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QRS Capital Enters Option Agreement to Acquire Portion of Aurum Project

QRS Capital Corp. ("QRS" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has entered into an option agreement (the "option agreement") to acquire 100% of a 3,560 hectare portion of the Aurum Copper Project, a 7,960 hectare copper, silver and gold mineralized property located in the Third Region, Southern Atacama at 1,200 m.a.s.l. on the Coastal Cordillera of Central Chile.

20 Feb 2013

Siemens Commissions Gearless Belt Conveyor System at Xstrata Copper Mine in Peru

The Siemens Drive Technologies Division has commissioned a gearless belt conveyor system in the Antapaccay copper mine in Peru. This is the first large-scale reference for this technology outside Germany. The mine, 4200 meters above sea level, belongs to Xstrata Copper and is scheduled to produce an average of 160,000 tonnes of copper in concentrate per annum in the initial years of its more than 20-year projected mine life.

From Siemens AG 19 Feb 2013

EMED Mining Announces Completion of Updated NI 43-101 Technical Report

EMED Mining Public Limited (the "Company" or "EMED Mining"), the Europe-based minerals development and exploration company, is pleased to announce that independent technical expert Behre Dolbear has completed an updated NI 43-101 Technical Report on the Company's Rio Tinto Copper Project.

19 Feb 2013

IMX Retains 100% of Iron Ore Rights and 49% of Non-Iron Ore Rights in Mt Woods JV Project

IMX Resources Limited ('IMX' or the 'Company') announces that it will not proceed with the sale of its 49% interest in the Mt Woods Copper-Gold Joint Venture (the 'Mt Woods JV Project') to OZ Exploration Limited Pty Ltd ('Oz Exploration'), a wholly owned subsidiary of OZ Minerals Limited ('OZ Minerals').

18 Feb 2013

Nevada Copper Updates on Yerington Land Conveyance, Pumpkin Hollow Project and Feasibility Study

Nevada Copper Corp. ("Nevada Copper") provides the following update on the proposed Yerington land conveyance, the status of permits to develop and operate its Pumpkin Hollow copper project located in Nevada, and an update on feasibility study engineering work.

From Nevada Copper Corp. 16 Feb 2013

PolyMet Mining Makes Improvements and Further Progress on NorthMet Project

PolyMet Mining Corp. ("PolyMet" or the "Company") is pleased to report project improvements and further progress in the environmental review of its 100%-owned copper-nickel-precious metals project (the "NorthMet Project") located in the established mining district of the Mesabi Iron Range in northeastern Minnesota.

15 Feb 2013

Source Exploration Announces Large Scale Magnetic Anomalies at Las Minas Project

SOURCE EXPLORATION CORP. (the "Company" or "Source") announces results of ground based magnetic and Induced Polarization ("IP") geophysical surveys undertaken by Geofisica TMC SA de CV at its Las Minas project located in Veracruz State, Mexico.

From Mexican Gold Mining Corp 15 Feb 2013

Rockcliff Resources Starts Winter Drill Program at Former Dickstone Copper Mine

Rockcliff Resources Inc. is pleased to announce that its winter drill program has commenced at the former Dickstone Copper Mine. The untested drill target is interpreted as a large buried conductive anomaly beneath the existing mine workings. Also, at the Tower Property, a DPEM geophysical survey is being completed after which drilling will commence. Both properties are part of Rockcliff's Snow Lake Project located within central Manitoba and hosted within the Flin Flon-Snow Lake greenstone belt; the largest Paleoproterozoic VMS district in the world.

15 Feb 2013

International Samuel Provides Update from 2012 Exploration Program on Frog Property

International Samuel Exploration Corp. is pleased to announce an exploration update from the 2012 exploration program on the company's 100% owned, 32,164.59 hectare, Frog Property. The Frog Property is located approximately 170 kilometres east-southeast of Dease Lake, British Columbia.

13 Feb 2013