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 Creek deposit”) contained within the...
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 to access the Maturi Cu-Ni-PGM deposit – via...
Mines Management Withdraws Public Offering of Common Shares
MINES MANAGEMENT, INC. announced today that it has withdrawn its previously announced public offering of 6,000,000 shares of common stock. The terms presented by the underwriters did not meet the minimum expectation of net proceeds. The Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Glenn M. Dobbs, stated, “While we were gratified with the strong support for the offering, potential pricing...
Denarii Resources Enters Negotiations to Acquire Production-Ready Gold and Silver Mine
Denarii Resources Inc., a mining company focused on acquiring gold, silver and other resource properties worldwide, announced today that it has entered into negotiations to acquire a production-ready gold, silver and copper project located in South America. Denarii Resources employs a world-class mining team of advisors, geologists and consultants who are uniquely qualified to identify favorable acquisition...
HudBay to Re-Start Chisel North Mine and Snow Lake Concentrator
HudBay Minerals Inc. announced that it will re-start operations at its Chisel North mine and concentrator in Snow Lake, Manitoba effective immediately, with full production expected in the second quarter of 2010. The re-start of operations at Snow Lake is expected to provide approximately 30,000 tonnes of zinc concentrate feed to the company’s Flin Flon zinc plant annually. The capital costs...
Iberian Minerals Declares Commercial Production at Aguas Tenidas
Iberian Minerals Corp., a Canadian listed global base metals company with interests in Spain and Peru announced that it has declared commercial production at the Aguas Tenidas Mine in Spain. As such, for accounting purposes, effective October 1, 2009, all revenue and expenses will be accounted for as part of the income statement of the Corporation. Daniel Vanin, President, commented: “This is...
Fortune Minerals engages BNP Paribas to arrange NICO Project debt facility
Fortune Minerals Limited announce that it has retained BNP Paribas to provide advice and financial services in connection with the arrangement of a US$ 200-250 million debt facility to finance the construction, start-up and operation of the Company’s NICO Gold-Cobalt-Bismuth-Copper development in the Northwest Territories. Based in Paris, France, BNP Paribas is a world class financial institution...
Royal Roads & Benton award drilling contract to drill new copper sulphide zone on Long Range Joint Venture, Newfoundland
Royal Roads Corp. and Benton Resources Corp. announce awarding a drill contract to commence diamond drilling of the recently discovered copper sulphide zone on the Long Range Joint Venture property in central Newfoundland. The contract has been awarded to Logan Drilling of Stewiacke, Nova Scotia and is expected to commence the week of October 12, 2009. The program is expected to include two drill holes...
Lundin Mining Enters Into Agreement for the Sale of Ozernoe Project
Lundin Mining Corporation a diversified base metals mining company with operations in Portugal, Spain, and Sweden, producing copper, nickel, lead and zinc. In addition, Lundin Mining holds a development project pipeline which includes expansion projects at its Zinkgruvan and Neves-Corvo mines along with its equity stake in the world class Tenke Fungurume copper/cobalt project in the Democratic Republic...
New gold acquisition in Pinos district, Zacatecas, Mexico
Xtierra Inc. announce that it has entered into an option agreement with private Mexican interests whereby it may acquire a 100% interest in the El Dorado gold project within 2,890 hectares of mining claims located in the Pinos district of southeastern Zacatecas State, Mexico. The property is located within the Central Mexican Mineral Belt and has an existing small-scale underground gold mining operation...
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