Radisson Mining announced it had entered into a Conditional Sale/Purchase Agreement for the purchase of 48 mining claims located in the township of Beauchastel in the Province of Quebec. This property was identified as the RM Nickel Property. Results of metallurgical tests recently received from SGS Lakefield Research Limited of samples generated from Radisson’s drill [...]

Cadillac Mining Corporation announces that it has entered into an option agreement with the Estate of Frank Onucki to acquire 567 hectares of mineral claims comprising the Herd Dome copper property. Located in the Omineca Mining Division of west central British Columbia, the prospect is situated 70 kilometers southwest of Houston, BC in a region [...]

Phoenix Matachewan Mines Inc. announced that a drilling program, conducted on its Swanson Project, northwestern Quebec, has returned numerous promising results in a number of shallow drill holes collared to intercept gold mineralization in the Swanson deposit. The project is being conducted by Agnico-Eagle Mines Ltd. (”Agnico”) under the terms of an option agreement [...]

Irwin Resources Inc. is pleased to announce that the Company has acquired additional gold and other precious metal mineral claims in the Fraser Bend-Quesnel-Barkerville area. Mr. Donald C. Carter, a well-known and respected professional and expert in the mining industry and advisor to the Company’s Board has agreed to the sale of these additional 53 [...]

Royal Standard Minerals Inc. announces additional results based upon interpretations of the recently completed ground magnetic survey in the Railroad district as presented in a press release dated January 16, 2007. The Company has continued to evaluate the magnetic data on the property spanning more than four square miles of coverage including the re-evaluation of [...]

State approval is the only thing keeping a Canadian company from exploring for coal in Chickaloon. Full Metal Minerals is leasing more than 21,000 acres at a cost of $4 an acre.
The money raised pays for mental health services in the state. But Chickaloon residents worry their quiet way of life could come to an [...]

Utah will receive $163,657 as the U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration announced Tuesday more than $7.9 million in grants for fiscal 2007.
The health and safety training grants will be presented to states after their applications are received and approved.

New Gold Inc. is pleased to announce that it has filed an application with the Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources of British Columbia, for a Permit to develop its New Afton Copper-Gold Project, located near Kamloops, British Columbia, into one of Canada’s largest underground metal mines.
In making this announcement, Chris Bradbrook, President and [...]

Maxy Gold Corp. announced that Maxy and China’s Western Mining Group (”Western Mining”) have entered into a formal Joint Venture (JV) Agreement on the “HUANGNAN” Copper-Gold Project, located in Qinghai Province, China. This is the first Property incorporated under their Strategic Exploration Alliance Agreement announced on October 4th 2006. Maxy has signed four letters of [...]

LAFAYETTE Philippines Inc., considered an environmental test case amid resurgent foreign investor interest in Philippine mining, is expected to resume commercial operation of its Rapu Rapu poly-metal mine this month, having so far passed environmental standards set by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, an official said.
An independent team of experts led by Dr. [...]