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Polycor Announces Acquisition of Three Natural Stone Quarries in North America

Polycor, Inc., a North American natural stone provider, announces the acquisition of three quarries in Maine, Canada, and Oklahoma. The acquisitions, in partnership with PNC Bank, will boost domestic stone production and expand the company's product line. Polycor owns and operates 25 quarries and five fabrication plants across North America.

14 Sep 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

Montero Enters Agreement with Greenflash for Off-Shore Phosphate Project in South Africa

Montero Mining and Exploration Ltd. ("Montero") has entered a binding letter agreement with Greenflash 251 (Pty) Limited to acquire up to a 75% interest in the Greenflash Off-Shore Phosphate Project in South Africa (the "Greenflash Project").

11 Sep 2015

Additional Prospecting and Sampling Carried Out on Romios Gold’s Burgundy Ridge Discovery

Romios Gold Resources Inc. ("Romios" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that additional prospecting and sampling was carried out during August, 2015 on its Burgundy Ridge discovery located in the vicinity of Newmont Lake within its large (75,996 hectares/187,786 acres) Golden Triangle Property in northwestern British Columbia.

11 Sep 2015

Geophysical Surveys Indicate Exploration Potential of Monarques Croinor Gold Property

MONARQUES GOLD CORP. ("Monarques" or the "Corporation") is pleased to announce that it conducted two geophysical surveys, in May and July 2015, on its Croinor Gold project, which lies approximately 70 kilometres east of Val-d'Or. Based on the results from the two surveys, they have generated nine exploration targets (see photo).

11 Sep 2015

Melkior Provides Progress Report on Carscallen Gold Project

Melkior Resources Inc. ("Melkior") is pleased to provide a progress report on its wholly owned Carscallen gold project which is located approximately 25 kilometres west of the centre of Timmins Ontario and 5.5 kilometres west of Lake Shore Gold Corp's West Timmins Mine.

11 Sep 2015

Peregrine Provides Update on Chidliak Diamond Project in Canada

Peregrine Diamonds Ltd. ("Peregrine" or the "Company") is pleased to provide an update on its 100 percent-owned Chidliak diamond project ("Chidliak" or the "Project"). Chidliak is located 120 kilometres northeast of Iqaluit, the capital of Nunavut, Canada. Peregrine has successfully completed the 2015 field work program which was focused on continued development and expansion of the Chidliak diamond resource.

11 Sep 2015

Purepoint Uranium Group Provides Update on Hook Lake Project

Purepoint Uranium Group Inc. ("Purepoint") announced today the completion of its summer analysis and submission of plans for the next stage of exploration at its Hook Lake project in Saskatchewan's Athabasca Basin where last winter's program encountered high-grade mineralization at the Spitfire zone, 12.9% U3O8 over 0.4 metres within 2.23% U3O8 over 2.8 metres.

10 Sep 2015

Comstock Mining Begins Lucerne Underground Portal and Drift Development

Comstock Mining Inc. (the "Company") announced that, on Saturday, September 5, 2015, in conjunction with American Mining and Tunneling LLC ("AMT"), it commenced construction of an underground exploration portal ("Harris Portal") and drift at the north end of the floor level in the existing Lucerne Surface Mine.

10 Sep 2015

Adit Safety Work Commences at Bayhorse Silver Mine

Bayhorse Silver Inc. (the "Company" or "Bayhorse") announces that adit safety work at the Bayhorse mine, Oregon, USA, commenced during the first week of September, 2015.

10 Sep 2015

Pacific Ridge Exploration Plans 750m Rotary Air Blast Drill Program at Mariposa Gold Project

Pacific Ridge Exploration Ltd. ("Pacific Ridge" or the "Company") reports that it is planning a 750 m rotary air blast ("RAB") drill program at its Mariposa, White Gold District, Yukon gold property, to commence shortly. The Company also reports that it has received a $100,000 cash payment and shares with a value of $125,000 from MinQuest Limited ("MinQuest") as part of MinQuest's option to earn an initial 51% interest in the Company's Fyre Lake deposit (see Fyre Lake, below).

10 Sep 2015

Mineração Duas Barras Obtains Four-Year Renewal of Environmental License of Operations

Brazil Minerals, Inc. (the "Company" or "BMIX") reported today that its subsidiary, Mineração Duas Barras Ltda. ("MDB"), obtained a 4-year renewal of its environmental license of operations ("Licença de Operação"). MDB's application was voted favorably by the COPAM committee, which is made up of representatives from different segments of the local community. This public vote was held yesterday in Montes Claros, state of Minas Gerais, the nearest large city to MDB's mine.

10 Sep 2015

Dios Exploration Reports Diamond Drilling Discovery on Heberto Gold

DIOS EXPLORATION reports a diamond drilling discovery on HEBERTO GOLD. The first drill hole completed on HEBERTO yields 4.79 grams gold per tonne over a 8.65 meter true width (from a depth of 18 to 26.65 m) comprised within a larger envelope grading 2.13 grams gold per tonne over 22.90 m (from 7.50 to 30.40 m). Almost all core samples were one meter long, splitted in two and assayed by Fire Assay Fusion with Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy finish at ALS Minerals in Val d'Or.

10 Sep 2015

DuSolo Enters Acquisition Agreement for São Roque Phosphate Project

DuSolo Fertilizers Inc., ("DuSolo" or "the Company") is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement ("the Agreement") with Mineração Batalha e Participações Ltda. ("the JV Partner") to acquire the São Roque Phosphate Project ("São Roque" or "the Project") in southeast Brazil.

10 Sep 2015

First Point to Purchase Cliffs' Ownership of Decar Nickel Project

First Point Minerals Corp. is pleased to announce that it has entered into a binding agreement with affiliated companies of Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. to purchase Cliffs' 60% ownership of the Decar nickel project, located in central British Columbia, for an acquisition price of US$4.75 million.

From First Point Minerals Corp. 9 Sep 2015

Mining News

Polycor Announces Acquisition of Three Natural Stone Quarries in North America

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

Montero Enters Agreement with Greenflash for Off-Shore Phosphate Project in South Africa

Additional Prospecting and Sampling Carried Out on Romios Gold’s Burgundy Ridge Discovery

Geophysical Surveys Indicate Exploration Potential of Monarques Croinor Gold Property

Melkior Provides Progress Report on Carscallen Gold Project

Peregrine Provides Update on Chidliak Diamond Project in Canada

Purepoint Uranium Group Provides Update on Hook Lake Project

Comstock Mining Begins Lucerne Underground Portal and Drift Development

Adit Safety Work Commences at Bayhorse Silver Mine

Pacific Ridge Exploration Plans 750m Rotary Air Blast Drill Program at Mariposa Gold Project

Mineração Duas Barras Obtains Four-Year Renewal of Environmental License of Operations

Dios Exploration Reports Diamond Drilling Discovery on Heberto Gold

DuSolo Enters Acquisition Agreement for São Roque Phosphate Project

First Point to Purchase Cliffs' Ownership of Decar Nickel Project

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