Lead surprise for Zincore (November 26, 2007)
Zincore Metals (ZNC-T) has found a little more lead than expected in its Yanque zinc oxide deposit in southern Peru…
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Under former Haywood VP, Mantle plugs away at Akie
Vancouver — Mantle Resources (MTS-V, MTSZF-O) is carving out a name for itself among junior explorers, with results from the most recent hole at the company’s Akie property, in northeastern B.C., sho…
Tyler board rejects Mercator bid (November 26, 2007)
The board of Tyler Resources (TYS-V, TYRRF-O) has rejected a takeover bid from Mercator Minerals (ML-T, MLKKF-O) that values the company at $139 million. It also fired an exploration shot in its resis…
Forecasters put Copper up and zinc down for 2008
In their report on copper and zinc prices, Scotia Capital analysts Onno Rutten and Lawrence Smith upped their coppe…
First Metals begins production at Fabie Bay
First Metals (FMA-T) is finally shipping ore from its Fabie Bay open pit in Rouyn-Noranda, Que.Ore is being cru…
Scorpio finds promising zone
The Nuestra Senora polymetallic deposit in Sinaloa state, Mexico, continues to shape up as an underground mine-to-be for Scorpio Mining (SPM-T, SMNPF-O).
VMS raises $19.5M for Reed Lake
Vancouver — The first drill results from the Reed Lake copper-zinc discovery made waves in the market in recent weeks. Now VMS Ventures (VMS-V, VMSTF-O) has raised $19.5 million to fund continued exp…
Callinan questions HudBay
HudBay Minerals (HBM-T, HBMFF-O) is keeping tight-lipped about the first payment made to Callinan Mines (CAA-V, CCNMF-O) for a net profits interest (NPI) and royalty agreement that is being disputed i…
Dome Lemieux nothing if not complicated
SITE VISIT Sainte-Anne-des-Monts, Que. — “Are we sitting on a magmatic deposit?” asks an investor on a recent tour of Threegold Resources’ (THG-V, TRLDF-O) Dome Lemieux project, as he joins…
Donner cuts more zinc at Matagami
Vancouver — Drilling by Matagami project partners Donner Metals (DON-V, DONFF-O) and Xstrata (XSRAF-O, XTA-L) has turned in further high-grade zinc intercepts from two different zones on the western …
War Eagle cuts wide high-grade zinc at Tres Marias (November 19, 2007)
Vancouver — It looks like past mine operators left behind some pretty decent rock at War Eagle Mining’s (WAR-V, WARGF-O) Tres Marias zinc-germanium project, in Mexico’s Chihuahua state.
San Agustin shaping up on surface and underground
Vancouver – With trenching expanding the mineralized footprint and drilling pulling up good grades over considerabl…