Gold Star Resources Latest Onshore Opportunity in West Africa

March 24, 2009 Filed Under: Oil and Gas  
Gold Star Resources Latest Onshore Opportunity in West Africa

Gold Star Resources Corp. having signed a letter of intent (LoI) with Bengal Bight Ghana to acquire 100% of the hydrocarbon rights to the Tiampoum mining concession, approximately 1,000 square km, in Cote d’Ivoire, which was announced by the company on March 9. In January GXX entered West Africa when it bought a company with a Liberian license. Patrick Morris, GXX’s President and CEO,... 

Natural Gas Summit Keynote Speaker Says Marcellus Find May Be Larger than Earlier Estimate

November 7, 2008 Filed Under: Oil and Gas  

Terry Engelder, professor of geosciences in Penn State’s College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, who recently announced that the Marcellus natural gas find is potentially larger than his earlier estimates, will be a keynote speaker at the upcoming Pennsylvania Natural Gas Summit, an outreach program of Penn State. The summit will be held at the Ramada Conference Center in State College on Dec.... 

Colorado Goldfields Earns Validation of Clean Water Technology at Gold King Mine

November 7, 2008 Filed Under: Precious Metal  

Colorado Goldfields Inc. in conjunction with Blue Sky Water Technologies, Inc., of Folsom, California, has proven its ability to treat water issues at its Gold King Mine. Results from Alpha Analytical, a nationally certified third-party testing laboratory in Sparks, Nevada, showed that Blue Sky’s technology removed five of the EPA’s “contaminants of concern.” Cadmium, copper,... 

Magnum D’Or Resources Issues JV Update & Clarification

October 20, 2008 Filed Under: Mining Services  

Magnum D’Or Resources, Inc. announces in an effort to squelch unfounded rumors regarding the relation of Magnum D’Or Resources, Inc. and Green Rubber, Magnum wishes to inform speculative parties that there is no relationship or connection to the company known as Green Rubber. We wish to acknowledge that there have been reports of inaccurate speculation currently circulating on the internet... 

Roxmark reports encouraging results from drilling on gold veins at Nortoba-Tyson molybdenum/gold property

September 30, 2008 Filed Under: Molybdenum Mining, Precious Metal  

Roxmark Mines Limited announced that its second surface diamond drilling program for the year has been completed on gold veins at its Nortoba-Tyson moly-gold property, encountering gold mineralization in every hole drilled along the strike length. A total of 1,358 metres was drilled to delineate the gold mineralization of Veins No.1, 1A and 2. Following the completion of mechanical stripping, geological... 

Roxmark updates Premier Gold’s progress on Geraldton Project

September 24, 2008 Filed Under: Diamond Mining, Precious Metal  

Roxmark Mines Limited provided an update on the status of the joint venture agreement with Premier Gold Mines Limited (TSX- PG) in which Premier has nearly more than doubled minimum required exploration expenditures over the past 12 months. In September 2007, a letter of intent was signed with Premier to explore and earn interest in certain gold properties (known as the Geraldton Project) held by Roxmark... 

Mega Uranium Ltd.: Removal of the Uranium Mine Development Ban in Western Australia

September 15, 2008 Filed Under: Uranium Mining  

Mega Uranium Ltd. report the favorable outcome of the Western Australia State election, which has resulted in the incumbent Labor Party government, which opposed uranium mining, being replaced by an alliance of the Liberal Party and National Party. As the two parties forming the new State Government both have policies that favor new uranium mine development, there is no longer any political impediment... 

Pele Mountain Assembles Team of Uranium Industry Leaders to Develop Eco Ridge Mine at Elliot Lake

August 26, 2008 Filed Under: Uranium Mining  

Pele Mountain Resources Inc. announced that it has assembled a world-class technical team to develop its recently-named Eco Ridge Mine project in Northern Ontario’s historic Elliot Lake uranium camp. In October 2007, Pele received a positive scoping study for the project which outlined a NI 43-101 compliant resource of 6.4 million pounds of “indicated” U3O8 and 36.1 million pounds... 

Denison Awarded Care and Maintenance Contract at the Faro Mine Complex, Yukon

August 5, 2008 Filed Under: Lead Mining, Uranium Mining  

Denison Mines Corp. announced that Denison Environmental Services (“DES”), a division of Denison Mines Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, has been awarded a contract for care and maintenance at the Faro Mine Complex in the Yukon. The three year, $7.2 million per annum contract has been awarded following a six-month competitive public tender process overseen by the Government... 

Canadian Zinc Corporation: Memorandum of Understanding Signed With Parks Canada

July 31, 2008 Filed Under: Lead Mining, Precious Metal, Zinc Mining  

Canadian Zinc Corporation is pleased to report that Canadian Zinc and the Parks Canada Agency have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) with regard to the expansion of the Nahanni National Park Reserve and the development of the Prairie Creek Mine. In the MOU: - Parks Canada and Canadian Zinc agree to work collaboratively, within their respective areas of responsibility, authority...