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Prospect Global Resources Submits Mineral-Lease and Air-Quality Permits with Arizona

Prospect Global Resources, Inc. today announced that it has taken an important step forward in its long-term plan to be first to market with potash from the Holbrook Basin of eastern Arizona, one of the most promising potash fields in the United States.

14 Feb 2013

Manitou Gold Starts 5,000 Metre Diamond Drilling Program on Elora Project

Manitou Gold Inc. ("Manitou" or the "Company") announces that a 5,000 metre diamond drilling program has commenced on the Elora Project located in northwestern Ontario. The project was optioned from Seafield Resources Ltd. in 2012, with the Company completing a detailed re-interpretation of previous exploration work and a mechanical trenching and mapping program in the fall of 2012. (See news release November 29, 2012)

14 Feb 2013

Northern Superior Starts 2013 Croteau Est/Waconichi Drill Programs

Northern Superior Resources Inc. is pleased to announce that it has initiated its 2013 Croteau Est/ Waconichi drill programs. The programs will consist of both core and reverse circulation ("RC") drilling, and are designed to: a) expand its Croteau Est gold discovery within the Croteau-Bouchard shear zone (CBSZ) (see press release, January 16, 2013); b) test the extension of the CBSZ; and c) test for additional mineralized zones on both the Croteau Est and the adjoining Waconichi gold property immediately to the north.

13 Feb 2013

Miller Energy Resources Releases Operational Update on Alaska and Tennessee Drilling

Miller Energy Resources releases an update today on its operations both in Alaska and in Tennessee.

13 Feb 2013

Swingplane Ventures Provides Update on Algarrobo Property

Swingplane Ventures, Inc. is pleased to update information pertaining to the Algarrobo property.

13 Feb 2013

Aurion Resources Provides Update on Joint Venture Projects

Aurion Resources Ltd. ("Aurion") is pleased to provide the following exploration update.

12 Feb 2013

Detour Gold Starts Winter Exploration Program on Sunday Lake Property

Conquest Resources Limited ("Conquest" or the "Company") is pleased announce that Detour Gold Corporation ("Detour Gold") has commenced a winter exploration program at Conquest's Sunday Lake property (the "Property"), which is currently under option to Detour Gold. The program comprises induced polarization ("IP") geophysics and 1,200 metres of exploration diamond drilling. The Property lies approximately seven (7) kilometres east of Detour Gold's open pit gold mine in northern Ontario, for which Detour Gold today announced the "Start of Production at Detour Lake" (see Detour Gold Press Release - February 11, 2013).

From Conquest Resources Limited 12 Feb 2013

Soldi Ventures Stakes Additional Property in Galaxy Graphite's Quebec Buckingham Project

Soldi Ventures Inc. announces that it has staked an additional 120.4 hectare property (known as the "Royal" property) within Galaxy Graphite Corp.'s ("Galaxy") Buckingham Project located in Quebec.

11 Feb 2013

Ely Gold to Acquire Unpatented Mining Claims in White Pine County from Palladon

Ely Gold & Minerals Inc., is pleased to announce that, through its wholly owned subsidiary DHI Minerals (US) Ltd ("DHI"), it has entered into a definitive agreement (the "Agreement") with Palladon Ventures ("Palladon") to purchase 100% of 76 unpatented mining claims in White Pine County in eastern Nevada ("Green Springs") for $300,000 cash.

11 Feb 2013

Global Mining Equipment Market to Grow at 8.5% CAGR to $117.0 Billion by 2018

The global mining equipment market is expected to reach $117.0 billion by 2018 from $71.5 billion in 2012 at a CAGR of 8.5% from 2012 to 2018. The Asia Pacific market was in a commanding position having contributed more than 60% of the entire mining equipment market share in 2012.

11 Feb 2013