State-controlled uranium miner Atomredmedzoloto will be in charge of developing Elkon and other deposits. The company plans to produce 10,000 tonnes a year of uranium by 2015, more than three times what it produced last year. (Reporting by Polina Devitt, writing by Robin Paxton; Editing by David Cowell) - ST PETERSBURG, Russia, June 8 - [...]

Wellex Mining Corp. of plastics king William Gatchalian is investing P473 million for an ore project in Dinagat Province.
The project involves the production of beneficiated nickel ore for exports to Macau, Japan, China, Taiwan and India.
The mining facility will have a capacity of 1.2 million wet metric tons of beneficiated nickel ore per year.
It will [...]

Zijin Mining Group Co. Ltd. has completed its initial feasibility study on a gold-copper mine in Benguet province owned by Far Southeast Gold Resources Inc. (FSGRI).
China’s second largest gold miner is in the process of negotiating a final agreement, it said in a disclosure filed with the Shanghai Stock Exchange.
Listed local miner Lepanto Consolidated Mining [...]

Silver Falcon Mining, Inc. today released the results of the first trip this year to the summit of War Eagle Mountain.
A cursory examination of the War Eagle tailings dump resulted in an upward revaluation of the quantity of ore held in that particular dump and samples taken at random showed definite signs of gold mineralization. [...]

Perseus Mining announced that recent diamond drill results confirm the width and depth potential of the Sissingue East Zone, part of the large Sissingue prospect on the Tengrela gold project in Ivory Coast. High grade gold intercepts, previously observed in shallow RC drilling, have now been confirmed in several diamond drill holes. Diamond drilling at [...]

Bellamel Mining announced the discovery of a high grade gold mineralised system beneath the Centurion Deposit at the Kalgoorlie West Gold Project. The company has named this new prospect the Gladiator Prospect. Significant intersections include: 42m @ 2.06g/t Au including 10m @ 4.71g/t Au and 4m @ 3.34g/t Au.
Original Announcement: New Discovery at Kalgoorlie Gold [...]

Piedmont Mining Company, Inc. announced the signing of a Letter of Intent with Nevada Eagle Resources LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Gryphon Gold Corporation (TSX: GGN), to enter into an ‘exploration agreement with option to form joint venture’ on a gold discovery by Duval International in 1985 at Morgan Pass, approximately 12 miles [...]

Shares of gold-mining companies gained Tuesday after an analyst said the precious metal appeared set for benefit from tight supply and growing demand.
Goldman Sachs analyst Oscar Cabrera said in a client note that “policy-driven investment constraints and geopolitical concerns impeding the free flow of capital across the commodity complex together with strong demand from (Brazil, [...]

Shares of gold mining companies rose Thursday as the broader stock market gained and the price of the precious metal increased.
Gold for June delivery rose $10.90 to settle at $882.10 an ounce on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
Here is how some gold miners are trading:
Goldcorp Inc. rose $2.51, or 6.7 percent, to $39.89.
Gold Fields Ltd. [...]

Magnus International Resources, Inc. is pleased to announce the signing of an Earn-In Agreement with Canmin-Gold Limited, a subsidiary of IBI Corporation, on the Ibanda gold exploration property located in southwest Uganda.
Under the terms of the Agreement, Magnus has the right to earn a 5% interest in the property for each $150,000 of expenditures that [...]