INTERNATIONAL BARYTEX RESOURCES LTD. advises that in regard to the contract review process the Democratic Republic of Congo (”DRC”) is undertaking, East China Capital Holdings Ltd (”ECCH”), a subsidiary controlled by the Company, has received a proposal from Generale des Carrieres et des Mines (Gecamines) to revise the Gecamines-ECCH agreement in regard to the Shituru [...]

Terra Nostra Resources Corporation (OTCBB: TNRO) a majority owner of two joint venture companies in the copper and stainless steel industries in China, is pleased to announce the appointments of Mr. Nai Biao Zhai as General Manager of Shandong Quanxin Stainless Steel Co Ltd. (SQSS) and Mr. Bao Dong Han as General Manager of Shandong [...]

Liberty Star Uranium & Metals Corp. (the “Company”)(OTCBB:LBSU) is pleased to announce that the CEO/President of the Company, James A. Briscoe, and the CEO/President of Mayo Gold Explorations Ltd. (“Mayo Gold”), Pedro Villagran Garcia, have signed a Letter of Intent to joint venture the El Papago Project (“El Papago”) in Sonora, Mexico and the Tombstone [...]

Norilsk Nickel expects its net profit under IFRS to slide to $5.3bn in 2007 from $5.96bn posted for the previous year, the Russian precious metals producer said in a memo prepared for the company’s annual general shareholders’ meeting scheduled for June 30. Meanwhile, the document states that, net of damage to business reputation, Norilsk Nickel’s [...]

Great Western Minerals Group Ltd. is pleased to announce that it has signed a non-binding Letter of Intent to acquire all of the issued and outstanding shares of Less Common Metals Ltd. (”LCM”) of Birkenhead, United Kingdom, subject to the required regulatory approvals in the UK and Canada. The purchase price of this acquisition is [...]

Galloway Energy Inc., an emerging growth company focused on property exploration and acquisitions in the energy and precious metals sectors, announced today that it has reviewed news releases including assay result of samples taken by other mining companies located near the Company’s recently acquired FraserBend Claim properties located in the Quesnel Trough, in the Cariboo [...]

Mr. Jochen Tilk, President and Chief Operating Officer of Inmet Mining Corporation (IMN-TSX), will be speaking on Wednesday, June 11, 2008 at 9:30 a.m. (Eastern Time) at the RBC Capital Markets’ 2008 Global Mining and Materials Conference being held in Toronto, Ontario, at the Four Seasons Hotel. A webcast link and slides of the presentation [...]

Cadillac Mining Corporation announces that it has entered into an option agreement with the Estate of Frank Onucki to acquire 567 hectares of mineral claims comprising the Herd Dome copper property. Located in the Omineca Mining Division of west central British Columbia, the prospect is situated 70 kilometers southwest of Houston, BC in a region [...]

With the mining industry generally being regarded as a male dominated industry, Tritton Copper Mines has launched a campaign to attract females to work in their underground operations.
Tritton Copper Mines is currently undertaking a major expansion of its operations with an expansion of the processing plant and the development of two new underground mines near [...]

Zijin Mining Group Co. Ltd. has completed its initial feasibility study on a gold-copper mine in Benguet province owned by Far Southeast Gold Resources Inc. (FSGRI).
China’s second largest gold miner is in the process of negotiating a final agreement, it said in a disclosure filed with the Shanghai Stock Exchange.
Listed local miner Lepanto Consolidated Mining [...]