USCorp Junior Gold and Silver Exploration Company Update on Picacho Drilling

January 19, 2010 Filed Under: Precious Metal  
USCorp Junior Gold and Silver Exploration Company Update on Picacho Drilling

USCorp updates its shareholders and the public regarding development of its Picacho Salton properties in Imperial County, California. Key management and members of the exploration team recently participated in a productive teleconference with representatives of the Imperial County office of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) responsible for granting approval to drill and to mine USCorp’s Picacho... 

Fortuna to Trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange, January 18, 2010

January 18, 2010 Filed Under: Mining Stocks, Precious Metal  
Fortuna to Trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange, January 18, 2010

Fortuna Silver Mines Inc. announce that the Company’s common shares will be listed and begin trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) at the opening of trading on Monday, January 18, 2010 under its current symbol “FVI”. Fortuna’s common shares will be delisted from the TSX Venture Exchange upon commencement of trading on the TSX. Mr. Jorge Ganoza, President and CEO, said:... 

Closing Financing of $9 Million and Listing of Candente Gold Corp.

December 31, 2009 Filed Under: Mining Investment, Mining Stocks, Precious Metal  
 Closing Financing of $9 Million and Listing of Candente Gold Corp.

Candente Resource Corp. and Candente Gold Corp. has announce the closing on December 30th of three tranches totalling $9,028,130 in the previously announced private placement offering of common shares of Candente Gold (the “Financing”). Exploration will commence in January on the El Oro property in Mexico. A program of underground drifting and drilling will target extensions to high-grade... 

Southern Silver Closes Second Tranche of $1.816 Million Private Placement

December 25, 2009 Filed Under: Mining Investment, Mining Stocks  
Southern Silver Closes Second Tranche of $1.816 Million Private Placement

Southern Silver Exploration Corp. has now closed the second tranche of the previously announced private placement (NR-06-09, Nov. 24, 09) consisting of 3,590,000 million units for proceeds of C$359,000. The company announced on December 10, 2009 (NR-07-09) that it had closed the first tranche of the private placement respecting 14,570,000 units aggregating C$1,457,000. The private placement was oversubscribed... 

Lime Rock Resources II Closes at $410 Million

November 6, 2009 Filed Under: Oil and Gas  
Lime Rock Resources II Closes at $410 Million

Lime Rock, a private equity firm focusing on the global energy sector, today announces the closing of Lime Rock Resources II with $410 million in total capital commitments. Like the first Lime Rock Resources fund, Lime Rock Resources II will seek to acquire, directly operate, and improve lower-risk oil and gas properties in the United States. Together with the Lime Rock Partners funds, which invest... 

Garibaldi’s Exploration Strategy Pays Off-Significant “Gold in Soil” Anomaly Discovered Over Hyperspectral Target

October 29, 2009 Filed Under: Precious Metal  
Garibaldi's Exploration Strategy Pays Off-Significant "Gold in Soil" Anomaly Discovered Over Hyperspectral Target

Further to its news release dated March 03, 2009, Garibaldi Resources Corp. announce that wide spaced soil sampling on the Company’s 100% owned Tonichi Project in Sonora, Mexico has identified a significant “gold in soil” anomaly over one of its high priority hyperspectral target areas. The soil geochemical survey outlined strongly anomalous Au values (112 samples returned gold values... 

Kootenay Stepout Drilling Begins at Promontorio

October 6, 2009 Filed Under: Precious Metal  
Kootenay Stepout Drilling Begins at Promontorio

Kootenay Gold Inc. announce drilling is underway at Promontorio. The program is designed to drill untested targets; expand on mineralization discovered at the Pit Discovery; and step-out across the 2km Dorotea Trend. The 5000 meter program expected to be completed by year end, will focus on targets identified by systematic exploration (3D IP Geophysical Survey; Mapping; Sampling; EM Airborne Study;... 

Santa Fe Gold Proceeding with Construction of Summit Silver-Gold Project

October 5, 2009 Filed Under: Precious Metal  
Santa Fe Gold Proceeding with Construction of Summit Silver-Gold Project

Santa Fe Gold Corporation announced that the New Mexico Office of the State Engineer has issued a permit required to proceed with construction of the tailings dam impoundment at the Banner Mill located near Lordsburg, New Mexico. The company expects to complete construction of the tailings impoundment during the current quarter and to begin processing operations shortly thereafter. “With this important... 

First Majestic to Acquire Normabec Mining Resources

September 15, 2009 Filed Under: Mining Investment, Mining Stocks, Precious Metal  
First Majestic to Acquire Normabec Mining Resources

First Majestic Silver Corp. and Normabec Mining Resources Ltd. have entered into a definitive agreement whereby First Majestic will acquire Normabec. The transaction will be an all-share transaction by way of plan of arrangement. The Agreement, among other things provides that First Majestic will acquire Normabec in exchange for the issuance directly to Normabec’s shareholders of 0.060425 First... 

New gold acquisition in Pinos district, Zacatecas, Mexico

September 11, 2009 Filed Under: Lithium Mining, Mining Investment, Mining Stocks, Precious Metal  
New gold acquisition in Pinos district, Zacatecas, Mexico

Xtierra Inc. announce that it has entered into an option agreement with private Mexican interests whereby it may acquire a 100% interest in the El Dorado gold project within 2,890 hectares of mining claims located in the Pinos district of southeastern Zacatecas State, Mexico. The property is located within the Central Mexican Mineral Belt and has an existing small-scale underground gold mining operation...