Volta Resources Inc. report assay results from twelve out of 15 holes drilled on the Dienemera target located on the Malba permit at Gaoua. The drilling is part of the 39-hole, 11,306 meter diamond drilling program recently completed at Volta’s Gaoua copper-gold porphyry project in southern Burkina Faso, West Africa where results continue to confirm [...]
High River Gold Mines Ltd. would like to comment on the large share transaction volume and consequent share price decline resulting from trading late on Friday September 19, 2008. The Company believes that the share price decline was related to High River’s deletion from several S&P/TSX indices, and the resulting selling by index funds.
On September [...]
Pancontinental Uranium Corporation report that an aggressive diamond drilling program using modern day exploration technologies will now test historical uranium discoveries made in Northern Territory, Australia in the 1980’s by global resources giants Mobil Energy Minerals Australia and Total Mining Australia Pty. Ltd..
A drill rig has now been allocated to an intensive diamond core program [...]
Semafo Inc. is pleased to announce the start-up of the new 4,000 tonne-per-day ball mill at its Mana mine in Burkina Faso.
“The start-up of the new ball mill marks yet another important milestone for the Company,” said Benoit Desormeaux, Semafo’s Executive Vice-President and COO, “From the efficient 14-month construction to the timely start-up and commercial [...]
Channel Resources Ltd. reports that, based on target area dimensions and trends outlined by airborne magnetic and spectrometer survey data, the Company has extended the West Bienville Uranium Project license area in northern Quebec from 220 claims (108.2 km2) to 288 claims (141.7 km2). The south-easterly extension of the property follows a trend of uranium [...]
UGANDA is endowed with over 50 minerals, ranking it among the countries in Africa with the biggest number of minerals, the assistant commissioner in charge of geology has said.
“Uganda’s metallic and non-metallic minerals are over 50 in number. But there are many unknown minerals whose existence shall be made known after completion of the two [...]
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 [...]
Goldcrest Resources Ltd. is pleased to announce results from its recently completed reverse circulation (”RC”) drilling program on its 100% owned Kampti permit located in southernmost Burkina Faso, West Africa. A total of 16 holes were drilled to depths of up to 171 metres all at a 50 to 60 degree inclination to the west. [...]
There are bright prospects for large scale gold mining in the Upper West Region by an Australian mining company that has made promising discovery of the mineral along the Burkina Faso and Cote D’Ivoire borders in the region.
Mr Jon Richardson, Australia’s High Commissioner in Ghana, said the gold mine that would be established would be [...]
A consortium of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) have expressed deep concern about the negative effects of the operations of multinational mining companies and has pledged to support the struggles of local communities to assert their human rights.
The OECD Watch, a network of over 50 NGOs from 30 countries working to demand corporate accountability and on OECD [...]
