Noranda Inc

Armed with data from 15 diamond- and reverse-circulation holes, Noranda (NRD-T) has tabled an inferred resource estimate for the El Morro area on Metallica Resources’ (MR-T) copper-gold project of the…

Improved metal prices have always had a way of giving new life to old projects, so it need not be a surprise that the recent rise in the gold price has acted like a defibrillator on several projects i…

Shares in Metco Resources (MKO-V) surged 2.5, or about 21%, to 14.5 in late afternoon trading on Dec. 22, after the junior granted Noranda (NRD-T) an option to earn up to a 70% stake in its properti…

In Mexico, Metallica Resources (MR-T) has awarded a US$105-million mining contract at its Cerro San Pedro project, which is expected to pour its first gold by the end of 2004.The proposed heap-leach o…

Profit-takers went away happy as the Toronto Stock Exchange composite index dipped 24.76 points over the Jan. 7-13 report period, ending the week at 8,380.34.Gold also reversed course, retreating US$3…

Employees at Noranda’s (NRD-T) Altonorte custom copper smelter in Chile have ratified a 3-year collective agreement. The new deal includes improved wages and benefits, and has provisions for performan…

The Toronto Stock Exchange’s gold issues dominated the holiday-shortened report period ended Dec. 29.The gold index shot up 15.59 points over the three days to end 6.5% higher at 234.03. Most of the g…

Junior Slam Exploration (SXL-V) is joining with Noranda (NRD-T) to explore for base metal deposits in the Bathurst camp of northern New Brunswick.Slam, which is based in Miramichi, N.B., will spend $2…