niblack project on Prince of Wales Island in southeaster…
Silver Wheaton takes a piece of Sabina
Vancouver – Aspiring Nunavut silver-zinc producer Sabina Silver (SBB-V, SBBFF-O) has secured a new major shareholde…
Metals forecast
Metal investors can be forgiven if they feel like popping an extra bottle of Dom Prignon this New Year’s Eve. It’s been a rollicking 12-month ride for metal prices, and the shares of many of the comp…
Teck Cominco investing US$25 million into Nautilus
Vancouver – Nautilus Minerals (NUS-V, NUSMF-O) has secured another major mining company financing with Teck Cominco…
Metallica gets $30 million bought deal boost
Vancouver – Metallica Resources (MR-T, MRB-X) has arranged a $30 million bought deal financing enabling it to conti…
Alexco drilling at Keno Hill
Vancouver — Investors drove the stock of Alexco Resources (AXR-T, AXORF-O) to a new 52-week high of $5.10 recently, encouraged by the latest results from a Yukon silver project managed by the company…
Pirquitas to go into production (December 04, 2006)
Silver Standard Resources (SSO-T, SSRI-Q) will go ahead with construction of a mine at its Pirquitas silver project in Jujuy province, Argentina, which would produce about 9 million oz. per year over …
Gold Hawk set to restart Coricancha
Vancouver — Recent Peruvian government resolutions lifting a 2002 “stop work order” on the concentrator at its Coricancha gold- silver-lead-zinc mine, located 90 km east of Lima in west-central Peru,…
Abcourt waking from deep sleep
Patience is a virtue Renaud Hinse, president of Quebec-based Abcourt Mines (ABI-V, ABMBF-O), has nearly perfected over the last 16 years, waiting for silver and zinc prices to rise so production could…