Augusta files draft EIS for review

Vancouver-based Augusta Resource has delivered a full draft of the environmental impact statement for its Rosemont copper project to the US Forest Service - Coronado National Forest for internal review, the firm said on Tuesday. The draft EIS...

Rosemont copper project, US

The project comprises the large-scale development of a copper/molybdenum/silver porphyry deposit, in Pima county, in Arizona.

Augusta makes progress on funds for Arizona copper project

A precious-metals streaming deal with Silver Wheaton will cover about a quarter of the cost to build Augusta Resource's Rosemont copper project, in Arizona, and the company expects to have the balance of the capital tied up by around the end of...

Silver Wheaton chief sees $30/oz silver in 'next couple of years'

Vancouver-based silver reseller Silver Wheaton's president and CEO, Peter Barnes, expects the spot price for the precious metal will continue to rise, in the medium term, underpinned by both physical and investment demand, he said on...

Silver Wheaton agrees to buy silver from Mercator's Arizona mine

Vancouver-based silver reseller Silver Wheaton has signed an agreement to buy the entire silver production from Mercator Minerals' Mineral Park copper/molybdenum/silver mine, in Arizona. Silver Wheaton will pay Mercator $42-million in cash...

Silver Wheaton earnings jump, sees further growth on new contracts

Vancouver-based silver reseller Silver Wheaton increased full-year net earnings to a record $91,9-million in 2007, compared with $85,2-million a year ago, and expects silver sales to almost double, to 25-million ounces by 2010, the company said on...

Silver Wheaton agrees to buy output from Augusta's Rosemont mine

Vancouver-based silver reseller Silver Wheaton has agreed to buy between 45% and 90% of the life-of-mine silver produced at Augusta Resource's Rosemont copper project, in Arizona, US, the companies announced on Thursday.