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  • Zazu Metals explores Red Dog's neighbor

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Apr 27, 2008

    After purchasing a 50 percent interest in the Lik in Northwest Alaska last year, Zazu Metals Corp. has begun to explore the zinc-lead-silver-rich property. In 2007, the Vancouver, B.C.-based junior drilled 1,400 meters in 11 holes with the intention of confirming 26,200 meters of historic drilling completed on the property. Lik is located about 22 kilometers, or 14 miles, northeast of the Red Dog Mine, the world's largest zinc mine. Teck Cominco Ltd., operator of the Red Dog...

  • Prepare for 'wild and woolly' 2008

    Curtis J. Freeman, For Mining News|Updated Jan 27, 2008

    For any of you who have experienced that odd quiet before a big storm hits, I'd suggest you grab Toto and head for the root cellar because the "quiet" is about to end and the perfect storm is about to begin! I say this because the mining industry took its collective breath during the last month and recharged its batteries in preparation for what looks to be a wild and woolly 2008. Commodities prices remain high; worldwide demand for metals and energy minerals remains strong, and investment capital is there for quality mining...