True North Gems Options Yukon Rare Earth Discovery to Great Western Minerals

March 8, 2010 Filed Under: Rare Earth Elements  
True North Gems Options Yukon Rare Earth Discovery to Great Western Minerals

True North Gems Inc. and Great Western Minerals Group Ltd. are pleased to announce that TGX has granted GWMG an option to acquire up to a 65% working interest in TGX’s True Blue property in the Yukon in exchange for carrying TGX through to completion of a bankable feasibility study. The True Blue property is located 55 kilometres south of Ross River, Yukon and is accessible via all-weather road... 

Brett Receives Necessary Permits and Licences for the Reconstruction of the Sawbill North Road

December 14, 2009 Filed Under: Precious Metal  
Brett Receives Necessary Permits and Licences for the Reconstruction of the Sawbill North Road

Brett Resources Inc. announce that it has received all necessary permits and licences for the reconstruction of the Sawbill North Road. This road will provide a link between the mineral properties in the Hammond Reef Area and the community of Atikokan. The road will also provide access for other resource related activities in the area. This road construction is a collaborative process between the Seine... 

Powertech Submits BLM Application Dewey-Burdock Project

October 26, 2009 Filed Under: Uranium Mining  
Powertech Submits BLM Application Dewey-Burdock Project

Powertech Uranium Corp. announce that it has submitted the required Plan of Operation to the U.S. Department of Interior’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for its Dewey-Burdock uranium in situ project. The project, which is located in Fall River and Custer Counties, South Dakota (SD), consists of 10,580 surface and mineral acres controlled by the Company through active mining leases, purchases... 

Silver Quest Acquires Additonal Properties in the White Gold Area, Yukon

August 21, 2009 Filed Under: Mining Investment, Precious Metal  
Silver Quest Acquires Additonal Properties in the White Gold Area, Yukon

Silver Quest Resources Ltd. announce that the Company has signed option agreements to acquire a 100% interest in the Sizzler and VO gold properties. The properties are located in the newly recognized White Gold area, approximately 120 kilometres south of Dawson City, Yukon. The principal target on each property is a near surface, bulk tonnage gold deposit, similar to the new discoveries on Underworld... 

Hinterland Mobilizes Exploration Crew to Ballarat Property, White River Gold Play, Yukon

July 15, 2009 Filed Under: Precious Metal  
Hinterland Mobilizes Exploration Crew to Ballarat Property, White River Gold Play, Yukon

Hinterland Metals Inc. announce that it has mobilized an exploration crew onto the Ballarat property located approximately 15km south of the Golden Saddle zone where Underworld Resources Inc. recently reported an outstanding gold discovery (UW: TSX-V Press Release May 26, 2009). Hinterland also reports that it has staked 14 additional claims bringing Ballarat up to 94 claims (1995ha) in size. The importance... 

Hinterland Options 1661ha Ballarat Property in White River Gold Play, Yukon

June 23, 2009 Filed Under: Precious Metal  
Hinterland Options 1661ha Ballarat Property in White River Gold Play, Yukon

Hinterland Metals Inc. announce that it has signed an option agreement to acquire a 100% interest in the 12 claim Ballarat property located approximately 15km to the south of the Golden Saddle zone where Underworld Resources Inc. recently reported notable gold values in drill intersections. Under the terms of the option, Hinterland has agreed to pay the Vendor $40,000 cash, issue 400,000 shares and... 

Habanero Acquires Two Blocks of Claims in the Yukon

June 22, 2009 Filed Under: Precious Metal  
Habanero Acquires Two Blocks of Claims in the Yukon

Habanero Resources Inc. announce that it has been notified that 100 quartz claims to date have been registered in Habanero’s name. These specific claims consist of two separate contiguous blocks in Stewart River Area of the Yukon. These claims are in close proximity to the recently announced discovery (May 27, 2009) by Underworld Resources Inc. that stated significant results returning grades... 

C.A.T. oil AG Receives Additional Sidetrack Drilling Order By LUKOIL

May 14, 2009 Filed Under: Oil and Gas  
C.A.T. oil AG Receives Additional Sidetrack Drilling Order By LUKOIL

C.A.T. oil AG, one of the leading providers of oil and gasfield services in Russia and Kazakhstan, through its operating subsidiary CATOBNEFT, received an additional sidetrack drilling order for Fiscal Year 2009 by LUKOIL. The new service assignment is worth about EUR 10 million (assuming a Rouble-to-Euro exchange rate of 48), thereby increasing C.A.T. oil’s 2009 order book volume to approx. EUR... 

Yukon-Nevada Gold Corp. pours gold at Jerritt Canyon Gold Mine

April 17, 2009 Filed Under: Precious Metal  
Yukon-Nevada Gold Corp. pours gold at Jerritt Canyon Gold Mine

Yukon-Nevada Gold Corp. announce that it has recommenced processing ore and pouring gold at its roasting facility at Jerritt Canyon, Nevada. The first gold pour since permission was received from the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection (NDEP) for the restart of the milling facility was attended by the President and CEO of Yukon-Nevada Gold Corp. (YNG), Graham Dickson, the CFO of YNG, Shaun... 

Ameriwest Energy Hires Independent Geologist to Validate Data

February 4, 2009 Filed Under: Oil and Gas  
Ameriwest Energy Hires Independent Geologist to Validate Data

Ameriwest Energy Corp. announce that it has contracted the services of licensed professional Geologist Connie Hawkins to provide an independent assessment of the target data towards further ensuring a successful outcome at the Ameriwest Fee #1 well to be drilled at the Company’s Geary Prospect location on or near March 16th, 2009. As previously noted the proposed well is on private lands and...