Taseko's Gibraltar copper mine output dips

Canadian miner Taseko Mines said copper production at its Gibraltar mine fell 6% sequentially, as mill throughput was hit by bad weather and the company had to process ore from harder-than-average parts of the granite pit. The mine, which is 75%...

Company Announcement: Bullabulling Gold Resource Increases to 3.2 Million Ounces, including 2.1 Million Ounces of Indicate

The new resource estimate supports the Scoping Study scenario of an operation with an initial Life of Mine production of 2.0 to 2.5Moz gold over a ten year mine life with potential to expand the current resource in the future.

Taseko says Gibraltar expansion on track, budgets $134m for 2012

Taseko Mines, the Vancouver-based copper and molybdenum producer, plans to spend $134-million this year to lift output of the red metal from its 75%-owned Gibraltar mine in British Columbia to 140-million pounds yearly. The company has also...

Taseko lifts production at BC copper-moly mine

Vancouver-domiciled Taseko Mines said on Wednesday its 75%-owned Gibraltar Mine in British Columbia showed a slight increase in third-quarter copper production to 21.3-million pounds, compared with 20-million during the prior three months....

Curis considers courting strategic partner for US copper project

Curis Resources, the TSX-listed junior hoping to build an in-situ copper mine in Arizona, is considering selling a minority stake in its Florence project to a strategic investor, CEO Michael McPhie said on Tuesday. Speaking in an interview, he...

Govt accepts Taseko's new application for controversial BC mine

Shares in TSX-listed Taseko Mines flew 17% higher on Friday, after the company said the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency had formally accepted the project description for its planned $1-billion New Prosperity gold-copper project in British...

Taseko submits revised plan, seeks approval for blocked BC mine

Vancouver-based Taseko Mines has submitted a revised project description for its Prosperity gold/copper project, and is hoping for federal government approval for the mine, the company said late on Monday. Environment Minister Jim Prentice...

Taseko awards expansion EPCM contract

Vancouver-based Taseko Mines has picked Ausenco Minerals and Metals as the engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) contractor for the infrastructure portion of an expansion at the company's Gibraltar copper mine. Taseko...

Taseko Q1 output hit by weather, maintenance

First-quarter copper production from Taseko Mines' Gibraltar operation, in British Columbia, fell 17% compared with a year earlier, after output was affected by harsh weather conditions and an unscheduled maintenance shut down, the company said on...

Gibraltar copper/molybdenum mine expansion project, Canada

The project involves the expansion of the existing Gibraltar copper mine, located 65 km north of Williams Lake, in British Columbia.

No near-term revenue effect from Japan quake – miner

Vancouver-based Taseko Mines did not expect copper concentrate revenue to be affected in the near term as a result of the devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan, CEO Russell Hallbauer said in March.

Taseko sells up to $200m of notes to fund mine expansion

Vancouver-based Taseko Mines will sell up to $200-million of senior notes in a public offering, and will use the proceeds to fund an expansion at its Gibraltar mine, in British Columbia. The notes, due 2019, will not be convertible, Taseko said...