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Athabasca Nuclear Provides Update on Exploration at Preston Lake Property

Athabasca Nuclear Corp. ("Athabasca Nuclear") is pleased to provide an update on the ongoing exploration activity at the Western Athabasca Syndicate's flagship Preston Lake Property (the "Property"), where Athabasca Nuclear is the Operator. The program consists of ground gravity and electromagnetic (EM) surveys, as well as a RadonEx survey (ground and water) for final targeting in advance of Q1-Q2 drilling.

9 Jan 2014

Newly Designed High Throughput Analysis Instrument for Mining and ore Characterization from Tescan

Tescan, building on the success of its TIMA scanning electron microscope mineralogy analyzer, announced today the introduction of the TIMA with the Automated Loading System (AutoLoader). The TIMA equipped with AutoLoader...

8 Jan 2014

West Melville Enters Option Agreement with Quirina Vasquez Vargas for Alex Copper Property

West Melville Metals Inc. ("West Melville" or "the Company") has signed an option agreement with Quirina Vasquez Vargas (the "Vendor") that secures an exclusive option for West Melville to acquire 100% ownership of the Alex Copper Property (the "Property") in Sonora, Mexico. Under the terms of the agreement, West Melville has until May 31, 2014 to conduct due diligence following which it can secure a 100% interest in the property by paying USD$25,000 and issuing 250,000 shares in the capital stock of the Company to the Vendor.

8 Jan 2014

Panex Commences Drilling on Giro Gold Project

Panex Resources Inc. (the "Company," or "Panex"), is pleased to announce that it commenced drilling on its highly prospective Giro Gold Project on 30 December 2013. The Giro Project covers a surface area of 610sqkm and lies within the Kilo-Moto Belt in one of the world's principal greenstone belts which hosts Randgold Resources' multi-million ounce Kibali Gold deposits within 30km of Giro, Anglogold Ashanti's deposits to the east, Loncore and Kilogold deposits to the south and 50Moz of gold discovered in Tanzania since 1994.

8 Jan 2014

NMA Issues Statement on EPA's Proposed Power Plant Emission Regulations

National Mining Association (NMA) President and CEO Hal Quinn issued the following statement in advance of the publication of the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) proposed New Source Performance Standard for regulating greenhouse gas emissions from new coal-based power plants that generate 40 percent of the nation's electricity:

8 Jan 2014

Forecast Report on U.S. Coal Mining Industry

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Coal Mining Industry (U.S.): Analytics, Extensive Financial Benchmarks, Metrics and Revenue Forecasts to 2020, NAIC 212100

8 Jan 2014

Endeavour Provides Production Update on Rochelle Field

Endeavour International Corporation ("Endeavour" or the "Company") today announced an update on the current production from the first well (W1) at the Rochelle field and the timing of the start-up of the second production well (E2).

7 Jan 2014

Vanstar Receives Quebec Ministry Permit for 124 Additional Drill Holes on the Liam Showing

The management of Vanstar Mining Resources Inc. (the « Company ») announces that it has obtained from the Quebec Ministry of Natural Resources its permit for 124 additional drill holes on the Liam showing, that was recently discovered in November 2013 (see November 26 and December 18 press releases).

6 Jan 2014

Utah Copper Mine Landslide May Have Been the Biggest Nonvolcanic Slide in North America

Last year's gigantic landslide at a Utah copper mine probably was the biggest nonvolcanic slide in North America's modern history, and included two rock avalanches that happened 90 minutes apart and surprisingly triggered 16 small earthquakes, University of Utah scientists discovered.

6 Jan 2014

AndeanGold Provides Update on Urumalqui Ag-Au Project in Peru

AndeanGold Ltd. ("the Company" or "AndeanGold") announces that the Company has not made the $150,000 payment which was due on December 31, 2013 to Gitennes Exploration Inc. ("Gitennes") pursuant to the amended Share Sale and Mining Agreement dated May 17, 2012 (the "Agreement").

From Gitennes Exploration Inc. 6 Jan 2014

ESCO Acquires Specialty Drilling Tools Manufacturer, Stabiltec

ESCO Corporation announced today it has acquired Stabiltec Downhole Tools LLC, a unique manufacturer of specialty drilling tools for the oil and gas industry. This acquisition complements ESCO's growing Oil & Gas Division, bringing an additional 96 people into the organization.

6 Jan 2014

Forecast Report on Global Mining Equipment Market

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Mining Equipment Market - Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends and Forecast, 2012 - 2018" report to their offering.

6 Jan 2014

Infinity Energy Resources Completes Seismic Survey on Oil & Gas Concessions Offshore Nicaragua

Infinity Energy Resources, Inc., an independent oil and gas exploration and development company, today announced that it has completed a 2-D seismic survey covering selected areas within the boundaries of its 1.4 million-acre oil and gas Concessions in the Caribbean Sea offshore Nicaragua.

3 Jan 2014

Insumos Y Fertilizantes Agricolas Sacramento Acquires Virgin Metals’ Cuatro Hermanos Project

Virgin Metals Inc. ("Virgin" or the "Company") announced today the sale of their Cuatro Hermanos project in Sonora Mexico to Insumos Y Fertilizantes Agricolas Sacramento S.A. De C.V. a privately held corporation with head office in Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico. The project was purchased for $1,500,000 in cash payable immediately upon the close of the transaction. The transaction has been approved by the TSX Venture Exchange.

3 Jan 2014

Surya Kencana to Withdraw from JV with Kalimantan Gold for KSK CoW Copper Project

Kalimantan Gold Corporation Limited (the “Company”) has been delivered notice of intention to cease sole funding and to withdraw from the joint venture agreement made April 18, 2011 by its joint venture partner, Surya Kencana LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Freeport-McMoRan Exploration Corporation (“Freeport”), in relation to the Company’s KSK Contract of Work copper project (the “KSK CoW”) in Kalimantan, Indonesia.

2 Jan 2014

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Athabasca Nuclear Provides Update on Exploration at Preston Lake Property

Newly Designed High Throughput Analysis Instrument for Mining and ore Characterization from Tescan

West Melville Enters Option Agreement with Quirina Vasquez Vargas for Alex Copper Property

Panex Commences Drilling on Giro Gold Project

NMA Issues Statement on EPA's Proposed Power Plant Emission Regulations

Forecast Report on U.S. Coal Mining Industry

Endeavour Provides Production Update on Rochelle Field

Vanstar Receives Quebec Ministry Permit for 124 Additional Drill Holes on the Liam Showing

Utah Copper Mine Landslide May Have Been the Biggest Nonvolcanic Slide in North America

AndeanGold Provides Update on Urumalqui Ag-Au Project in Peru

ESCO Acquires Specialty Drilling Tools Manufacturer, Stabiltec

Forecast Report on Global Mining Equipment Market

Infinity Energy Resources Completes Seismic Survey on Oil & Gas Concessions Offshore Nicaragua

Insumos Y Fertilizantes Agricolas Sacramento Acquires Virgin Metals’ Cuatro Hermanos Project

Surya Kencana to Withdraw from JV with Kalimantan Gold for KSK CoW Copper Project

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