Precious Metal

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Tara Minerals Corp. Starts Mining Operations at Don Ramon

August 5th, 2008
Tara Minerals Corp. Starts Mining Operations at Don Ramon

Tara Minerals Corp., a subsidiary of Tara Gold Resources Corp., is pleased to announce that it has commenced mining operations at its 100% owned zinc/lead/silver project, the Don Ramon and Lourdes property, in Sinaloa State, Mexico.
The Don Ramon prospect is 331 hectares in size and is located 20 km ENE of Choix, Sinaloa State, Mexico, [...]

VIPR Industries Completes Audit, Initiates Drafting of Registration Statement to Prepare for Move to OTCBB Exchange

August 5th, 2008
VIPR Industries Completes Audit, Initiates Drafting of Registration Statement to Prepare for Move to OTCBB Exchange

VIPR Industries Inc. is pleased to report that certified accounting and audit firm Chisholm Bierwolf & Nilson CPA has completed its audit of VIPR’s 2006 and 2007 financial statements. Completing the audit is a critical milestone in VIPR’s preparations to become a fully reporting issuer trading on the OTC Bulletin Board. The Company has also [...]

Rio Tinto Announces US$652 Million Investment in Continued Pre-Feasibility Studies on Deep Porphyry Copper Deposit in Arizona

August 4th, 2008
Rio Tinto Announces US$652 Million Investment in Continued Pre-Feasibility Studies on Deep Porphyry Copper Deposit in Arizona

Rio Tinto has announced an investment of US$652 million (Rio Tinto share US$341 million) to support continued pre-feasibility studies on a large, tier-one copper deposit at its Resolution Copper Mining LLC (RCML) operation in Superior, Arizona.
Pre-feasibility studies are expected to be completed by 2012 with production at the new mine expected to start by 2020, [...]

U.S. Mine Makers Goes ‘Green’ With Their Gold Recovery Process

August 4th, 2008
U.S. Mine Makers Goes ‘Green’ With Their Gold Recovery Process

U.S. Mine Makers, Inc. prides itself as “eco-friendly,” and this company model is evident in the gold and platinum recovery process they have developed and are implementing in their new pilot plant. The company’s new pilot plant and their future full-scale production plant are being designed to be much more environmentally friendly than gold processing [...]

Midway Gold Corp.: Golden Eagle Property Acquired

August 2nd, 2008
Midway Gold Corp.: Golden Eagle Property Acquired

Midway Gold Corp. is pleased to announce that it has acquired a 100% interest in Eagthe Golden Eagle property in Ferry County, Washington.
Alan Branham, President and CEO of Midway Gold, stated that “we are pleased to have been able to come to an agreement with both Kinross and Hecla to acquire 100% of the property. [...]

Galloway Energy Inc. Finalizes Third Gold Exploration Property Acquisition

August 2nd, 2008
Galloway Energy Inc. Finalizes Third Gold Exploration Property Acquisition

Galloway Energy Inc. announced that it has finalized the acquisition of the third Fraser Claim in British Columbia. This new claim is in keeping with the company’s objective of defining and acquiring properties that have been underdeveloped or overlooked and are now deemed economical due to significant global increases in both prices and demand for [...]

Mexoro Minerals Ltd. Publishes Technical Reports

August 1st, 2008
Mexoro Minerals Ltd. Publishes Technical Reports

Mexoro Minerals wishes to announce that it has received two technical reports prepared by Apex Geoscience Ltd. on its Cieneguita property and Guazapares property, both located in Chihuahua State, Mexico.
Cieneguita Property
This property was formerly a producing gold mine operated by Glamis Gold Corporation. Historic estimates show that from 1995 to 1998 197,993 metric tonnes of [...]

Colombia Goldfields’ purchase of Zona Baja in offical review process

August 1st, 2008
Colombia Goldfields’ purchase of Zona Baja in offical review process

Colombia Goldfields Ltd. announced today that it has received a request for additional information from a Colombian government ministry related to its proposed acquisition of the Lower Zone (Zona Baja) at the Marmato Mountain gold development project in Colombia.
The Superintendent of Industry and Commerce (the “Superintendent”) for the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism is [...]

Wildwood Management Corp. Granted Concession Agreement From Bolivian Government to Begin Exploitation on Mineral and Precious Metal Mines

August 1st, 2008
Wildwood Management Corp. Granted Concession Agreement From Bolivian Government to Begin Exploitation on Mineral and Precious Metal Mines

Wildwood Management Corporation has been granted a concession agreement from the Bolivian government to begin mining exploration on the Daniel 1 and Daniel 2 mine properties. Wildwood Management will begin exploration operations on the open pit mines in early August 2008. The mines are typically rich with minerals and precious stones and metals. The company [...]

Altai Announces Acquisition of Oil & Gas Permit in Sept Iles, Quebec

August 1st, 2008
Altai Announces Acquisition of Oil & Gas Permit in Sept Iles, Quebec

Altai Resources Inc. is pleased to announce that it has recently acquired an Oil and Gas Permit No. 2008PG988 totaling 24,042 hectares at Sept Iles on the Upper St. Lawrence, Quebec. This Permit covers a gas well drilled in 1970 that encountered gas in recent sediments at a depth of 270 feet (90 meters) and [...]