November 27, 2011

Copper mine a boost for Cloncurry

Gold Coast copper explorer Cudeco will begin mining at its Rocklands project by early to mid 2013 after mining leases were last week approved by the State Government. The project…

November 27, 2011

Argentina Mining potential metals style deposit at Cerro Blanco

Argentina Mining is currently progressing exploration at the Cerro Blanco project in the San Juan Province of Argentina with the company intersecting more copper and gold.

November 27, 2011

Rio Tinto, Chinalco finalize exploration joint venture

A joint venture between uber-miner Rio Tinto and Chinese partner Chinalco was finalized on Friday. The JV, called CRTX, has been officially registered and cleared to do business in China.…

November 27, 2011

Xstrata, Highlands push back PNG study to end-2012

Miners Xstrata Copper and Highlands Pacific have delayed the completion of the feasibility study for the Frieda River joint venture copper/gold project, in Papua New Guinea, by 11 months. Xstrata…

November 26, 2011

Fjordland Encounters Mineralization in Drilling on Tak (Moffat) and Red Lobster Projects, British Columbia

Fjordland Exploration Inc. (TSX VENTURE:FEX) is pleased to report that it has encountered mineralization in both its Tak (Moffat) and Red Lobster late-season drilling programs, in central and southeastern BC,…

November 25, 2011

Centurion Minerals Engages Maison Placements for $2 Million Brokered Private Placement

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Nov. 25, 2011) - Centurion Minerals Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:CTN) ("Centurion", "the Company") is pleased to announce that it has engaged Maison Placements Canada Inc. to act…

November 25, 2011

Copper company shares getting hammered; some down as much as a third

Shares in some of the world's biggest copper producers are getting trounced as the price of the bellwether metal continues to flounder around the $3.27 per pound mark. Taking a…

November 25, 2011

Nautilus increases indicated marine gold and copper by more than 20%

Nautilus, the first company to explore the ocean floor for polymetallic seafloor massive sulphide deposits, announced on Friday a drilling campaign conducted at its tenements in the Bismarck Sea of…

November 25, 2011

Codelco enjoying one of its best years ‘ever’, profits jump to $5.3 billion

The world's top copper producer, Chile's Codelco, said on Friday it produced 1.25 million tonnes of copper in the nine months to September, up 3.5 percent from the same period…

November 25, 2011

Codelco vows to guard "value" of Anglo option

World No.1 copper producer Chile's Codelco said on Friday it is open to negotiating a deal with global miner Anglo American that safeguards the "value" of a disputed asset option,…