Orbit Garant Drilling Inc. announced that it has entered into a major contract with Newmont Mining Corporation to provide diamond core drilling services at their Boston project in Nunavut.
Under terms of the contract, Orbit Garant expects to complete specialized core drilling over a three-year period at the Hope Bay Project. The Company will utilize [...]
BOLERO RESOURCES CORP. announces today that the camp is now set up on Arcadia and drilling is about to commence. Bolero has the right to earn 50% of the Arcadia Property from Alix Resources Corp (AIX-TSX:V) (37N-FRANKFURT).
The Arcadia property represents an Archean lode-gold deposit located on the Arctic Ocean in Canada’s Nunavut territory, west [...]
Anglo American Plc , the world’s third biggest mining group, has joined the rush to discover new Philippine mines by seeking permits to explore in a dozen areas in the country, a source close to the firm said on Friday.
Anglo, which has a joint venture with local firm Philex Mining Corp. in the Boyongan copper [...]
A group of northern Ontario aboriginal communities is hoping actor Leonardo DiCaprio will play a starring role in its fight against a De Beers diamond mine which it says could threaten the province’s boreal forest.
The Nishnawbe Aski Nation has written to the movie star, asking him to promote their concerns about the gem magnate’s mine [...]
BUTUAN CITY - Tubay Parish priest Fr. Jenor Luis and the coalition against Tubay Mines said three mining firms in Barangay La Fraternidad, Tubay, Agusan del Norte continue to operate despite an order from Environment Secretary Angelo Reyes.
“You have to see for yourself since we are not allowed to pass to their roads anymore,” Luis [...]
While gold is still an important contributor to South Africa’s exports and its overall economy, platinum and coal are continuing to consolidate their positions as the country’s two major commodities.
Figures from the Chamber of Mines show that sales of platinum group metals were worth around R38 billion (US$ 5.4 billion) last year, slightly ahead of [...]
Sulfide mining can be performed safely in the Upper Peninsula without damaging the environment, according to a recently formed pro-mining organization.
Citizens for Responsible Mining, the brainchild of Ishpeming brothers Tom and Gary Petersen, hopes to better educate the public about the process of sulfide mining, Tom Petersen said.
“The rhetoric I was seeing from anti-mining groups, [...]
AltiGen(R) Communications, Inc. a pioneering manufacturer of VoIP business phone systems and call center solutions, announced today that Canadian based Miramar Mining Corporation (Nachrichten) (TSX: MAE, AMEX: MNG) has deployed AltiGen’s VoIP Phone System at two locations to meet its multi-site voice over IP (VoIP) requirements and expansion efforts.
Miramar Mining Corporation is a gold exploration [...]
Miners from the now-closed Liberty Mine heard an optimistic report Friday morning by United Mine Workers officials about the future of coal mining in Southern Illinois.
But for many of the 141 miners, the future is not soon enough.
The union miners were handed pink slips on July 13 when Liberty officials idled the mine that is [...]
Diamonds North Resources Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:DDN ) announces that Stuart (Tookie) Angus, Geir Liland, Maynard Brown and Mark Kolebaba have been appointed to the Board of Uranium North Resources Corp. Terry Lyons has been appointed as an advisor to the Board.
The first tasks of the Board will be to complete the property portfolio, finalize selection [...]
