Molybdenum
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Mason PEA suggests project could double Hudbay’s copper output
A preliminary economic assessment (PEA) on Hudbay Minerals’ (TSX, NYSE: HBM) Mason porphyry copper project in Nevada outlines a large-scale open pit operation that could become the third-largest copper mine in the U.S., more than doubling the miner’s copper production.…
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Equinox to sell 10M Solaris shares
Growing gold miner Equinox Gold (TSX, NYSE: EQX) has announced that, in response to a request from Ecuador-focused explorer Solaris Resources (TSX: SLS), it has agreed to sell 10 million of the 27.8 million Solaris shares it currently holds at…
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Surge updates resource for Berg deposit in B.C.
After acquiring the option to earn up to a 70% interest in the Berg property in central B.C. last December, Surge Copper (TSXV: SURG) has now updated a historic resource estimate for the porphyry deposit. Measured and indicated resources at…
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Northisle study outlines 22-year copper-gold mine at North Island in BC
Northisle Copper and Gold (TSX: NCX) has released an updated preliminary economic assessment (PEA) on a 22-year, 75,000 t/d open pit development within its North Island project at the north end of Vancouver Island in B.C. According to the release,…
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Northern Dynasty files appeal over Pebble permit rejection
Northern Dynasty reported on Thursday its U.S. subsidiary Pebble Limited Partnership has filed an appeal with the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) over its decision to deny a key water permit for the Pebble copper-gold-molybdenum-silver-rhenium mine in Alaska. The…
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Surge Copper acquires option on 70% stake in Berg copper project
Explorer Surge Copper has entered into a definitive option agreement with Centerra Gold to hold the right to acquire a 70% interest in the Berg porphyry deposit in central B.C. Under the terms of the agreement, Surge can earn a…
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Solaris reports long copper intercepts from ‘outer halo’ of Warintza porphyry system
Solaris Resources has reported assay results for the second and third drill holes completed as part of a 40,000-metre drill program at its Warinzta project in southeastern Ecuador. The program is the first drill campaign in 20 years at the…
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COPPER: Solaris drills long copper intercept at Warintza in Ecuador
ECUADOR – The initial hole from the first drill program in 20 years at Solaris Resources’ 268-sq.-km Warintza project in south-east Ecuador hit 567 metres of 1% copper-equivalent (0.8% copper, 0.04% molybdenum and 0.1 g/t gold) starting at surface. According…
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COPPER-GOLD: TSXV greenlights ATEX’s acquisition of Chilean copper project
CHILE – ATEX Resources received conditional approval from the TSX Venture Exchange for its acquisition of the Valeriano porphyry copper-gold project, located in Chile. The decision means that ATEX shares will again commence trading on the TSXV on December 5,…
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COPPER-GOLD: SolGold discovers new porphyry system at Cisne Loja
ECUADOR – Australian miner SolGold has discovered a new copper-gold-silver-molybdenum porphyry system at its wholly owned Cisne Loja project in southern Ecuador. The company says it found mineralized outcrops that indicate the presence of a new polymetallic porphyry system with…
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COPPER-GOLD: Northern Dynasty funds next steps at Pebble project
ALASKA – Vancouver-based Northern Dynasty Minerals, sole owner of the Pebble project 300 km from Anchorage, has arranged a US$5 million bought deal financing that will allow it to continue the 2019 field program and complete the environmental impact statement…
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Los Andes Copper envisions big project at Vizcachitas
Los Andes Copper (TSXV: LA) says its Vizcachitas project — a copper-molybdenum porphyry deposit 150 km northeast of Santiago, in central Chile — will be the South American country’s next major copper mine. The project, which would produce copper and molybdenum concentrates…
