THUNDER BAY, ON, July 7, 2011 /CNW/ – Red Metal Resources Ltd. (OTCBB: RMES), a mineral exploration company with copper-gold assets in Chile, announces that it has commenced an approximately 2000 meter combined reverse circulation (RC) and diamond drilling program on its 100% owned Farellon copper-gold project. The drilling program is designed to continue expanding [...]

Indonesian-focused Sumatra Copper & Gold (ASX: SUM) has announced the first drilling results from the Tembang project and surface sample results from the Tandai project. The best result at Belinau include 1.60 metres @ 17.89 g/t Au and 17.0 g/t Ag. Mapping, float and channel sample results at Glumbuk (Tandai project) indicate the potential for [...]

Calgary, Alberta – February 24, 2010 Copper Fox Metals Inc. (“Copper Fox” or the “Company”) (TSX-V: CUU) announces its 2009 fourth quarter and year-end results. The Company reported net income for the fourth quarter of $1,533,575 ($0.01 income per share) and a loss of $28,524,604 ($0.19 loss per share) for the year ended October 31, [...]

MUMBWA JV PROJECT – RENEWAL OF PROSPECTING LICENCE GRANTED Blackthorn Resources Limited (ASX: BTR) is pleased to advise that its joint venture partner BHP Billiton, as manager and holder of the Mumbwa large-scale prospecting licence (LPL 374) in Zambia, has been granted renewal of the prospecting licence for a further two years to allow continuation [...]

Canadian mining giant Barrick Gold Corp. says it’s pushing ahead with plans to develop a massive copper and gold deposit in western Pakistan despite comments this weekend from the region’s top government official that the Toronto-based company will be shut out of the project. And the Canadian government, which has previously expressed concerns over Pakistan’s [...]

Barrick Gold (ABX.TO) will push ahead with a lawsuit to break up Goldcorp’s (G.TO) acquisition of most of the El Morro project in Chile from New Gold (NGD.TO), even though the transaction closed this week, a Barrick official said on Wednesday. Barrick, the world’s largest gold miner, agreed in October to buy a 70 percent [...]

TORONTO, ONTARIO–(Marketwire – 02/16/10) – NWT Uranium Corp. (TSX-V:NWT – News)(OTC.BB:NWURF – News)(Frankfurt:NMV – News) (“NWT” or “The Company”) is pleased to announce that it has been granted approval to conduct preliminary survey and exploration work on the highly prospective Quang Tri Copper Property (the “Property”) in central Vietnam. The Property is located along the [...]

Shares in Sandfire Resources (ASX: SFR) have jumped another 18c after the company announced the final assay results from its diamond drilling programme at the DeGrussa Copper-Gold Project, with calculation of the maiden JORC resource estimate on track for completion by mid-February 2010. Investors appeared to react to the news, with shares in the company [...]

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA–(Marketwire – 01/26/10) – First Quantum Minerals Ltd. (“First Quantum” or the “Company”) (TSX:FM – News)(LSE:FQM – News) today reported that it has restarted the Bwana Mkubwa copper SX/EW plant in Zambia. The plant will process the stockpiled ore from the depleted Lonshi open pit mine. Production is expected to average approximately 800 [...]

China plans to cash in on the soaring copper price by using its substantial reserves to snap up global assets while prices are low. Lu Youqing, vice-president of Aluminium Corp of China (Chinalco), said that the state-owned group was studying worldwide copper resources to identify the best investment opportunities. “Copper is our next main development [...]

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