ZCCM invests US$30 million in Equinox
State-owned Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines’ 86.6%-owned subsidiary ZCCM Investments Holdings has agreed to subscr…
2006
Sacre-Coeur cuts wide gold zone in Guyana
Vancouver – Drilling by Sacre-Coeur Minerals (SCM-V) on its Million Mountain property, in west-central Guyana, has …
Peru Copper inks deal to add ground near Toromocho
VANCOUVER A definitive agreement with a privately held Peruvian company gives Peru Copper (PCR-T, CUP-X)) rights …
HMZ slides on Chinese kerfuffle
Shares in junior base metal producer HMZ Metals (HMZ-T) were off 6.5, or more than 36%, at 11.5 in late-afternoon…
Williams Creek and New Gold test Afton target
VANCOUVER – A joint drilling program by Williams Creek Explorations (WCX-V) and New Gold (NGD-T) will test a geoph…
Mosquito cores range of metals in Pine Tree drilling
Vancouver – Drilling by Mosquito Consolidated Gold Mines (MSQ-V, MQCMF-O) on its Pine Tree project, in central Neva…
First Quantum sweetens Adastra bid (March 20, 2006)
It took more than two months of steadfast protestations of opportunism and inadequacy by Adastra Minerals (AAA-T, A…
Risk assessment gets revamped
Miners and lenders have a long-standing, and for the most part, mutually beneficial relationship. But according…
Sherwood pulls more high-grade core from Minto
Vancouver An infill drilling campaign aimed at obtaining “modern” gold assay data from the Minto deposit is also …
Claude improves at Seabee
Vancouver — Rising costs at the Seabee gold mine kept Claude Resources (CRJ-T, CGR-X) in the red to the tune of $3.5 million last year, despite a strong fourth-quarter performance th…
MetalCORP cuts high-grade platinum at North Rock (March 20, 2006)
Vancouver — Drilling on its North Rock project, 25 km east of Fort Frances in northwestern Ontario, has turned up a new discovery of high-grade platinum mineralization for MetalCORP…
Osisko adds ground at Canadian Malartic (March 20, 2006)
Abitibi explorer Osisko Exploration (OSK-V, OSXLF-O) has concluded agreements with prospectors under which it will take over properties covering the Barnat, Sladen-Malartic, and East…