BHP Billiton sells Highland Valley Copper interest
Vancouver — BHP Billiton has inked a deal with privately-owned Quadra Mining to sell its 33.6% interest in the Hi…
Teck Resources Limited
Teck, EPA at loggerheads over Roosevelt Lake cleanup (November 27, 2003)
Talks have broken off between enforcement staff of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Teck…
Copper exploration heats up in BC
Vancouver — Reminiscent of the 1970s, copper exploration has once again taken centre-stage in the hunt for metals in British Columbia.Sparking the revival are higher prices and a new discovery made b…
Blue Ice proves puzzling
After a summer’s drilling on the High Arctic Blue Ice project at Victoria Island, there appear to be more questions than answers for Diamonds North Resources (DDN-V).Both the Carina and newly discover…
Odyssey funds Turkish projects (November 24, 2003)
Following in the footsteps of its peers, Odyssey Resources (ODX-V) is attempting to raise $2 million via a private placement.Pacific International Securities shall try to place 6.7 million units of th…
bcMetals banks $5m for Red Chris project
Vancouver — In the midst of an aggressive drill campaign at the historic Red Chris copper-gold project in northwestern British Columbia, bcMetals (C-V) has added $5.25 million to its coffers through …
Wheaton concludes Los Filos acquisition
Wheaton River Minerals (WRM-T) has taken full control of the Los Filos gold project in Mexico’s Guerrero state, putting it on-track to increase annual gold-equivalent production by 40%.In late October…
Diamonds North finds more stones at Blue Ice
Having completed a second season of exploration field work on the Victoria Island diamond projects in the High Arctic region of both Nunavut and the Northwest Territories, Diamonds North Resources (DD…
Goldcorp cashes in on gold rally
Higher gold prices and a slew of encouraging earnings reports augured well for Canadian producers over the Oct. 21-28 report period. The Toronto Stock Exchange’s gold sub-group climbed 10.71 points to…
Encouraging signs for zinc and lead
ZincAfter two years of depressed zinc prices in a narrow range, the price peak of US$877 per tonne in August shows an encouraging ability by this market to finally move. Stronger prices are fundamenta…
Metal traders run down gold
Gold bugs caught a chill in the first week of October: by the morning of Oct. 7, an ounce of the yellow metal was fetching US$376.20 in London markets, or US$8.30 less than a week earlier. Silver fare…
Wolfden steps up drilling in Nunavut
In November and December, three rigs will attempt to expand the West zone along strike as well as to depth. The program will consist of 20-30 holes in total.When The Northern Miner visited the project…