Mountain Boy Minerals Ltd announces that drilling has started on its 100 % owned BA claims. The BA claims are located 30 km east of Stewart in the Skeena mining division approximately 3 kilometers south of paved Highway 37A.
This project has the potential to host a large Kuroko type VMS deposit that has silver rich [...]

Grande Portage Resources Ltd. announce the start of its drill program at the Pass Property near Smithers, B.C.
The program commenced on August 9, 2008 and the first hole, PAS-08-01, was completed to a final depth of 63.4 metres. The hole intersected a rusty stained, pyrite-bearing quartz vein from 44.35 metres to 45.11 metres. From 45.11-48.16 [...]

Centenario Copper Corporation announce the appointment of Rene Oliva as Franke Operations Manager, effective August 11, 2008.
Mr Oliva is a Mining Civil Engineer with over 21 years of experience in mining operations throughout Chile, working for Codelco and LAC Minerals. Most recently, he was Mine Manager of the Andina Division of Codelco (over 2,600 workers), [...]

Copper Belt Resources Ltd. is pleased to announce that its name has been changed to CB Resources Ltd. effective August 8, 2008. It is expected that the Company’s common shares will commence trading on the CNQ (symbol “CBRL”) under the new name CB Resources Ltd. at the opening of business on Monday, August 11, 2008.
The [...]

Yukon-Nevada Gold Corp. announces its termination of Investec’s mandate to arrange and underwrite financing for mine expansion at the Jerritt Canyon Project, Nevada.
In the face of continuing operating cost pressure in the mining industry worldwide Yukon-Nevada Gold Corp. has decided to suspend its underground operations at its Jerritt Canyon mines and focus solely on operating [...]

Rio Tinto announced today that its wholly owned subsidiary, Cloud Peak Energy Inc., has filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in connection with Cloud Peak Energy’s proposed initial public offering (IPO) of its common stock. Cloud Peak Energy, comprised of most of the North American [...]

Asia Now Resources Corp. is pleased to announce that it has completed a non-brokered private placement financing with China Gold Pte. Ltd. (”China Gold”), a subsidiary of Lippo China Resources Limited, a company whose shares are listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited and is mainly engaged in investment holding, retail business as [...]

Polar Star Mining Corporation is pleased to announce the appointment of David G. Speck to Vice-President, Corporate Development of the Company. Mr. Speck has numerous years of experience in investor relations and corporate development including senior positions at O’Donnell Investment Management, Merrill Lynch Canada and Research Capital Corporation as well as serving as an independant [...]

China Shen Zhou Mining & Resources, Inc., a leading company engaged in the exploration, development, mining and processing of fluorite, zinc, lead, copper, and other nonferrous metals in China, today announced one of its subsidiaries, Xingzhen Mining, in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, has signed one new supply contract for copper and zinc concentrates with Weng [...]

International PBX Ventures Ltd. announce that it has made a final payment of $750,000 on its option to purchase a 100% interest in the Copaquire property in northern Chile. The option agreement was signed on January 16, 2004 and the total amount paid was $2,100,000. The vendor retains a 2% NSR subject to a buy [...]