Lundin affiliate hits snag with termination letter in Iran
Vancouver – Union Resources (UCL-A), an Australian affiliate of Lundin Mining (LUN-T, LUMI-S) appears to have hit …
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Millstream returning to Potter project
Timmins-based junior Millstream Mines (MLM-V) will resume drilling at the Potter massive-sulphide property in Munro…
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…
HudBay budgets $45M on exploration, development
As part of a plan to develop marginal deposits while metal prices are high, HudBay Minerals (HBM-T) will spend $8.5 million on a program of infill drilling, a bulk sample and a feasibility study on th…
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…
HudBay budgets $45 million
As part of a plan to develop marginal deposits while metal prices are high, HudBay Minerals (HBM-T) will be spe…
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…
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 …
Woodlawn pre-feasibility underway
Metallurgical testing and engineering and design work for the Woodlawn base metal project in New South Wales, Austr…
Aquila targets Upper Peninsula
Menominee Cty., Mich. — In the Upper Peninsula of Michigan it’s not hard to imagine you are in northern Ontario. The scenery is much like the north shore of the big lakes, and the little details fit,…