Rockcliff Commences Drill Program at Snow Lake Project

January 19, 2010 Filed Under: Copper Mining, Precious Metal  
Rockcliff Commences Drill Program at Snow Lake Project

Rockcliff Resources Inc. announce that drilling has commenced on its Snow Lake Project located in central Manitoba. A minimum of 5,000 metres (m) of drilling are planned in approximately 30 holes. Drilling is planned on the Rail, Reed, Freebeth, Tramping and Squall properties. The targets include extensions of a known copper-gold rich horizon (Rail), additional testing of DPEM & BHPEM anomalies... 

HudBay to Re-Start Chisel North Mine and Snow Lake Concentrator

October 30, 2009 Filed Under: Zinc Mining  
HudBay to Re-Start Chisel North Mine and Snow Lake Concentrator

HudBay Minerals Inc. announced that it will re-start operations at its Chisel North mine and concentrator in Snow Lake, Manitoba effective immediately, with full production expected in the second quarter of 2010. The re-start of operations at Snow Lake is expected to provide approximately 30,000 tonnes of zinc concentrate feed to the company’s Flin Flon zinc plant annually. The capital costs... 

HudBay CEO Unveils Strategic Plan at AGM

June 19, 2009 Filed Under: Copper Mining, Mining Investment  
HudBay CEO Unveils Strategic Plan at AGM

HudBay Minerals Inc. unveiled a new strategic plan with a two-pronged growth strategy. “HudBay will pursue a strategy defined by two broad themes,” Peter Jones, HudBay’s chief executive officer, told the company’s annual meeting of shareholders. One emphasis will be to optimize operations in HudBay’s traditional home base of Manitoba. “We will grow our principal... 

Stock Work Feeder System Identified in First Phase of Exploration Program

April 1, 2009 Filed Under: Copper Mining  
Stock Work Feeder System Identified in First Phase of Exploration Program

Canasia Industries Corporation and International Samuel Exploration Corp. have completed the first phase of the drill program on the Reed Lake project announced March 3rd 2009. The companies are pleased to announce that they have completed 1,326 metres of drilling in 8 drill holes on its Reed Lake Property. Forty-three samples were collected for analysis including the following sections of massive... 

Murgor starts drilling at Abbott Lake, Saskatchewan

February 12, 2009 Filed Under: Copper Mining, Precious Metal, Zinc Mining  
Murgor starts drilling at Abbott Lake, Saskatchewan

Murgor Resources Inc. announced it will start a drilling program at its Fon property in Saskatchewan, on February 23rd, 2009. The drilling program will be testing a target defined by a large electromagnetic geophysical anomaly detected from surface by InfinitEM and confirmed by borehole Pulse EM method. The anomaly is located less than 100 metres on strike and to the east of the Abbott Lake deposit,... 

Callinan Mines Is Protecting its Interest in the 777 and Callinan Mines

December 2, 2008 Filed Under: Mining Investment, Mining Stocks  

In the context of HudBay Minerals Inc.’s pending business combination with Lundin Mining Corporation and the subsequently announced alternative breakup bid by Jaguar Financial Corp, Callinan Mines will take all necessary actions to defend and preserve its interest in the Callinan and 777 Mines and the potential damages which may be awarded in Callinan’s court action against HudBay Minerals... 

VMS Enters Into a Letter of Intent for the Acquisition of Reed Lake Claims With W. Bruce Dunlop Ltd.

November 4, 2008 Filed Under: Cobalt Mining, Copper Mining, Zinc Mining  

VMS Ventures Inc. announce that it has signed a Letter of Intent (“LOI”) outlining terms and conditions to acquire a 100% interest in the Dunlop Reed Lake Claims from W. Bruce Dunlop Ltd.. The Dunlop Reed Lake claims are currently subject to an Option Agreement between the Company and the Vendor dated August 1, 2006 and amended November 1, 2007. The LOI has the following terms and conditions. The... 

Rockcliff Commences Third Phase VTEM Airborne Survey on its Snow Lake VMS Project, Manitoba.

October 21, 2008 Filed Under: Mining Services  

Rockcliff Resources Inc. announce that Geotech Ltd. of Aurora, Ontario has commenced a 926 line kilometre airborne survey on the Company’s Snow Lake VMS Project located in central Manitoba. The VTEM survey will focus on additional areas not covered in the Company’s previous surveys and on areas where additional geophysical detail is warranted. Once completed, a total of 13,042 line kilometres... 

St. Eugene Mining Targets Gold Production with Tartan Lake Mine Acquisition

September 22, 2008 Filed Under: Precious Metal  

St. Eugene Mining President Rolly Trenaman today announced that the company has entered into an agreement to acquire the assets of the Tartan Lake Gold Mining Property from Claude Resources Inc. The Tartan Lake Property, located forty kilometres from Flin Flon, Manitoba, was previously in operation between 1987 and 1989. Developed by ramp access to the 1,000-foot level and with mineralization developed... 

Claude Resources Sells Tartan Lake Mine Property

September 22, 2008 Filed Under: Mining Stocks, Precious Metal  

Claude Resources Inc. announced that it has entered into an agreement to sell the assets of the Tartan Lake Gold Mining Property as well as the Amisk Lake Property to St. Eugene Mining Corporation Ltd.. “This property divestiture is in line with our corporate strategic plan,” said Claude Resources’ President and Chief Executive Officer Neil McMillan, “wherein we have made the...