Sherwood Copper Corporation announced that it and its wholly owned subsidiaries, Minto Explorations Ltd. and Kutcho Copper Corp., have entered into a letter of intent with Silverstone Resources Corp. whereby Silverstone will purchase, subject to certain terms and conditions, all of the payable gold and silver from the Minto Mine in the Yukon, over [...]

Xstrata Copper Canada is pleased to announce it has reached a tentative agreement with the Union Executives of CAW-Local 599 for the renewal of the collective agreement at the Kidd Metallurgical site.
Kidd Metallurgical employees are expected to vote on the agreement on November 6, 2008. The collective agreement expired on September 30, 2008 at midnight [...]

Mercator Minerals Ltd. announce that it has commenced crushing and stacking ore at its wholly owned Mineral Park Moly-Copper project. The following major milestones have been completed during the construction and commissioning process to date:
- The crushing, conveying and stacking system is up and running.
- [...]

First Metals Inc. announce that the Company’s Fabie Mine has been named Development of the Year by the Quebec Mineral Exploration Association (Association de l’exploration miniere du Quebec, AEMQ). Since 1978, the association has honoured the dynamism and entrepreneurship of companies and individuals who contribute to develop the mineral exploration industry in Quebec.
The Fabie Mine [...]

Sherwood Copper Corporation announced the third batch of assay results from its 2008 drill program at the high grade Kutcho Copper Project, located in north-western British Columbia. This program is defining high grade mineralization in the “Main” deposit, one of three massive sulphide deposits identified at Kutcho, which Sherwood controls through its wholly owned subsidiary, [...]

Sherwood Copper Corporation announced that it has set November 14, 2008 as the date for a special meeting of its shareholders to vote in respect of the business combination with Capstone Mining Corp., details of which were announced on September 8, 2008. Since the date of the announcement, Sherwood’s management has had discussions with the [...]

Michael Sweatman, Pacific Coast Nickel President, stated that, “We have wrapped up the Burwash drilling for 2008 and will now wait for results, which will be available for interpretation in October.”
Pacific Coast Nickel has an Option Agreement from Strategic Metals Ltd., who, along with Archer Cathro & Associates, are the operators of the project.
There were [...]

Rio Tinto has signed two exploration joint venture agreements with CODELCO’s 100% owned subsidiary, CCM Los Andes, in Chile. These agreements follow the first exploration joint venture agreement signed between Rio Tinto and CODELCO in January 2008. CODELCO is the world’s largest copper producer.
The new properties to be explored are the Esteli and Paloma prospects [...]

Pacific Coast Nickel Corp. announce that drilling has commenced on the Burwash Yukon project.
The Burwash property hosts nickel-copper-platinum group element (PGE) mineralization related to intrusions of the Late Triassic Kluane Mafic-Ultramafic Suite that were emplaced during a period of uplift and extension related to widespread basaltic volcanism. The property overlies the east half of the [...]

Xstrata Copper announces investment of C$121 million to deepen and extend the life of the underground Kidd Mine located in the Timmins area of Northern Ontario, Canada.
Already the world’s deepest copper and zinc mine, the latest project will extend the mining zone at Mine D from 9,100 feet to 9,500 feet, improving the production profile [...]