August 12, 2011

Brigadier Gold’s 2011 exploration program identifies the presence of a large-scale gold-silver-tin-tellurium mineralized epithermal system on the Incamayo project

The Company is pleased to announce that significant silver-gold mineralized intersections were evident in eight of nine drill holes on its recently completed exploration program on the Incamayo project in…

August 12, 2011

Kazakhstan could offer investors mining riches

Think of Kazakhstan and thoughts might immediately turn to Borat.

August 11, 2011

Selwyn mobilizes drills to ScoZinc Mine

Selwyn Resources Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:SWN) ("Selwyn") is pleased to inform investors that it has commenced exploration activities at the ScoZinc mine (formerly the Scotia mine) to provide infill definition drilling…

August 11, 2011

Nautilus granted exploration tenements in Fijian waters

Nautilus Minerals announced on Thursday that they were granted offshore exploration licences in Fiji. The Fijian Government has granted the company 14 special prospecting licences, covering a total of approximately…

August 11, 2011

Innovative documentary shows zinc mining town being ‘erased’

The Web documentary "Welcome to Pine Point" by combining video, photographs, text, music and narration and then blurring the boundaries among them, pushes storytelling and documentary filmmaking into new territory.…

August 11, 2011

Xstrata launches prefeasibility study for large, open-pit, polymetallic mine at Mount Isa

Xstrata has approved the commencement of an AUD47 million (USD50 million) pre-feasibility study into the development of a large multi-commodity open pit mine on the existing Xstrata Mount Isa Mines…

August 10, 2011

First Nation blockade of B.C. lead-zinc mine stalls aboriginal exploration deal

A First Nation in British Columbia says it has put off plans to sign a mining exploration agreement because of a continuing blockade by two other native bands.

August 10, 2011

BHP-Lundin rumour likely much ado about nothing, investors say

Lundin Mining is once again the target of takeover speculation, after the Daily Telegraph fed the rumour mill with talk of JP Morgan advising BHP Billiton and Belgian zinc miner…

August 9, 2011

Horsehead Holding Corp. announces second quarter earnings

Horsehead Holding Corp. (Nasdaq: ZINC) reported that consolidated net earnings were $6.3 million, or $0.14 per diluted share, for the second quarter of 2011, excluding noncash mark-to-market adjustments after taxes…

August 9, 2011

Zinc Drops to Lowest Level Since November as Commodities Slide

Bloomberg reports that zinc plunged to the lowest level since November.