September 5, 2012

Torex expands gold-copper-silver discovery south of the Balsas River

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Sept. 4, 2012) - Torex Gold Resources Inc. (the "Company" or "Torex") (TSX:TXG) is pleased to report that drilling results continue to expand the gold-copper-silver mineralization at…

September 5, 2012

Canadian Arctic mining boom draws in China-backed MMG

The new kid on Canadian Arctic block is announcing plans to build two mines in Nunavut in the next six years.

September 4, 2012

Baja Mining’s partners indecisive on further funding for Mexico project

Canadian Baja Mining (TSX:BAJ) shareholders continue to be anxious about the future of the company’s flagship Boleo project in Mexico, as its South Korean partners were unable to decide on…

September 4, 2012

Chile’s Codelco kicks off $3.5 billion copper mine expansion

Chilean state-own Codelco, the world's largest copper producer, began construction of the access tunnels to the new level of its El Teniente copper mine on Tuesday.

September 4, 2012

KGHM copper’s Canadian unit returns to profit -CEO

Europe's No.2 copper producer KGHM said on Tuesday its recently acquired Canadian unit Quadra FNX had returned to profit after the first seven months of the year.

September 4, 2012

Kiska Metals surges 19% on Thorn results

Kiska Metals Corporations shares were up almost 19% (at 12:15 ET) Tuesday as the company announced updated results for its Thorn Property in northwestern British Columbia, sent by partner Brixton…

September 4, 2012

Reservoir Minerals drills 160 metres grading 10.16% copper equivalent, stock soars

Reservoir Minerals (CVE:RMC) was up 48.39% to $3.22 a share after releasing drill results for its Timok Project in eastern Serbia showing 160 metres grading 10.16% copper equivalent.

September 4, 2012

Carpathian files NI 43-101 technical report on the Rovina Valley Project, Romania, which details a measured + indicated resource of 7.2 million ounces gold plus 1.42 billion pounds of copper

The updated resource estimate for the Rovina Valley project is 7.19 million ounces of gold and 1.42 billion pounds of copper in the measured + indicated categories

September 4, 2012

Copper prices gain on stimulus hopes

Copper rose to a one-week high in Monday trading on heightened expectations of stimulus packages following the release of weak Chinese data.

September 2, 2012

Peru lifts state of emergency over Conga mine

The Peruvian government confirmed it will end Monday a state of emergency imposed in early July in the country’s northern region, where violent protests against Newmont Mining's (NYSE:NEM) controversial $4.8…