Copper Mining

Serengeti Announces Strategic Share Block Purchase by Raven Hill Partners

Serengeti Resources Inc. announces that Raven Hill Partners has purchased 3.3 million shares of Serengeti Resources Inc. on the open market representing 7.1% of the issued and outstanding shares of the Company. Raven Hill has indicated that the shares were acquired for investment purposes only and that they do not have plans to increase their holdings... 

Sidon Acquires Acreage Bordering Its MEG Project in Tanzania

Sidon International Resources Corp. announces that it has acquired an additional property in the region of its ongoing drilling project on its MEG Property southeast of Morogoro in east central Tanzania. Abby Farrage, director of the company states, “We are pleased to be able to acquire the block of land contiguous to our property as we feel this... 

VMS Ventures Outlines Plans for Diamond Drilling at the Copper-Rich Reed Lake Joint Venture Property

VMS Ventures Inc. announce plans for a diamond drill program to begin shortly at the copper-rich Reed Lake deposit, which is the subject of a joint venture between the Company and HudBay Minerals Inc. The Reed Lake deposit is a base metal massive sulphide-type deposit near HudBay’s concentrator in Flin Flon, Manitoba. On July 6, 2010 the Company... 

Skyline Announces Initiation of New Preliminary Economic Assessment Report Project for Bronson Slope Deposit

Skyline Gold Corporation, a company engaged in the exploration and development of its Bronson Slope mining property in north western British Columbia’s ‘Golden Triangle’, is pleased to announce that it has retained Moose Mountain Technical Services to generate a new Preliminary Economic Assessment technical report for the Bronson Slope... 

Equinox Reaches Settlement with ZESCO

Equinox Minerals Limited and ZESCO Limited, the Zambian power authority, are pleased to announce that on March 17, 2010, a settlement agreement (the “Settlement Agreement”) was executed in relation to electrical power supply charges incurred during the construction phase of the Lumwana Copper Mine in Zambia. The terms of the US$4 million... 

Buckingham Exploration Inc. options new property and completes disposal of Colorado subsidiaries

Buckingham Exploration Inc. announce that it has optioned the Lady Ermalina Chemainus Claims on Vancouver Island. The option calls for an immediate payment of cash and shares and staged payments in future years. Specifically, Buckingham agreed to issue an aggregate of 600,000 shares of common stock of the company and to pay an aggregate of $5,000 in... 

Copper Fox acquires 100% interest in Schaft Creek Project

Copper Fox Metals Inc. announce that Teck Resources Limited (“Teck”) has transferred its ownership in the Schaft Creek Project to Copper Fox pursuant to an agreement between the parties dated January 1, 2002 (the “Agreement”). The Schaft Creek Project comprises the Liard, Paramount and West Breccia mineral deposits (the “Schaft... 

Blackstone Mobilizes Drill to Uma Cu-Zn-Au Project in Northern Sweden

Blackstone Ventures Inc. announces that a diamond drill rig has now been mobilized to its 100% owned Uma Volcanogenic Massive Sulphide (VMS) project in northern Sweden and will begin drilling immediately. This first phase drill program at Uma South (southern portion of the 235,000 hectare property) will consist of approximately 12 – 20 holes. Drilling... 

Rockcliff Commences Drill Program at Snow Lake Project

Rockcliff Resources Inc. announce that drilling has commenced on its Snow Lake Project located in central Manitoba. A minimum of 5,000 metres (m) of drilling are planned in approximately 30 holes. Drilling is planned on the Rail, Reed, Freebeth, Tramping and Squall properties. The targets include extensions of a known copper-gold rich horizon (Rail),... 

Franconia Signs Land Agreement for Maturi Copper-Nickel-Platinum Group Metals Property

Franconia Minerals Corporation announces that it has reached an agreement with the South Kawishiwi Association LLC, a group of nearby cabin owners who are exchanging surface lands with the US Forest Service for surface rights over a portion of Franconia’s Maturi mineral deposit. Under the terms of the agreement, Franconia reinforces its right...