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Eagle Graphite Announces Coin Cell Testing Results from Black Crystal Project

Eagle Graphite Incorporated ("Eagle Graphite" or the "Company") is pleased to announce results from coin cell testing of graphite from the Black Crystal graphite project.

9 Oct 2015

Geoscience BC to Launch 'Search' Project to Identify New Mineral Deposits in Northwest British Columbia

Geoscience BC is launching the new $2.4 million 'Search' project in northwest British Columbia to help explorers identify new mineral deposits and diversify the local economy. The project will bring renewed exploration interest to the area, which has recently seen Pretium Resources Inc.'s Brucejack project begin development work toward commercial production.

11 Sep 2015

Select Sands Requests US-Based Contractors to Submit Bids for Test Mining and Production at Sandtown Arkansas

Select Sands Corp is pleased to announce that land clearing is complete and the Company has requested USA-based contractors to submit bids for a test mining and processing at Sandtown project in Arkansas, USA. Company management will be meeting with various contractors during the week of September 14 to select the contractors to commence the work right away.

7 Sep 2015

Earth Could Have More Than 1,500 Undiscovered Minerals

New research from a team led by Carnegie's Robert Hazen predicts that Earth has more than 1,500 undiscovered minerals and that the exact mineral diversity of our planet is unique and could not be duplicated anywhere in the cosmos.

27 Aug 2015

Rogue Resources Announces Start of Exploration on Lac de la Grosse Femelle Silica Project

Rogue Resources Inc. is pleased to announce that line cutting crews have been mobilized in preparation for exploration on the Lac de la Grosse Femelle silica project located approximately 42 kilometres ("km") north of Baie-Saint Paul, Québec, situated on the St. Lawrence River, and 4 km northeast of Sitec's operating silica mine.

27 May 2015

Canadian Metals Commences Drilling Campaign at Langis Project

Canadian Metals Inc. is pleased to announce the beginning of a drilling campaign. The company received the recommendation from experts to perform campaign, as it will provide a calculated resource required to sustain an annual production capacity of 50,000 tonnes of high grade ferrosilicon for the next 25 years.

14 May 2015

Select Sands Seeks Quarry Mining Permit for Sandtown Project in Northeast Arkansas

Select Sands Corp. (the "Company") is pleased to announce the Company has submitted a Quarry Mining Permit Application to the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) for its Sandtown project in Northeast Arkansas, USA.

17 Apr 2015

I-Minerals Provides Update on Bulk Sample Program at Bovill Kaolin Deposit

I-Minerals Inc. announces that further to the Company's press release of October 15, 2014, I-Minerals provides the following update on the bulk sample program wherein approximately 35 tons of material excavated from 10 sample sites on the Kelly's Hump, Kelly's Hump South, and Middle Ridge portions of the Bovill Kaolin deposit has been sent for processing to produce representative samples of halloysite, metakaolin, K-spar and quartz.

From i-minerals Inc. 19 Mar 2015

Select Sands ST14-02 Drill Hole Results Exceed Tier 1 Proppant Specifications

Select Sands Corp. is pleased to announce the results of drill hole ST14-02 (0-32 feet). Stim-Lab analysed two grades of 40/70 mesh and 100 mesh. The Sieve Analysis of Submitted Proppant Samples is as follows: 5.1 % as 20/40, 15.1 % as 30/50, 32.7% as 40/70 and 56.6 % as 100 mesh. Measurement of Properties of Proppants are following: Sphericity =0.8, Roundness =0.8, acid solubility 0.7%, turbidity 11NTU.

20 Feb 2015

Vanguard Mining Selects PT Yudha Bhakti Menggala as Logistics Partner

Vanguard Mining Corporation today announced that the Company has engaged PT Yudha Bahkti Menggala, an Indonesian logistics company, as an exclusive partner for logistics and sea transportation to handle shipment of construction sand, reclamation sand and other construction aggregates for the Singaporean construction market.

13 Jan 2015