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…
Silver
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…
Niblack cuts more massive sulphides in Alaska
Vancouver – Step-out drilling by Niblack Mining (NIB-V, NBLKF-O) has delivered further massive sulphide intercepts …
Bulk mining a possibility for ECU
After some major discoveries at its Santa Juana mine in Mexico, ECU Silver Mining (ECU-V) is considering a move to …
More gold at Palmarejo’s Guadalupe
Vancouver — Deep drilling by Palmarejo Silver and Gold (PJO-V, PJOFF-O) on its Guadalupe project in Chihuahua state, Mexico has tapped into a zone of high-grade gold mineralization.
Silver and zinc production in near future for Abcourt Mines
Patience is a virtue Renaud Hinse, president of Quebec-based Abcourt Mines (ABI-V), has nearly perfected over the l…
Lundin Eyeing Growth in Iran
Vancouver — Despite the obvious political risks, Lundin Mining (LUN-T, LMC-X) is eyeing a massive zinc deposit in Iran as it bids to join the ranks of the world’s leading base metal producers.