American Mining Corporation Signs LOI to Form Production Joint Venture on Terra Gold Project, Alaska

March 11, 2010 Filed Under: Mining Investment, Precious Metal  
American Mining Corporation Signs LOI to Form Production Joint Venture on Terra Gold Project, Alaska

American Mining Corporation announce that it has signed a binding letter of intent to enter into a joint venture with International Tower Hill Mines Ltd., in respect of ITH’s high grade Terra Gold Project in Alaska. Pursuant to the letter of intent, Terra Gold Corp. (“Terra”), an Alaskan subsidiary of AMC and Raven Gold Alaska Inc. (“Raven”), a subsidiary of ITH, will form a joint venture... 

Alix Acquires Claims in B.C. With 2.04% Rare Earth Oxides Across 15 Meters

February 2, 2010 Filed Under: Rare Earth Elements  
Alix Acquires Claims in B.C. With 2.04% Rare Earth Oxides Across 15 Meters

ALIX RESOURCES CORP. has entered into an agreement to acquire a block of claims totalling approximately 450 hectares in British Columbia which host a historic BC Minfile Rare Earth Oxide (REO) occurrence. BC Minfile reports that “a sample of chips taken at random across a 15 metre section returned… 2.04%REO” (Minister of Mines Annual Report 1965 p.266). The second claim block consists... 

Pele Mountain Begins Drilling at East Highland Gold Project

January 18, 2010 Filed Under: Precious Metal  
Pele Mountain Begins Drilling at East Highland Gold Project

Pele Mountain Resources Inc. announced the start of diamond drilling at its East Highland Gold project in Northern Ontario. East Highland is 100-percent owned by Pele Gold Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company. Pele focused its efforts at East Highland in the late-1990s, concluding with the successful mining and processing of bulk samples at the Markes and ‘A’ zones in 1999.... 

North Atlantic to Commence Trading on TSX Venture Exchange

December 18, 2009 Filed Under: Mining Investment, Mining Stocks  
North Atlantic to Commence Trading on TSX Venture Exchange

North Atlantic Resources Ltd. announces that, further to its news release of December 1, 2009 the common shares of the Company will commence trading on the TSX Venture Exchange effective at the opening of trading on Friday, December 18, 2009. The Company is classified as a Tier 2 Mineral Exploration/Development Company on the TSX Venture Exchange. The common shares of the Company will cease trading... 

Ritchie Bros. to sell late model rock trucks in Grand Opening unreserved auction in Grande Prairie

October 30, 2009 Filed Under: Mining Equipment  
Ritchie Bros. to sell late model rock trucks in Grand Opening unreserved auction in Grande Prairie

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers, the world’s largest industrial auctioneer, is selling mining and heavy construction equipment and trucks-including a fleet of late model rock trucks-in an upcoming two-day, multi-million dollar, unreserved public auction at the Company’s brand new permanent auction site in Grande Prairie on Tuesday, November 24th to Wednesday, November 25th 2009 starting at 8:00... 

Vena Resources Provides Update on Uranium Discovery and Drilling and Announces Private Placement

October 26, 2009 Filed Under: Uranium Mining  
Vena Resources Provides Update on Uranium Discovery and Drilling and Announces Private Placement

Vena Resources Inc. announce that as the drill permitting process is in the final stages, Minergia Resources SAC, a company jointly owned by Vena and Cameco Corp., expects drilling to commence mid-November on the Macusani uranium project located in Peru’s southeastern Puno Department. The total program encompasses 11,000 meters of drilling in 71 drill holes and the first phase of this year’s... 

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;... 

Newstrike and Queenston Begin Drilling on the Commodore JV

October 2, 2009 Filed Under: Mining Investment, Precious Metal  
Newstrike and Queenston Begin Drilling on the Commodore JV

Newstrike Resources Ltd. and Queenston Mining Inc. announce that a diamond drill program has commenced on the Commodore joint venture property located in Lebel and Gauthier townships in Kirkland Lake, Ontario. The property is favourably located in the Kirkland Lake gold camp totaling 57 mineral claims comprising 25 patented and 32 unpatented claims. Further details regarding the claims are provided... 

Lara Exploration Ltd.: Independent Review and Technical Report Completed on the Sao Lourenco Tin Project

September 28, 2009 Filed Under: Lithium Mining, Mining Investment, Mining Services  
Lara Exploration Ltd.: Independent Review and Technical Report Completed on the Sao Lourenco Tin Project

Lara Exploration Ltd. to report that Anglo Latina Consultores S.A.C., of Lima, Peru (“Anglo Latina”) has completed a positive and independent review of the Company’s Sao Lourenco tin project in Rondonia State, northwest Brazil. Anglo Latina has also prepared a Technical Report on the project to NI 43-101 standards, entitled “THE SAO LOURENCO TIN PROJECT, RONDONIA STATE, BRAZIL”,... 

Report Shows Long Term Benefits of Gold Mining to Developing Economies

September 15, 2009 Filed Under: Precious Metal  
Report Shows Long Term Benefits of Gold Mining to Developing Economies

Large-scale gold production has been found to be a major factor in bolstering the economies of developing countries, according to a key report issued today by the World Gold Council (WGC) in partnership with the International Council on Mining & Metals (ICMM) and Oxford Policy Management. The new report, ‘The Golden Building Block: gold mining and the transformation of developing economies’,...