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AngloGold Ashanti Signs Agreement to Sell Entire Interest in AngloGold Ashanti Namibia to QKR Subsidiary

AngloGold Ashanti is pleased to announce that it has signed a binding agreement to sell its entire interest in AngloGold Ashanti Namibia (Proprietary) Limited ("AGAN"), a wholly owned subsidiary which owns the Navachab Gold Mine ("Navachab"), to a wholly-owned subsidiary of QKR Corporation Limited ("QKR") (the "Transaction").

11 Feb 2014

Victory Nickel Moves First Shipment of Concentrated Sand to 7P Plant for Initial Plant Commissioning

Victory Nickel Inc. ("Victory Nickel" or the "Company") today announced that the first nine-railcar shipment of washed, concentrated sand from Winona, MN has arrived, been unloaded and moved to the Company's Seven Persons frac sand plant (the "7P Plant") near Medicine Hat, Alberta for initial plant commissioning.

From Victory Nickel Inc. 11 Feb 2014

Benton Awards Diamond Drilling Contract to Cabo Drilling for Cape Ray Gold Project

Benton Resources Inc. ("Benton" or "the Company") is pleased to announce that it has awarded Cabo Drilling of Springdale, NL the contract for the upcoming diamond drill program which is scheduled to start within a week on the Cape Ray Gold project.

11 Feb 2014

Hudbay Intends to Commence Offer to Acquire All Common Shares of Augusta

HudBay Minerals Inc. today announced that it intends to commence an offer to acquire all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Augusta Resource Corporation not already owned by Hudbay.

From HudBay Minerals Inc. 10 Feb 2014

Champion Iron Mines Resumes Drilling at Consolidated Fire Lake North Project in Quebec

Champion Iron Mines Limited is pleased to announce that drilling has resumed at its flagship Consolidated Fire Lake North ("CFLN") Project as part of the plan to complete a Feasibility Study for the project by year end. The wholly-owned CFLN Project is located in the Fermont Iron Ore District of Quebec.

10 Feb 2014

Rambler, Thundermin Commence Diamond Drilling Program on Little Deer Copper Deposit

Rambler Metals and Mining plc, a Newfoundland copper and gold producer, explorer and developer today announces, with its 50/50 joint venture partner Thundermin Resources Inc., that an initial 3,800 metre diamond drilling program has commenced on the Little Deer Copper Deposit ('Little Deer') located in north-central Newfoundland, Canada.

10 Feb 2014

Metso to help Minera Esperanza mine in Chile in increasing its daily throughput by 20,000 tons per day

The Minera Esperanza mine in Chile has decided to commence a project with Metso which targets to increase the mine's annual production of copper and gold by 15-20%.

From Metso Corporation 7 Feb 2014

TAG-Z Acquires Mineral and Metal Rights to Dodge Mine Mountain Range in Zimbabwe

Raptor Resources Holdings Inc. (the "Company"), a natural resources company focused on mineral and metal resource acquisition, exploration and development, is pleased to announce that its Zimbabwe affiliate, TAG Minerals Zimbabwe (Private) Ltd. ("TAG-Z"), has acquired the mineral and metal rights to the rest of the Dodge Mine mountain range in Zimbabwe.

7 Feb 2014

Osisko's Canadian Malartic Mine Achieves Record Monthly Production

Osisko Mining Corporation (the "Company" or "Osisko") is pleased to report that directly following record quarterly production in Q4 2013 of 137,321 ounces gold, and record annual production for 2013 of 475,277 ounces gold, Osisko's flagship Canadian Malartic mine has achieved record monthly production of 50,111 ounces gold in the month of January.

From Osisko Gold Royalties Ltd 7 Feb 2014

Lomiko Announces Joining of Graphene Stakeholders Association

LOMIKO METALS INC. (the "Company") is pleased to announce that Lomiko Metals has joined the Graphene Stakeholders Association to help foster its mission of promoting the responsible development of graphene and other 2-D materials and facilitating innovation and commercialization through collaboration with other stakeholders.

From Lomiko Metals Inc. 7 Feb 2014