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Intrepid Mines Reports Fine Gold-Copper Results from Tujuh Bukit Project

Intrepid Mines has announced excellent gold and copper assay results from the hole GTD-11-201, which is a part of the current drilling campaign performed at the copper-gold zone of the Tumpangpitu region.

14 Jul 2011

CuOro Resources Returns High-Grade Copper Mineralization at Santa Elena Project

CuOro Resources has encountered high-grade copper mineralization through a shallow drilling program at its Santa Elena Copper-Gold Project in Colombia.

13 Jul 2011

Stillwater Mining to Acquire Canadian Miner Peregrine Metals

Stillwater Mining Co is to acquire the Canadian company Peregrine Metals for $450 million. This will allow Stillwater Mining to diversify into copper and gold as the Vancouver based Peregrine Altar owns a copper/gold project in the San Juan province in Argentina.

12 Jul 2011

Australian Miners Will Lose Competitive Edge: Gina Rinehart

Gina Rinehart said that the international competitiveness of Australia would be impaired by the proposed mining and carbon taxes. The iron ore heiress was speaking on the sidelines of the Boao Forum for Asia business conference in Perth.

12 Jul 2011

SAMEX to Recommence Drilling Program at Los Zorros Property in Chile

SAMEX will recommence the drilling program shortly at Los Zorros in Chile for exploring several precious metal deposits in a district that comprises gold, copper, silver, and barite.

12 Jul 2011

Greece Grants Mining Permit for European Goldfields Project

Greece is poised to become the largest gold producer in Europe as the European Goldfields project was finally approved by the current environment minister George Papaconstantinou. Shares in the company rose by 10% after it was confirmed that the long awaited government permit had been granted.

11 Jul 2011

Aurubis Upbeat on Copper Outlook

Arubis, the largest copper producer in Europe, sees the prices of copper rising in the near future thanks to the high demand of electronic goods.

11 Jul 2011

China Increases Copper Imports

As supplies tighten and local stockpiles dwindle imports of copper by China rose for the first time in three months. The county had imported 280,009 metric tons of copper in June which was a 10% increase from the 254,738 metric tons they imported in the month of May.

11 Jul 2011

Sandspring Resources Reports Additional Results from Toroparu Deposit

SANDSPRING RESOURCES has reported the additional encouraging gold and copper results from the infill-drilling program completed recently at the Toroparu gold-copper deposit in South America.

11 Jul 2011