April 4, 2018 Revitalised demand growth to buttress molybdenum prices Healthy demand for molybdenum rich stainless steel, especially from the oil and gas industry, plus sluggish supply growth are expected to keep the price of this minor metal riding high.
March 26, 2018 SolGold on a roll, confirms major copper-gold target at Ecuador project Results from 11 of the 12 drilling rigs at its 85%-owned Cascabel copper-gold project, suggest there is much more intense mineralization in the property than thought earlier, the company said.
March 7, 2018 British Columbia to reform Environmental Assessment Process in the fall Environmental assessments already underway will continue under the current process.
January 5, 2018 Pebble permit application completed The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has accepted Pebble Limited Partnership’s wetlands-fill permit.
December 13, 2017 Antofagasta has a new project in Canada This is the second deal the Chilean miner signs with Vancouver-based Evrim Resource.
November 30, 2017 Lumina Gold raises $20M to advance projects in Ecuador Originally planned to raise $15M.
November 29, 2017 SolGold on a roll in Ecuador with finds at Timbara, Porvenir projects The Ecuador-focused miner said it has discovered "promising" new copper prospects at the Porvenir and Timbara projects, with rock chip samples graded up to 4.27% copper.
September 24, 2017 PEA shows 22-year life for B.C. copper-gold-moly mine A preliminary economic assessment for a mine on Vancouver Island, British Columbia is showing promising economics - despite being in a jurisdiction challenging to build mines.
August 31, 2017 SolGold on a roll in Ecuador, extends mineralization at Cascabel The Cascabel project is located in the northern portion of the Andean copper belt in Ecuador, renowned for hosting almost half the world’s copper known reserves.
August 18, 2017 Giant Peru mine blockade lifted after state of emergency Copper price rally cools after threat to global supply from top 5 Las Bambas mine is averted.
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