Columbus Gold Corporation (TSX VENTURE:CGT) announces it has commenced drilling at its Weepah Project. The 10,000 ft (3,048m) planned drill program will consist of approximately 20 RC holes.
Copper Mountain Mining Corporation announces assay results from 5 diamond drill-holes completed below Pit 3 and in the Saddle Zone of the Copper Mountain project.
Minco Gold Corporation (TSX:MMM)(NYSE Amex:MGH)(FRANKFURT:MI5) has announced that the Company, through its wholly owned subsidiary, Minco Mining Co., Ltd., has entered into a Joint Venture Agreement with the 208 Exploration Team, a subsidiary of China National Nuclear Corporation, to acquire 51% equity interest on the Tugurige Gold Project located in Inner Mongolia, China.
CHAMPION MINERALS INC. (TSX:CHM)(FRANKFURT:P02) today released the second series of assay results from the completed 2010 diamond drill campaign at the Harvey-Tuttle Claim Block of the Fermont Iron Property in northeastern Quebec.
Goldgroup Mining Inc., in coordination with DynaResource, Inc. ("DYNR-OTCBB"), has announced that drilling from the current 18,500 metre diamond drilling program at the San José de Gracia project in Sinaloa, Mexico has encountered notable gold mineralization yielding 89.95 g/t Au over 1.42 metres (Hole SJG-10-217) plus many intercepts above the 2.0 g/t Au cut-off grade.
The chief executive of Leighton Holdings David Stewart said that a number of companies were taking measures to safeguard the wellbeing of their employees during the extreme weather events that Queensland is currently facing.
By Joel Scanlon
13 Jan 2011
South Heart Coal LLC has filed their application to build the 4,600-acre project new coal mine in southwestern North Dakota. They are hoping to supply lignite to a $2.2 billion electric power plant that a separate company, South Heart Energy Development LLC, plans to build nearby. The powerplant will produce 175 megawatts of electricity.
By Joel Scanlon
13 Jan 2011
U.S. Energy Corp has won approval for a revised plan which will allow it to build a mine tunnel at Mount Emmons. The plan was being strongly protested by conservationists due to the mine's proximity to the ski town of Crested Butte.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
13 Jan 2011
Cliffs Natural Resources Inc., a U.S. based international mining giant, on Tuesday made an offer of $4.9 billion for Thompson Iron Mines. The takeover bid raised the shares in the Montreal based Consolidated Thompson Iron Mines by 30%.
A couple of Upper Hunter mine modifications have been approved by the Department of Planning. The first one, the Ashton mine is located near Singleton. The proposed layout of the mine has been changed to include diversions in two places that will stop mining under Bowman's Creek.
By Joel Scanlon
13 Jan 2011
Fronteer Gold Inc. (TSX:FRG)(NYSE Amex:FRG) announces that an interim resource estimate for its wholly owned Long Canyon gold deposit has increased the Measured and Indicated resource by 700,000 ounces at 38% higher grade, and increased the Inferred resource by 250,000 ounces at 36% higher grade.
Gammon Gold Inc. (TSX:GAM and NYSE: GRS) has announced that its drilling program at the Mezquite Project in northeast Zacatecas state, Mexico, has discovered significantly anomalous mineralization.
Macusani Yellowcake Inc. (TSX VENTURE:YEL)(FRANKFURT:QG1) has announced that drilling from the ongoing exploration program on Chilcuno zone on the Kihitian uranium property on the Macusani Plateau, Peru, has intersected additional shallow, high-grade uranium values with intersections ranging from 3.0 to 5.0 metres with weighted average grades ranging from 0.081% U3O8 (1.162 lbs/ton) up to 0.260% U3O8 (5.190 lbs/ton).
Mexivada Mining Corp. (TSX VENTURE:MNV)(OTCBB:MXVDF)(FRANKFURT:M2Q) has announced receipt of assays pertaining to its Goldstorm property in a press release from West Kirkland Mining Inc. ("WKM") dated 10 January 2011.
Mindoro Resources Ltd. has announced drilling results of potential economic interest on the Bolobolo and Karihatag nickel targets located in the Surigao nickel district of NE Mindanao, the Philippines.