PolyMet Mining Corp. announced that the Board of Iron Range Resources (“IRR”) has, on the commissioner’s recommendation, approved a secured loan to PolyMet of up to $4 million. The IRR board is composed of five members of the Minnesota Senate, five members Minnesota House of Representatives and three citizen members. The loan agreement... 
Canadian Arrow Mines, Ltd. (CRO: TSX-V) (the “Company”) reports it has commenced an updated economic review of its wholly owned past producing Alexo and Kelex deposits located 50 km east of Timmins, Ontario. The Company temporarily halted production due to low nickel prices in 2005 to review operating alternatives. Nickel prices have more...
Melkior Resources Inc. has begun line cutting and ground geophysical surveying on seven grids designed to cover 9 separate electromagnetic conductors on its 100% owned Eldorado nickel property. The property is contiguous with Melkior’s Shaw Twp property and consists of 366 claim units or 5856 hectares and is located 20 kilometres southwest of...
Franconia Minerals Corporation announces that it has reached an agreement with the South Kawishiwi Association LLC, a group of nearby cabin owners who are exchanging surface lands with the US Forest Service for surface rights over a portion of Franconia’s Maturi mineral deposit. Under the terms of the agreement, Franconia reinforces its right...
Golden Goose Resources Inc. announces that it has received notification from Nemaska Exploration Inc. (“Nemaska”) that subsequent to closing of their initial public offering (“IPO”), Nemaska intends to exercise its option for the purchase of the Lac Levac property, located 216 km north of Chibougamau in the James Bay area of...
Fortune Minerals Limited announce that it has retained BNP Paribas to provide advice and financial services in connection with the arrangement of a US$ 200-250 million debt facility to finance the construction, start-up and operation of the Company’s NICO Gold-Cobalt-Bismuth-Copper development in the Northwest Territories. Based in Paris, France,...
Royal Roads Corp. and Benton Resources Corp. announce awarding a drill contract to commence diamond drilling of the recently discovered copper sulphide zone on the Long Range Joint Venture property in central Newfoundland. The contract has been awarded to Logan Drilling of Stewiacke, Nova Scotia and is expected to commence the week of October 12, 2009....
Commerce Resources Corp. report that it has initiated its summer field work program at the Eldor Project, located in the Labrador Trough area of northern Quebec, Canada.
The program will include mapping, prospecting, and rock and trench sampling and is designed to test some of the areas that were identified in 2008 with high values of rare earth elements,...
The Directors of PROBE MINES LIMITED announce that mobilization of field crews will commence in the next few days to begin the Company’s summer drilling campaign on its McFauld’s Lake properties. The first phase of drilling will be focused on the joint venture project with Noront Resources (TSX-V: NOT) of which Probe is Operator. Recent...
Mustang Minerals Corp. announced that a drill program at the East Bull Lake Project located 80 km west of Sudbury is commencing. The East Bull Lake Project is a joint venture with Western Areas NL, designed to investigate nickel-copper-platinum group metal (PGM) targets identified in the geophysical program. It is expected that three targets will be...
Pacific Energy Development and Blast Energy Services Sign Merger Agreement
Pacific Energy Development Corp. (“PEDCO”), a privately-held oil and gas company engaged...
Silvore Fox Updates Progress on Winston Lake and Coxheath
Silvore Fox is pleased to announce that they have received the results of the Geotech Ltd VTEM...
Goldcorp Supports Acquisition Of Primero Mining Corp By Northgate Minerals Corporation
GOLDCORP INC. today agreed to support the proposed transaction by which Northgate Minerals...
Spanish Mountain Announces Closing of $20 Million Financing
Spanish Mountain Gold Ltd. announce that it has closed its private placement offering (the...
Sandstorm Gold Acquires a Gold Stream on the Xstrata Operated Bracemac-McLeod Property
Sandstorm Gold Ltd. announce the completion of a gold purchase agreement (the “Agreement”)...