Liberty starts ramp-up at McWatters
After having a challenging time with ramp development, Liberty Mines (LBE-T) has reached the preproduction stage at…
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Jinshan names chairman of China National Gold as new CEO
Four months after China’s largest state-owned gold producer, China National Gold, acquired a 42% stake in Jinshan G…
Osisko Mining benefits from the Quebec advantage
Sean Roosen, president and chief executive of Osisko Mining (OSK-T), wasn’t the only executive at the recent Denver…
Schaft Creek twice the price for Copper Fox (September 15, 2008)
Vancouver – Copper Fox Metals (CUU-V) has both upped the size and doubled the capital cost of its Schaft Creek, cop…
Quebec is a “cornerstone,” says Agnico-Eagle’s chief executive
If it isn’t broken–don’t fix it. That seemed to be the sub-text of a corporate presentation by gold producer Agnic…
HudBay files resource on Lalor Lake
Lalor Lake has the potential to become HudBay Minerals’ (HBM-T, HBMFF-O) next mine in the Flin Flon greenstone belt of Manitoba, the company said in a statement announcing the first resource estimate …
Bard sings for long moly intercepts at Lone Pine
VANCOUVER — Bard Ventures (CBS-V, BVTLF-O) is pulling long molybdenum intercepts out of the ground at its Lone Pine property near Houston, in west-central British Columbia.
Breakwater joins Blue Note back at Caribou (September 15, 2008)
As tumbling prices hamper zinc producers, Breakwater Resources (BWR-T, BWLRF-O) has taken a 20% interest in Blue Note Mining’s (BN-T, BNMFF-O) Caribou zinc mine complex in New Brunswick, where product…
Sherwood and Capstone to merge (September 15, 2008)
VANCOUVER — So long as shareholders at S h e rwo o d Copper (SWC-V, SWOPF-O) bless the marriage, Sherwood and Capstone Mining (CS-T, CSFFF-O) will merge to form a single company with about a half bil…
TTM’s Chu molybdenum project looks good
VANCOUVER–To offset skyrocketing equipment costs, TTM Resources (TTQ-V, TTMRF-O) took a good hard look at buying used mining equipment in a prefeasibility study of its Chu molybdenum project in centr…
News – 12-SEP-08
St Andrew says no thanks to feasibility study
St Andrew Goldfields’ (SAS-T) goal of re-igniting mining at the former Holt and Holloway mines in northern Ontario …