Mexivada’s Chief Geologist in the ROC Congo, Dr. Noel Watha-Ndoudy, has reported the discovery of a new area of alluvial gold mineralization near Mourindjoka in the ROC Congo. Mexivada’s prospecting permits and gold and diamond concessions cover the bulk of the auriferous Mayoko greenstone belt in the ROC Congo. Mexivada has previously reported discoveries of alluvial diamonds made near...
DBI-SALA, a Capital Safety brand solely dedicated to the fall protection market, has announced the launch of their NEW Miner’s fall protection range. Body belts such as miner’s belts & rigging belts having been removed from the standard are no longer supplied with a certification mark, as a result, Capital Safety through the DBI-SALA brand have developed a new range of miner’s harnesses...
Bellhaven Copper & Gold, Inc. announces that it has been granted three licenses (metallic exploration concessions) covering 6,440 hectares in the Department (Province) of Bolivar, Colombia approximately 275 kilometers from the Atlantic port city of Cartagena. The three licenses are located in the San Lucas Mountain Range in the Southern Bolivar Mineral Belt. The Southern Bolivar Mineral Belt extends...
Mechel OAO, one of the leading Russian mining and metals companies, announces that a flash of methane has occurred at its Southern Kuzbass OAO coal subsidiary’s Lenin Mine. Today at 11:03 a.m. local time (7:03 a.m. Moscow time), a flash of methane occurred at Southern Kuzbass OAO’s Lenin Mine (Mezhdurechensk, Kemerovo Region), while repair work was being performed at the depth of 310 meters....
Cardero Resource Corp. (“Cardero” or the “Company”) (Toronto:CDU.TO)(AMEX:CDY)(Frankfurt:CR5.F) is pleased to announce that, as part of the Company’s strategy to focus on its pre-eminent Pampa De Pongo and Pampa el Toro Iron Ore deposits in the Marcona District of Peru, it has signed a letter of intent dated June 12, 2008 (“LOI”) with Ethos Capital Corp., a...
Navasota Resources Ltd. is pleased to report that aircore drilling on the Telimele and Gaoual (“AMIG”) permits of its Koba Bauxite Project located in the Boke Bauxite Belt of northwestern Guinea, West Africa, continues to progress well. As of May 29, 2008, a total of 28,722 metres in 1,630 drill holes have been completed on the project, including 9,538 metres in 495 Phase 1 drill holes...
Coal production is expected to slow down after a small section of roof collapsed in a Greene County mine. No one was injured in last weekend’s roof collapse. The collapse was in the Emerald Mine, just south of Waynesburg. State Department of Environmental Protection spokesman Tom Rathbun says the piece of roof fell on a stage loader, a piece of equipment that moves coal to a conveyor belt. A...
Paramount Gold and Silver Corp. is pleased to announce that it has signed a Letter of Intent to enter into a strategic alliance with Mexoro Minerals Ltd. The strategic alliance contemplates both companies combining their mining and exploration expertise including resources such as management, personnel, exploration equipment and mining concessions to maximize shareholder value creating an exciting...
Birim Goldfields Inc. is pleased to announce that drilling is set to commence on two prospect areas, the Baobab zone and the Acacia zone, on the Company’s 223 sq. km Sangolo Property in Burkina Faso. The Sangolo Property is located on the Hounde Birimian greenstone belt, an emerging gold belt in Burkina Faso, West Africa. Birim plans to drill 19 reverse circulation (“RC”) drill holes...
Workers found the bodies of two miners in the cabs of heavy machinery, three days after they were buried when a wall section collapsed in an open-pit coal mine. The men appeared to have died instantly, said Bob Cornett, acting regional director for the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration. Their remains were found Friday beneath at least 45 feet of rocks and dirt in the battered backhoe and...