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Entrée Gold Confirms Shallow Copper Oxide Mineralization at Blue Hill Target

Entrée Gold Inc. (TSX:ETG; NYSE AMEX: EGI; Frankfurt:EKA) has confirmed the existence of a potentially viable shallow copper oxide resource and additional deeper sulphide mineralization at Blue Hill.

18 Nov 2010

Crown Gold Reports Recent Drilling Results from McKenzie Island Property

Crown Gold Corporation (TSX VENTURE:CWM) has announced assays from a recent 10 hole core drilling programme at its McKenzie Island property at Red Lake in northwestern Ontario.

18 Nov 2010

Corex Gold Identifies Significant Mineralization at Santana Property in Mexico

Corex Gold Corp. has reported continued exploration success achieved through the 2010 drill program on its Santana Property, Sonora State, Mexico.

18 Nov 2010

Claude Resources Announces New Exploration Results from Seabee Gold Mine

Claude Resources Inc. (TSX-CRJ; NYSE Amex-CGR) today reported new exploration results from the July, August and September drilling programs at its 100 percent owned and operated Seabee Gold Mine.

18 Nov 2010

Castillian Resources Updates on Drilling and Exploration at Hope Brook Gold Project

Castillian Resources Corporation (TSX VENTURE:CT) has provided an update on its diamond drilling and exploration program at its Hope Brook Gold Project located on the southwest coast of Newfoundland.

18 Nov 2010

Capstone Mining Encounters Higher Grade Copper-Zinc Intercepts from Kutcho Project

Capstone Mining Corp. (CS: TSX) today announced additional high grade intercepts from the last batch of drill holes from 2010 on its high grade Kutcho Copper-Zinc Project.

From Capstone Copper Crop. 18 Nov 2010

OneSteel to Open Iron Ore Mine at Whyalla, South Australia

The South Australian Government has already given the company approval to begin operations. The Iron Chieftain Mine is located 40 km west of Whyalla.

From OneSteel Ltd 18 Nov 2010

Bellhaven Starts Drilling at Middle Zone in La Mina Porphyry Project in Colombia

Bellhaven Copper & Gold Inc. (TSX VENTURE:BHV) has announced that its fourth drill hole (DDH-13) targeting the Middle Zone discovered substantial gold and copper mineralization starting at a depth of 1.5 m.

From Bellhaven Copper & Gold, Inc., 18 Nov 2010

Atlas Iron Close to Gaining Access to Pilbara Rail

Atlas Iron, an Australian iron ore producer, with a number of key projects located within 150 km of the port of Port Hedland in Western Australia is closing in on consolidating a deal which would allow it to use one of BHP Billiton's Pilbara railway lines.

From BHP Billiton Plc 18 Nov 2010

Open Pit Iron Ore Mine Planned for North Wisconsin

Mining company Gogebic Taconite wants to develop an open pit mine for iron ore in north Wisconsin. The project would cost about $1 billion and the company has bought an option to lease the mineral rights on 22,000 acres in Ashland and Iron counties.

By Joel Scanlon 18 Nov 2010

Vale SA Looks to Pump $10 Billion into Canada

Brazilian mining giant Vale SA is looking forward to investing about $10 billion in Canadian Mining. Vale had entered Canada by taking over Inco Ltd, a nickel mining company in 2006. The company had paid nearly $20 billion for the investment however things have not gone too smoothly for Vale in Canada.

From Vale 18 Nov 2010

Vedanta Resources to List Zambian Copper Arm on London Stock Exchange

Indian mining company Vedanta Resources is going to list its Zambian copper arm on the London Stock Exchange in a bid to raise $1.1 billion as per a statement by the firm on Tuesday. The Konkola Copper Mines are owned 79% by Vedanta Resources.

From Vedanta Resources plc 17 Nov 2010

Vallar of Nathaniel Rothschild and Bakrie Group Partner on Indonesian Coal

Vallar of Nathaniel Rothschild and the Bakrie family of Indonesia have joined forces to dominate the booming Indonesian coal exports sector. The publicly traded investment vehicle set up by Nathaniel Rothschild is aiming to create an Indonesian resource champion that would be listed on the London Stock Exchange.

By Joel Scanlon 17 Nov 2010

Adhunik Metaliks Commences Operations in Orissa

Indian steelmaker Adhunik Metaliks said that it had commenced operations at three mines in the Indian state of Orissa despite not having received all regulatory approvals to begin the development of the iron ore deposits in the state. The three mines in question are Tentulidihi, Sanpatholi and Kusunidihi.

By Joel Scanlon 17 Nov 2010

Brockman Resources Knocks Back Chinese Offer

Brockman Resources has decided to reject the offer made by the Chinese company Wah Nam International. The iron ore producing company chairman Barry Cusack said that the board of directors would be calling unanimously for share holders to refuse the $930 million offer from the Hong Kong listed company.

From Brockman Mining Limited 17 Nov 2010