Lundin eyeing growth in Iran
Vancouver – Despite the obvious political risks, Lundin Mining (LUN-T, LUMI-S) is eyeing a massive zinc deposit in …
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Tribute’s Arrow holes hit mark (November 06, 2006)
Analytical results from two drill holes by Tribute Minerals (TBM-V) at the Garnet Lake property in northwestern Ont…
Aquila finds more sulphides
Drilling by Aquila Resources (AQA-V) at the Back Forty project in Menominee Cty., Michigan, has intersected gold an…
Teck Cominco posts $504-million profit in Q3
Vancouver – Robust commodity prices continued to fuel Teck Cominco’s (TCK.B-T, TCK-N) revenue engine, delivering st…
Blue Note dusts off Caribou
Bathurst, N.B. — The dormant Caribou and Restigouche zinc-lead mines in northern New Brunswick are once again getting a new lease on life, thanks to robust metal prices and strong investor confidence…
More reward than risk at Kutcho Creek
Dease Lake, B.C. — The Kutcho Creek volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) project located 100 km east of this Northern community made it to prefeasibility in the mid-1980s, only to be put on the back b…
Zinc recycling in the North (October 30, 2006)
Doubtless helped by the price of zinc, two former Arctic zinc producers, both operated by Cominco, are getting second looks by junior explorers bent on showing that resources left behind when the mine…
Tri Origin tables Woodlawn zinc resource
Vancouver – Tri Origin Exploration (TOE-V, TROIF-O) has put forth a resource estimate for its Woodlawn base metals …
First Metals heading underground at Fabie
The province of Quebec has issued a permit to First Metals (FMA-T) to extract a 50,000-tonne bulk sample from the Fabie Bay copper deposit in northwestern Quebec, allowing quick feasibility work on th…
Zinc recycling in the North (October 20, 2006)
Doubtless helped by the price of zinc, two former Arctic zinc producers, both operated by Cominco, are getting …
Shareholders approve EuroZinc/Lundin merger
Vancouver – Shareholders of Lundin Mining (LUN-T) and EuroZinc Mining (EZM-T, EZM-X) voted in favor of a merger pr…
Apogee intersects silver in tumultuous Bolivia
While political uncertainty still swirls around the mining industry in Bolivia, Apogee Minerals (APE-V) had good ne…