White Mountain Test Work Succeeds in Recovery of Feldspar From Rutile Flotation Tailings

January 21, 2010 Filed Under: Mining Services  
White Mountain Test Work Succeeds in Recovery of Feldspar From Rutile Flotation Tailings

White Mountain Titanium Corporation reports that it has successfully completed flotation test work to recover feldspar from natural rutile (titanium dioxide) flotation tailings. The test work program was carried out at SGS Lakefield (“SGS”) in Ontario, Canada. The aim of the program was to produce a low iron, feldspar concentrate from waste stream tailings acceptable for possible use... 

North Bay Resources Goes Green With Vanadium Acquisition

October 30, 2009 Filed Under: Vanadium Mining  
North Bay Resources Goes Green With Vanadium Acquisition

North Bay Resources Inc. announce that it has acquired the Pine River Vanadium deposit in northeastern British Columbia. Vanadium is a strategic metal that is irreplaceable in a number of applications, including alternative energy storage, where its environmentally friendly attributes have led many to now refer to it as the “green” metal. Pine River Vanadium covers 1,810 acres and is located... 

SLAM Exploration Prospecting Rare Earth Minerals at Nash Creek

October 5, 2009 Filed Under: Lead Mining, Precious Metal, Rare Earth Elements, Zinc Mining  
SLAM Exploration Prospecting Rare Earth Minerals at Nash Creek

SLAM Exploration Ltd. announces it has mobilized a prospecting crew to explore for rare earth elements (“REE”) and follow up high levels of yttrium and phosphorus detected on its Nash Creek property in New Brunswick. SLAM has researched Provincial records and found a REE occurrence located approximately 2 km west of the yttrium-phosphorus soil anomalies within its extensive Nash Creek claim... 

Yale Acquires Central Claims at Orofino, Sonora, Mexico

October 2, 2009 Filed Under: Precious Metal  
Yale Acquires Central Claims at Orofino, Sonora, Mexico

Yale Resources Ltd. announce that the Company has signed an agreement with two groups to acquire a 100% interest in seven concessions that form the core of the Orofino Project. The Orofino Project is located approximately 135 km southeast of the capital city of Hermosillo, Sonora State. The seven concessions cover a total of 439.1 hectares and contain six historic open pit mines. Although production... 

Gryphon Gold Corporation: Design and Construction Schedule Progressing for Borealis Oxide Project

September 17, 2009 Filed Under: Lithium Mining, Mining Investment, Mining Services  
Gryphon Gold Corporation: Design and Construction Schedule Progressing for Borealis Oxide Project

Gryphon Gold Corporation provide a progress update for the proposed development of its wholly owned Borealis Oxide Project in the Walker Lane Belt of western Nevada. - Negotiations are under way for the final price and construction schedule of a turnkey Absorption, Desorption and Recovery (“ADR”) plant that will incorporate the most advanced technology for the adsorption, desorption and... 

Canasia Industries Corporation: Visible Gold Intersected at Clone Property

August 31, 2009 Filed Under: Precious Metal  
Canasia Industries Corporation: Visible Gold Intersected at Clone Property

Canasia Industries Corporation announce that the first phase of drilling on the Clone gold property, situated 18km southeast of Stewart, BC, is complete. The Clone property is host to at least four separate, parallel gold-bearing shear zones which contain both sulphide-gold-cobalt and iron oxide-gold mineralization. Altogether 20 holes were drilled testing a variety of targets along these shear zones... 

Blackstone Mobilizes Diamond Drill Rig to Norbotten Copper-Gold Project to Test Anomaly

August 18, 2009 Filed Under: Copper Mining, Precious Metal  
Blackstone Mobilizes Diamond Drill Rig to Norbotten Copper-Gold Project to Test Anomaly

Blackstone Ventures Inc. announces that a diamond drill rig has now been mobilized to its 100% owned Norbotten Iron Oxide-Copper-Gold (IOCG) project in northern Sweden and will begin drilling immediately. The drill will begin testing the Induced Polarization (IP) chargeability anomaly that was recently outlined in the vicinity of the Vesa copper gold showing and reported in a press release dated July... 

ECU Silver Achieving Excellent Progress on Mineral Resource Recoveries

August 18, 2009 Filed Under: Precious Metal  
ECU Silver Achieving Excellent Progress on Mineral Resource Recoveries

ECU Silver Mining Inc. provides an update on recoveries attained on its mineral resource. ECU Silver’s mineral resource is primarily contained in sulphide mineralization plus additional oxide mineralization. The Company has been testing various methods to improve metallurgical recoveries within both these environments and has attained excellent results. Metallurgical recoveries are very important... 

Fronteer Reports 87.5% Uranium Recovery From Aurora’s Pilot Plant Testing

June 23, 2009 Filed Under: Uranium Mining  
Fronteer Reports 87.5% Uranium Recovery From Aurora's Pilot Plant Testing

Aurora Energy Resources, a wholly owned subsidiary of Fronteer Development Group Inc., announce that pilot plant leaching and resin-in-pulp (“RIP”) extraction tests on the Michelin and Jacques Lake uranium deposits in Labrador (the “Michelin Project”) provide strong support for the project’s viability and production potential. Highlights from the pilot plant and bench... 

Kat Exploration Announces “Rusty Ridge” Property Ready for Drilling

June 15, 2009 Filed Under: Precious Metal, Rare Earth Elements, Uranium Mining  
Kat Exploration Announces "Rusty Ridge" Property Ready for Drilling

Kat Exploration announce that exploration on it’s “Rusty Ridge” (IOCG) property was highly successful in identifying coincidental magnetic IP resistivity and soil geochemical anomalies that suggest potential for a body of Iron Oxide +/- Base, Precious and Rare Earth type mineralization, similar in style and setting to the giant Olympic Dam deposit in Australia. Olympic Dam and related...