Zinc-Lead

At El Nino Ventures' Murray Brook polymetallic project in New Brunswick, from left: executive vice-president of exploration Bill Stone; chairman and CEO Harry Barr; and vice-president of exploration Ali Alizadeh. Photo by El Nino Ventures

El Nino Ventures posts new resource in New Brunswick

An initial resource estimate for the Murray Brook polymetallic massive sulphide deposit in New Brunswick’s Bathurst mining camp has confirmed the property’s historical resource — but with better grades — and confirms…


El Nino Ventures posts new resource in New Brunswick

An initial resource estimate for the Murray Brook polymetallic massive sulphide deposit in the Bathurst mining camp of New Brunswick has confirmed the property’s historical resource but with better grades and confirms that the deposit is…


New Brunswick: top spot for mining

The international mining industry has ranked New Brunswick as the world’s most attractive jurisdiction for exploration and development, unseating last year’s winner Alberta which fell to third place behind Finland, according to the…


Positive prefeasibility for Silvercorp

AMC Mining Consultants has given the thumbs-up to Silvercorp Metals’ (SVM-T, SVM-N) Gaocheng silver-lead-zinc project in southern China in a prefeasibility study that outlines a $73.7 million net present value at an 8% discount rate, a…


Nyrstar’s meteoric rise as a miner

Vancouver — Born of two established metals companies as a pure smelting play in 2007, Brussels-listed Nyrstar NV has since grabbed a commanding position in the zinc supply chain with no sign of slowing down.



Salazar gains on Lundin’s investment

Salazar Resources (SRL-V) climbed 18% on news that Lundin Mining (LUN-T) acquired a 15.4% stake in the company by buying over 80% of Salazar’s $3-million private placement, consisting of 6 million units priced at 50¢ apiece.


Glencore, Xstrata in merger talks

Commodities trader Glencore (glen-l) is looking to combine with Xstrata (xta-l) in a possible all-share merger of equals, which will see the combined entity dominate the global markets for thermal coal, zinc, lead and ferrochrome, and become a…


Positive prefeasibility for Silvercorp’s Gaocheng property

AMC Mining Consultants has given the thumbs up to Silvercorp Metals’ (SVM-T, SVM-N)  silver-lead-zinc project in southern China in a prefeasibility study that outlines a net present value of $73.7 million at an 8% discount rate, an…


Trevali opens Halfmile mine in NB

Trevali Mining (TV-T) has kicked off the new year by transitioning from a development-stage company to a producer, by starting up the Halfmile polymetallic massive sulphide mine near Bathurst, N.B.


The drill crew preparing a rig at Brixton Metals' Thorn gold project. Photo by Brixton Metals

Brixton cuts mega-intercept at Thorn in BC

Brixton Metals (BBB-V) has pulled a whopper of an intercept from the Thorn project in northwest B.C., hitting 95 metres grading 904 grams per tonne silver equivalent from near surface.


An aerial view of the camp at Canada Zinc Metals' Akie zinc-lead-silver project in northeastern British Columbia. Photo by Canada Zinc Metals

Canada Zinc drills Cardiac Creek

Exploration and diamond drilling at Canada Zinc Metals’ (CZX-V) Cardiac Creek Sedex zinc-lead-silver deposit on its Akie property, 260 km northwest of the town of Mackenzie in northeastern B.C., started in May – and so far the company has…


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