Mercator Minerals Commences Producing Copper-Moly Concentrates at Its Mineral Park Mine

Mercator Minerals Ltd. announce that its new 25,000 ton per day mill has started producing copper and molybdenum concentrates at its Mineral Park Mine in Arizona, less than two years from completion of its December 29, 2006 Technical Report. “In less than two years from completion of pre feasibility, Mercator has financed, engineered, procured equipment, and constructed one of the largest and... 

Liberty Star and Mayo Gold Joint Venture on Sonora Gold Property

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 Porphyry Center (“Tombstone”)... 

Uranium Power Corp. Announces Acquisition of 14 Breccia Pipe Targets

Uranium Power Corp. is pleased to announce that it has agreed to purchase a 100% interest in 232 lode mining claims, “Wild Band” (approximately 11,700 acres) in Mohave County, Arizona, from Nu Star Exploration, LLC. These Wild Band claims are located in an area known as the Arizona Strip. Air photo interpretation and geological mapping have identified a total of fourteen potential uranium-bearing... 

Quaterra Commences Drilling at Big Bar

Quaterra Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE:QTA) today reported that drilling has commenced at the company’s Big Bar copper-lead-zinc prospect on the Seward Peninsula of northwest Alaska. The 1,500-foot (450 metres) drilling program contracted by Diamond Drilling Consultants of Sterling, Alaska is targeting a 4,000-foot (1,200 metres) long soil anomaly located 110 miles northeast of Nome. The anomaly... 

Strong Uranium Demand Leads IUC to Reopen U.S. Mines

International Uranium Corp. [TSX:IUC] has decided to reopen its Four Corners region mining operation after a seven year sabbatical. Located in the Western United States, three properties are expected to reopen: the Colorado Plateau, the Henry Mountains, and the Arizona Strip. Four mines at the Colorado Plateau are slated to commence mining operations immediately with two more mines expected to reopen... 

Company plans to reopen uranium mines in West

International Uranium Corporation has announced it intends to begin reopening its mines in the West. Company president Ron Hochstein says that with uranium trading around 43 dollars a pound _ the highest it’s ever been _ the economics are right for the company to start producing again. International Uranium holds properties on Colorado Plateau, the Arizona Strip between the Grand Canyon and Utah’s... 

Tournigan Acquires Arizona Uranium Claims

Tournigan Gold Corporation (TSX VENTURE:TVC.V ) is pleased to announce the acquisition of 413 federal lode mining claims covering 8,260 acres in the historic “Arizona Strip” uranium district in the Colorado Plateau of northern Arizona, USA. The claims cover known or potential uranium mineralization hosted in “collapse” breccia pipes. Uranium mineralization found in collapse... 

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