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Cartier Resources Commences Initial Drilling at Diego Gold Project

Cartier Resources has started the preliminary diamond drill campaign at the Diego gold project, which is located to the south-west of Chibougamau town in Quebec.

From Cartier Resources Inc. 8 Sep 2011

OZ Minerals Looks to Start Construction at Carrapateena

OZ Minerals is hoping to begin construction of a mine at the Carrapateena copper and gold project by mid 2015. The company recently acquired the project located in South Australia for $250 million from Adelaide-based prospector Rudy Gomez and the Australian arm of Canadian mining giant Teck in the month of May.

From OZ Minerals Limited 6 Sep 2011

Report Finds Australian Miners Already Paying Over 40% Tax

A new report that was commissioned by the Minerals Council of Australia says that miners will pay close to $23.4 billion in tax to federal and state governments in 2010-11 financial year. Deloitte Access Economics said in the report that the mining industry has paid an average tax of 41.5% from the financial years between 2007-8 to 2009-10.

5 Sep 2011

Minotaur Exploration Discovers Copper-Gold at Cloncurry

Minotaur Exploration has discovered a copper-gold mineralization trend which is 10 km long in the Cormorant prospect located near Cloncurry. The discovery was made during a recent drilling and geo-physics based exploratory program at the prospect in western Queensland.

5 Sep 2011

Millrock Resources Reports Phase I Additional Results from Uncle Sam Gold Project

Millrock Resources has pronounced the phase I additional drilling results from the Uncle Sam gold project, located in the Tintina Gold Belt of Alaska.

From Millrock Resources Inc. 5 Sep 2011

Golden Star Re-Opens Pampe Gold Mine in Ghana

Golden Star Resources announced that it had restarted its mining operations at the Pampe gold deposit in Ghana. The Pampe mine is situated near the company owned Bogoso processing plant in Ghana. This should help increase the production and reduce the cash operating costs for the mine.

From Golden Star Resources Ltd. 4 Sep 2011

Comstock Mining Aims to Mine Historic Resource By Year End

Comstock Mining Inc. said that it wished to restart the gold and silver mining operations at the historic Comstock Lode site in Virginia City. The Comstock cache was discovered in 1859 and helped fund Union efforts in the Civil War and the construction of the city of San Francisco. The company added that they had been awarded the necessary permit from the state environmental regulators for this activity.

4 Sep 2011