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Knight Resources Ltd.: Surface Exploration Program Begins at West Raglan

Monday, June 22nd, 2009
Knight Resources Ltd.: Surface Exploration Program Begins at West Raglan

Mr. Harvey Keats, Chief Executive Officer of Knight Resources Ltd., reports that Anglo American Exploration (Canada) Ltd. has approved a $3.5 million dollar exploration program for nickel- copper- PGE mineralization on the West Raglan joint venture project in Northern Quebec to be conducted during the summer of 2009. The Company has decided not to fund... readmore

Nord Resources Issues Progress Report on Johnson Camp Mine

Monday, June 22nd, 2009
Nord Resources Issues Progress Report on Johnson Camp Mine

Nord Resources Corporation, which is ramping up copper mining and processing operations at its Johnson Camp Mine in Arizona, today issued a progress report on its success at increasing production to the targeted production rate of 25 million pounds of copper per year. Nord Resources focused during 2008 on executing its plan to reactivate the Johnson... readmore

HudBay CEO Unveils Strategic Plan at AGM

Friday, June 19th, 2009
HudBay CEO Unveils Strategic Plan at AGM

HudBay Minerals Inc. unveiled a new strategic plan with a two-pronged growth strategy. “HudBay will pursue a strategy defined by two broad themes,” Peter Jones, HudBay’s chief executive officer, told the company’s annual meeting of shareholders. One emphasis will be to optimize operations in HudBay’s traditional home base... readmore

Anglo Swiss Resources Completes Metallurgical Study for 93% Gold Recovery at the Kenville Gold Mine

Wednesday, June 17th, 2009
Anglo Swiss Resources Completes Metallurgical Study for 93% Gold Recovery at the Kenville Gold Mine

Anglo Swiss Resources Inc., announces that G&T Metallurgical Services Ltd. of Kamloops, British Columbia has completed a Metallurgical Scoping Study for the company’s Kenville Gold Mine Project near Nelson, British Columbia. G& T Metallurgical Services is an integrated mineral process research and development company with laboratories for... readmore

Northern Superior Resources Inc. Initiates Wachigabau Exploration Program

Wednesday, June 17th, 2009
Northern Superior Resources Inc. Initiates Wachigabau Exploration Program

Northern Superior Resources Inc. announce the initiation of its 2009 Wachigabau property summer exploration program. This program consists of bedrock mapping, sampling and prospecting with the intent of defining drill targets for the fourth quarter. Dr. T.F. Morris, president and CEO commented: “After the completion of a NI 43-101 report by Gestion... readmore

Baja Achieves Key Milestone in Development of Manganese Metal Production at Boleo

Wednesday, June 17th, 2009
Baja Achieves Key Milestone in Development of Manganese Metal Production at Boleo

Baja Mining Corp. announces that a key milestone has been achieved towards manganese metal production at its Boleo project in Baja, Mexico. Staff at the University of British Columbia’s Hydrometallurgy Research Laboratory have successfully demonstrated that manganese metal can be manufactured from Boleo manganese carbonate using conventional hydrometallurgical... readmore

Benton options Sibley project to Kennecott

Wednesday, June 17th, 2009
Benton options Sibley project to Kennecott

Benton Resources Corp announce that general terms have been agreed to between Benton and Kennecott Canada Exploration Inc. ( “KCEI” or “Kennecott” , a wholly own subsidiary of Rio Tinto) on Benton’s 100% owned South Sibley project. The South Sibley project is located in Dorion and McTavish Townships, approximately halfway... readmore

Santa Fe Gold Options Pilar Gold Exploration Property, Sonora, Mexico

Monday, June 15th, 2009
Santa Fe Gold Options Pilar Gold Exploration Property, Sonora, Mexico

Santa Fe Gold Corp, a U.S. based mining and exploration enterprise focused on gold, silver, copper and industrial minerals, today announced that its Mexican subsidiary, Minera Sandia S.A. de C.V., had entered into a purchase option contract on the Pilar Gold Property consisting of two mineral exploitation concessions located 165 kilometers east-southeast... readmore

Loreto Resources Corporation to Purchase Minera Huallanca S.A.

Monday, June 15th, 2009
Loreto Resources Corporation to Purchase Minera Huallanca S.A.

Loreto Resources Corporation announce that it has entered into a nonbinding agreement to acquire 100% of the outstanding common shares of Minera Huallanca S.A., a Peruvian company. Huallanca, based in Lima, Peru, currently produces zinc, lead, copper, and silver in concentrate form. During 2008, it operated 2 mines at a combined run rate of 500,000... readmore

Wallbridge Mining Initiates $1.6 million 2009 Exploration Program on Parkin Offset Dyke

Thursday, June 11th, 2009
Wallbridge Mining Initiates $1.6 million 2009 Exploration Program on Parkin Offset Dyke

Wallbridge Mining Company Limited announced that its joint venture partner Impala Platinum Holdings Limited (“Impala”), the world’s second largest primary platinum producer, has allocated $1.6 million dollars for the 2009 exploration program on the Parkin Offset dyke properties in Sudbury. The program includes 6,300 metres of diamond... readmore