Editorial: World’s stock markets head south
Panic in the global stock markets gripped a little tighter during the week ended Jan. 19, the third trading week of 2008, and metal prices and mining stocks were swept along in the crowd’s rush for th…
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Rio Tinto options Global Copper’s Taca Taca (January 28, 2008)
Vancouver — Global Copper (GLQ-T, GOCPF-O) has landed Rio Tinto (RTP-N, RIO-L) as an option partner on its Taca Taca copper-gold deposit in Salta province, northwestern Argentina.
Sulliden rejects Century offer
Sulliden Exploration (SUE-T, EXSDF-O) has advised its shareholders to reject a hostile takeover offer from Century …
Site visit: Mediterranean develops gold-copper belt in Turkey
Yusufeli, Turkey — Have you ever wondered what happened to Vancouver’s Manhattan Minerals after its high-profile i…
StrataGold on the trail of riches in historic gold district
SITE VISIT Mayo, Yukon — The bumpy, twisting road extends for 45 km and crosses two rivers before reaching the camp at StrataGold’s (SGV-T, SAGDF-O) Dublin Gulch project. A short…
Antares, Mansfield hit new zone at Rio Grande (January 18, 2008)
Vancouver – Step-out drilling by Rio Grande joint venture partners Antares Minerals (ANM-V, ANMFF-O) and Mansfield …
Bear Creek tables Corani scoping study
Vancouver – Bear Creek Mining (BCM-V, BCEKF-O) must be pretty happy with results from a recently completed scoping …
Apogee cuts wide silver-zinc at Pulacayo
Vancouver – Shares of Bolivian-focused junior Apogee Minerals (APE-V, AGEEF-O) jumped as much as 67% on strong volu…
Amera climbs on Peruvian copper
High copper grades from drilling in Peru sent Amera Resources’ (AMS-V, AJRSF-O) shares climbing on Friday.The res…
Dynasty Metals boosts Goldfield resource (January 07, 2008)
Vancouver — Dynasty Metals & Mining (DMM-T, DMMIF-O) has delivered a 140% increase in the measured and indicated gold resource at its Dynasty Goldfield project in southwestern Ecuador.
IMA loses last grab at Navidad (January 07, 2008)
Vancouver — The battle over the Navidad silver project, in Argentina, is finally at an end. The Supreme Court of Canada has dismissed IMA Exploration’s (IMR-V, IMR-X) leave to appeal a previous lower…
Dorato soars on Peruvian acquisition plans (January 07, 2008)
Vancouver — Dorato Resources (DRI.H-V, DRIFF-O) has emerged from a trading halt with plans to acquire a major land package in northern Peru, that straddles the border with Ecuador.