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Power Africa Draws New Investment to Region
by Kathryn Mcconnell - All Africa Global Media - Fri Jan 17, 6:32AM CST
The U.S. initiative that aims to double access to electricity in sub-Saharan Africa has drawn new investments to the fast-growing region, according to representatives of three key agencies that support the project.
Columbus Copper Not Proceeding With Private Placement
Marketwire - Tue Dec 03, 3:31PM CST
Columbus Copper Corporation (TSX VENTURE: CCU) (formerly Empire Mining Corporation) ("Columbus Copper"
is not proceeding with the private placement previously announced on November 14, 2013. Columbus Copper is considering other financing opportunities.
Columbus Copper Announces Share Exchange With Global Resources Investment Ltd.
Marketwire - Thu Nov 14, 8:04AM CST
Columbus Copper Corporation (TSX VENTURE: CCU) (formerly Empire Mining Corporation) ("Columbus Copper" is pleased to announce it has settled on terms to undertake a private placement with Global Resources Investment Ltd. ("GRIL". Columbus Copper is seeking to raise approximately CDN$960,000 through the sale of 16,000,000 common shares at a deemed price of $0.06 per share. No warrants will be issued in connection with this transaction.
Columbus Copper's 2013 Drilling Confirms Extension of Primary Copper Porphyry Mineralization at Karapinar, Turkey; Government Permits for Next Round of Drilling Received
Marketwire - Wed Sep 18, 8:03AM CDT
Columbus Copper Corporation ("Columbus Copper" (TSX VENTURE: CCU) (formerly Empire Mining) is pleased to report results from its 2013 diamond drilling program at its 100% owned Karapinar copper-molybdenum project in Turkey. These include 31.2 meters of 0.45% copper and 0.08 grams per tonne ("g/t" gold from 269 meters depth, 9 meters of 0.48% copper and 0.06 g/t gold from 312.5 meters depth, and 68 meters of 0.36% copper and 0.08 g/t gold from 379 meters depth in drill-hole KDH028. The latest phase of drilling has focused on the primary, potassically-altered mineralization intersected in some of the earliest holes at Karapinar and demonstrate continuity to the northwest that is still open and remains to be drill-tested.
Columbus Copper Options Kavaklitepe Gold Project, Turkey
Marketwire - Tue Sep 17, 8:04AM CDT
Columbus Copper Corporation (TSX VENTURE: CCU) (formerly Empire Mining Corporation) ("Columbus Copper" is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement (the "Agreement" with S2M2 Coal PTY LTD ("S2M2", under which it has granted an option for S2M2 to earn up to a 70% interest in Columbus Copper's wholly-owned Kavaklitepe Gold Project located in western Turkey (the "Property".
Columbus Copper Reports 54.0 Metres Grading 3.3gpt Gold from Continuous Rock Chip Sampling at its Kavaklitepe Project, Turkey
Marketwire - Tue Jun 11, 8:04AM CDT
Columbus Copper Corporation ("Columbus Copper" (TSX VENTURE: CCU) (formerly Empire Mining) is pleased to provide additional exploration results from its 100% owned Kavaklitepe gold project in western Turkey. Continuous rock chip sampling along a forest track running across one of the mineralized zones returned 54.0 metres grading 3.33 grams per tonne ("gpt" gold including 21.5 metres grading 7.2 gpt gold where the mineralization is better exposed and no contamination with overburden was observed. Scattered rock chip composite samples were also collected within the zone and returned 22.7 gpt, 13.2 gpt and 1.91 gpt gold respectively, and confirm previously announced positive gold results. The gold mineralization was found within a well-defined soil anomaly that measures 850 metres by 250 metres elongated northeast to southwest, that might be displaced about 700 metres by a northwest-trending fault, and continuing for another 800 metres to the southwest. The limited outcrop found and sampled within the zone led to identify brecciated schist with dark silica infill suggestive for a low-sulphidation epithermal type of gold mineralization.
Columbus Copper's 2013 Drilling Confirms Primary Porphyry Grade with 0.48% Copper and 0.10g/t Gold Over 153.7 Metres
Marketwire - Thu May 30, 8:03AM CDT
Columbus Copper Corporation ("Columbus Copper" (TSX VENTURE: CCU) (formerly Empire Mining) is pleased to report results from its 2013 diamond drilling program at the 100% owned Karapinar copper-molybdenum project in Turkey. These include 153.7 metres of 0.48% copper and 0.10 grams per tonne ("g/t" gold from 91.3 metres depth and 49.35 metres of 0.47% copper and 0.12 g/t gold from 408 metres depth, both part of a wider mineralized interval of 426.40 metres from 64.0 metres grading 0.36% copper, 0.08 g/t gold and 0.0101% molybdenum in drill-hole KDH027. The latest phase of the drilling campaign has focused on the primary, potassically-altered mineralization intersected in some of the earliest holes at Karapinar and demonstrated continuity to the northwest that is still open and remains to be drill-tested.
Columbus Copper and First Quantum Enter into Project Generation Alliance
Marketwire - Wed May 08, 8:04AM CDT
Columbus Copper Corporation (TSX VENTURE: CCU) (formerly Empire Mining Corporation) ("Columbus Copper" is pleased to announce that it has entered into a project generation agreement (the "Agreement" with First Quantum Minerals Ltd. ("FQML".
Drilling at Columbus Copper's Karapinar Porphyry Project Intersects 59.9 Metres of 0.55% Copper within the 600 x 250 Metre Secondary Copper/Skarn 'Corridor'
Marketwire - Wed Mar 27, 8:03AM CDT
Columbus Copper Corporation ("Columbus Copper" (TSX VENTURE: CCU) (formerly Empire Mining) is pleased to report that drill-hole KDH-024 from its ongoing diamond drilling program at its 100% owned Karapinar copper-molybdenum project in Turkey, has returned 59.9 metres of 0.55% copper and 0.06 grams per tonne ("g/t" gold from 219.1 metres depth including 35.4 metres from 220.1 metres grading 0.67% copper and 0.09 g/t gold and 9.4 metres from 235.1 metres grading 1.27% copper and 0.14 g/t gold.
Columbus Gold Receives $2.2 Million Option Termination Refund
Marketwire - Wed Mar 27, 8:02AM CDT
Columbus Gold Corp. (TSX VENTURE: CGT) ("Columbus Gold" announces the termination of the letter agreement with Columbus Copper Corporation (formerly Empire Mining) ("Columbus Copper" first announced in March 2012 (the "Columbus Agreement". The Columbus Agreement granted a contingent option under which Columbus Gold could earn up to a 51% interest in Columbus Copper's Demirtepe property in Turkey. In connection with the termination, Columbus Gold has been repaid a $2,000,000 refundable deposit plus approximately $200,000 in interest and fees.
Columbus Copper Closes Bursa Option Agreement with First Quantum and Receives $1.5 Million Payment
Marketwire - Tue Mar 26, 9:42AM CDT
Columbus Copper Corporation (TSX VENTURE: CCU) (formerly Empire Mining Corporation) ("Columbus Copper" is pleased to announce that it has closed its option agreement (the "Agreement" with First Quantum Minerals Ltd. ("FQML", under which FQML has been granted an option (the "Option" to earn up to a 70% interest in Columbus Copper's Bursa licenses, which host the Demirtepe skarn and Karapinar porphyry projects in Western Turkey ("Bursa". The Agreement formalizes the terms of the binding letter agreement entered into by Columbus Copper and FQML and disclosed by Columbus Copper in its news release of August 20, 2012.
Power Africa Draws New Investment to Region
by Kathryn Mcconnell - All Africa Global Media - Fri Jan 17, 6:32AM CST
The U.S. initiative that aims to double access to electricity in sub-Saharan Africa has drawn new investments to the fast-growing region, according to representatives of three key agencies that support the project.
Columbus Copper Not Proceeding With Private Placement
Marketwire - Tue Dec 03, 3:31PM CST
Columbus Copper Corporation (TSX VENTURE: CCU) (formerly Empire Mining Corporation) ("Columbus Copper"
is not proceeding with the private placement previously announced on November 14, 2013. Columbus Copper is considering other financing opportunities. Columbus Copper Announces Share Exchange With Global Resources Investment Ltd.
Marketwire - Thu Nov 14, 8:04AM CST
Columbus Copper Corporation (TSX VENTURE: CCU) (formerly Empire Mining Corporation) ("Columbus Copper"
is pleased to announce it has settled on terms to undertake a private placement with Global Resources Investment Ltd. ("GRIL". Columbus Copper is seeking to raise approximately CDN$960,000 through the sale of 16,000,000 common shares at a deemed price of $0.06 per share. No warrants will be issued in connection with this transaction. Columbus Copper's 2013 Drilling Confirms Extension of Primary Copper Porphyry Mineralization at Karapinar, Turkey; Government Permits for Next Round of Drilling Received
Marketwire - Wed Sep 18, 8:03AM CDT
Columbus Copper Corporation ("Columbus Copper"
(TSX VENTURE: CCU) (formerly Empire Mining) is pleased to report results from its 2013 diamond drilling program at its 100% owned Karapinar copper-molybdenum project in Turkey. These include 31.2 meters of 0.45% copper and 0.08 grams per tonne ("g/t" gold from 269 meters depth, 9 meters of 0.48% copper and 0.06 g/t gold from 312.5 meters depth, and 68 meters of 0.36% copper and 0.08 g/t gold from 379 meters depth in drill-hole KDH028. The latest phase of drilling has focused on the primary, potassically-altered mineralization intersected in some of the earliest holes at Karapinar and demonstrate continuity to the northwest that is still open and remains to be drill-tested. Columbus Copper Options Kavaklitepe Gold Project, Turkey
Marketwire - Tue Sep 17, 8:04AM CDT
Columbus Copper Corporation (TSX VENTURE: CCU) (formerly Empire Mining Corporation) ("Columbus Copper"
is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement (the "Agreement" with S2M2 Coal PTY LTD ("S2M2", under which it has granted an option for S2M2 to earn up to a 70% interest in Columbus Copper's wholly-owned Kavaklitepe Gold Project located in western Turkey (the "Property". Columbus Copper Reports 54.0 Metres Grading 3.3gpt Gold from Continuous Rock Chip Sampling at its Kavaklitepe Project, Turkey
Marketwire - Tue Jun 11, 8:04AM CDT
Columbus Copper Corporation ("Columbus Copper"
(TSX VENTURE: CCU) (formerly Empire Mining) is pleased to provide additional exploration results from its 100% owned Kavaklitepe gold project in western Turkey. Continuous rock chip sampling along a forest track running across one of the mineralized zones returned 54.0 metres grading 3.33 grams per tonne ("gpt" gold including 21.5 metres grading 7.2 gpt gold where the mineralization is better exposed and no contamination with overburden was observed. Scattered rock chip composite samples were also collected within the zone and returned 22.7 gpt, 13.2 gpt and 1.91 gpt gold respectively, and confirm previously announced positive gold results. The gold mineralization was found within a well-defined soil anomaly that measures 850 metres by 250 metres elongated northeast to southwest, that might be displaced about 700 metres by a northwest-trending fault, and continuing for another 800 metres to the southwest. The limited outcrop found and sampled within the zone led to identify brecciated schist with dark silica infill suggestive for a low-sulphidation epithermal type of gold mineralization. Columbus Copper's 2013 Drilling Confirms Primary Porphyry Grade with 0.48% Copper and 0.10g/t Gold Over 153.7 Metres
Marketwire - Thu May 30, 8:03AM CDT
Columbus Copper Corporation ("Columbus Copper"
(TSX VENTURE: CCU) (formerly Empire Mining) is pleased to report results from its 2013 diamond drilling program at the 100% owned Karapinar copper-molybdenum project in Turkey. These include 153.7 metres of 0.48% copper and 0.10 grams per tonne ("g/t" gold from 91.3 metres depth and 49.35 metres of 0.47% copper and 0.12 g/t gold from 408 metres depth, both part of a wider mineralized interval of 426.40 metres from 64.0 metres grading 0.36% copper, 0.08 g/t gold and 0.0101% molybdenum in drill-hole KDH027. The latest phase of the drilling campaign has focused on the primary, potassically-altered mineralization intersected in some of the earliest holes at Karapinar and demonstrated continuity to the northwest that is still open and remains to be drill-tested. Columbus Copper and First Quantum Enter into Project Generation Alliance
Marketwire - Wed May 08, 8:04AM CDT
Columbus Copper Corporation (TSX VENTURE: CCU) (formerly Empire Mining Corporation) ("Columbus Copper"
is pleased to announce that it has entered into a project generation agreement (the "Agreement" with First Quantum Minerals Ltd. ("FQML". Drilling at Columbus Copper's Karapinar Porphyry Project Intersects 59.9 Metres of 0.55% Copper within the 600 x 250 Metre Secondary Copper/Skarn 'Corridor'
Marketwire - Wed Mar 27, 8:03AM CDT
Columbus Copper Corporation ("Columbus Copper"
(TSX VENTURE: CCU) (formerly Empire Mining) is pleased to report that drill-hole KDH-024 from its ongoing diamond drilling program at its 100% owned Karapinar copper-molybdenum project in Turkey, has returned 59.9 metres of 0.55% copper and 0.06 grams per tonne ("g/t" gold from 219.1 metres depth including 35.4 metres from 220.1 metres grading 0.67% copper and 0.09 g/t gold and 9.4 metres from 235.1 metres grading 1.27% copper and 0.14 g/t gold. Columbus Gold Receives $2.2 Million Option Termination Refund
Marketwire - Wed Mar 27, 8:02AM CDT
Columbus Gold Corp. (TSX VENTURE: CGT) ("Columbus Gold"
announces the termination of the letter agreement with Columbus Copper Corporation (formerly Empire Mining) ("Columbus Copper" first announced in March 2012 (the "Columbus Agreement". The Columbus Agreement granted a contingent option under which Columbus Gold could earn up to a 51% interest in Columbus Copper's Demirtepe property in Turkey. In connection with the termination, Columbus Gold has been repaid a $2,000,000 refundable deposit plus approximately $200,000 in interest and fees. Columbus Copper Closes Bursa Option Agreement with First Quantum and Receives $1.5 Million Payment
Marketwire - Tue Mar 26, 9:42AM CDT
Columbus Copper Corporation (TSX VENTURE: CCU) (formerly Empire Mining Corporation) ("Columbus Copper"
is pleased to announce that it has closed its option agreement (the "Agreement" with First Quantum Minerals Ltd. ("FQML", under which FQML has been granted an option (the "Option" to earn up to a 70% interest in Columbus Copper's Bursa licenses, which host the Demirtepe skarn and Karapinar porphyry projects in Western Turkey ("Bursa". The Agreement formalizes the terms of the binding letter agreement entered into by Columbus Copper and FQML and disclosed by Columbus Copper in its news release of August 20, 2012. 
