Vena Resources Inc. is pleased to announce that the second drill program has commenced at Azulcocha West. An additional 27 drill holes have been designed for a total of 8,000 metres of drilling. Drilling includes targets on the Cantagallo, Recuperada and El Triunfo areas along the southern area of the Azulcocha West property including a [...]

Mine Management, Inc told the press on Monday that the Montana State Department of Commerce approved the Hard Rock Mining Impact plan which was proposed for the montanore Silver-Copper Project near the town of Libby, Montana.
Mr. Glenn Dobbs, Mines management’s president and CEO, said that We are appreciative for the recent approval of the [...]

Hecla Mining company has just completed the transaction. The company sold its subsidiaries engaged in mining and exploring for gold in Venezuela to Rusoro Mining Ltd. (Rusoro) for $25 million, consisting of $20 million in cash and 4,273,504 shares of Rusoro common stock. A 117-year-old company, Hecla has long been well known in the mining [...]

MINES MANAGEMENT, INC. is pleased to announce that the Montana State Department of Commerce has approved the Hard Rock Mining Impact Plan proposed for the Montanore Silver-Copper Project near the town of Libby, Montana.
In accordance with the Montana Hard-Rock Mining Impact Act, the Plan is based on a study of the socio-economic impact to the [...]

Hecla Mining Company has approved a revision to its agreement with Rusoro Mining Ltd. (Rusoro) to extend the date to July 8, 2008, for closing the transaction to sell its subsidiaries engaged in mining and exploring for gold in Venezuela to Rusoro for $25 million. The sale agreement was previously announced on June 19, 2008, [...]

Conquest Mining announced that diamond drillhole HC08RCD391, located at the northern edge of the Silver Hill deposit, has intersected a 20m zone assaying at 8.49 g/t Au, 94 g/t Ag, and 2.3% Cu, substantially increasing the depth extent of high grade mineralisation. The zone is equivalent to 15 g/t Au at current prices, and included [...]

Gammon Gold Inc. (”Gammon”) (TSX:GAM and AMEX:GRS): advises that a new Investor Presentation for use in the Company’s Toronto based marketing tour during June 2008, has been posted on the Company’s corporate website and can be accessed through the following link: June 2008 Presentation. (http://www.gammongold.com/library/presentations/Gammon%20Gold%20Presentation%20June%202008.pdf) The presentation provides updated financial and productivity metrics, including forecasted [...]

Cardero Resource Corp. (”Cardero” or the “Company”) (Toronto:CDU.TO)(AMEX:CDY)(Frankfurt:CR5.F) is pleased to announce that, as part of the Company’s strategy to focus on its pre-eminent Pampa De Pongo and Pampa el Toro Iron Ore deposits in the Marcona District of Peru, it has signed a letter of intent dated June 12, 2008 (”LOI”) with Ethos Capital [...]

Silver Dragon Resources Inc. announced today that the Company has duly paid the state compensation tax (royalty) for the privatization of the Erbahuo silver mine pursuant to applicable Chinese laws. The payment of RMB 4,468,600 (approx. US$650,000) was made to the local provincial department of China’s Ministry of Land and Resources, the agency responsible for [...]

Pinnacle Mines Ltd. (”Pinnacle”) and Tenajon Resources Corp (TSX-V:TJS; “Tenajon”) are pleased to announce that they have closed the transaction announced on April 21, 2008 and Pinnacle has now purchased Tenajon’s wholly owned subsidiary, 0781639 B.C. Ltd. (the “Corporation”). The Corporation holds an undivided 40% ownership interest in and to the Kansas Claim and a [...]