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Forecast Report on Global Construction and Mining Machine Market

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Global Construction and Mining Machine Market to 2017 - Market Size, Growth, and Forecasts in Over 60 Countries" report to their offering.

15 Nov 2013

Daybreak Successfully Drills Second Oil Well in East Slopes Project

Daybreak Oil and Gas, Inc. ("Daybreak" or the "Company"), a Washington corporation, is pleased to announce the drilling of a second successful oil well in the fall drilling program at the East Slopes Project located in Kern County, California. The Bear #9 well was drilled to 2,200 feet and encountered approximately 10 feet of oil pay in the Vedder Sand.

15 Nov 2013

Melkior Resources Provides Update on Activities at Carscallen Gold Project

Melkior Resources Inc. ("Melkior") has completed drilling fifteen holes totalling 1535 metres on the gold-rich, mineralized ZamZam Zone at its wholly owned Carscallen Gold Project located 25 kilometres west of the City of Timmins, Ontario. The objective of the program was to accomplish infill drilling on the ZamZam Zone, which is hosted in structure that crosscuts granite and mafic volcanics.

From Melkior Resources Inc. 14 Nov 2013

Gold Bullion Development Updates Progress at Granada Gold Property

Gold Bullion Development Corp. (the "Company" or "Gold Bullion") is providing an update on activities at the Granada Gold Property in Quebec with the Pre-Feasibility Study or ("PFS") anticipated in Q4 2013. Since delivery of a cash flow positive PEA last year (February 4, 2013 effective December 21, 2012), the Company has been working to further refine the overall economic strength of the various mining scenarios with the goal of improving margins given the volatility in the gold price during 2013.

14 Nov 2013

U.S. Rare Earths Announces Encouraging Results from North Fork Properties

U.S. Rare Earths, Inc., a U.S. based domestic rare earths exploration company with more than 25,000 acres of mining claims in Idaho, Montana, and Colorado, today announced that assays from surface channel sampling, returned Total Rare Earth Oxide (TREO) grades as high as 10.3% with Critical Rare Earth Oxide (CREO) grades running between 1.4% and 1.2% in a known eighteen by four mile mineralized trend in its North Fork properties.

14 Nov 2013

Bowmore Inks LOI to Buy Up to 70% of Beauce Gold Property

Bowmore Explorations Ltd. (the "Company" or "Bowmore") is pleased to announce that it has signed a Letter Of Intent (the "LOI") to acquire an interest of up to 70% in the Beauce Gold Property (the "Property"), located in southern Quebec, Canada from Fancamp Exploration Ltd. ("Fancamp"). The LOI states that a formal Option Agreement (the "Agreement") is to be entered into on or before December 11, 2013.

From Osisko Metals Incorporated 14 Nov 2013

CGG to Conduct Seismic Surveys on Infinity's Oil and Gas Concessions

Infinity Energy Resources, Inc., an independent oil and gas exploration and development company, today announced that it has entered into an agreement with CGG, a fully integrated Geoscience company providing leading geological, geophysical and reservoir capabilities to the global oil and gas industry. Under the terms of the agreement, CGG will provide 2-D and 3-D seismic mapping and processing services on Infinity's oil and gas concessions offshore Nicaragua.

14 Nov 2013

Spanish Grinding Media Supplier Sabo Acquired By Metso

Metso has completed the acquisition of the Spanish grinding media supplier Santa Ana de Bolueta SA (Sabo). The acquisition will complement Metso's current comminution wear parts offering for mining customers.The valu...

From Metso Corporation 13 Nov 2013

Sama Discovers Nickel Sulphide Mineralization at Côte d'Ivoire Yepleu Project

Sama Resources Inc./Ressources Sama Inc. ("Sama" or the "Company") is pleased to announce a new discovery of nickel-copper sulphide mineralization at the company's Yepleu Project. The Yepleu Project is located 18 kilometers ("km") southwest of the Samapleu nickel-copper-palladium deposits at the southwest boundary of the Samapleu Project in Côte d'Ivoire, West Africa.

13 Nov 2013

Ely Gold Provides Update on Green Springs Property in White Pine County, Nevada

Ely Gold & Minerals Inc. ("Ely Gold" or the "Company") is pleased to provide the following update on its 100% owned Green Springs property located in White Pine County, Nevada. An exploration Plan of Operations (POO) has been submitted to the U.S. Forest Service in October, 2013. An Environmental Assessment (EA) is also in progress for this POO.

From Ely Gold & Minerals Inc. 13 Nov 2013

Midland Provides Update on 2013 Exploration Activities

Midland Exploration Inc. ("Midland") is pleased to provide an update on its various ongoing exploration activities across Quebec, including projects in partnership with Agnico Eagle Mines Limited ("Agnico Eagle"), Teck Resources Limited ("Teck"), Osisko Mining Corporation ("Osisko"), Maudore Minerals Ltd ("Maudore") and Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation ("JOGMEC").

From Midland Exploration 13 Nov 2013

Aeroquest to Perform Airborne Surveys on Xmet’s Blackflake Project

Xmet Inc. ("Xmet" or the "Company") is pleased to announce it has contracted Aeroquest International (a division of Geotech Airborne Geophysical Surveys) ("Geotech") of Aurora Ontario to complete a helicopter airborne Versatile Time Domain Electromagnetic (VTEM Plus) and Horizontal Magnetic Gradiometer Geophysical Survey on its 100% owned Blackflake Project, located approximately 60 kilometers northwest of Hearst, in Northeastern Ontario.

13 Nov 2013

ATAC Identifies New Area of Gold and Silver Mineralization Surrounding Anubis Discovery

ATAC Resources Ltd. is pleased to report a new 12 sq/km area of gold and silver mineralization surrounding the Anubis discovery was identified through the compilation of results from its 2013 regional exploration program. This prospective new area is located approximately 10 km west of the Osiris cluster of gold zones (Conrad, Osiris, Isis East and Sunrise) at the eastern end of the Company's Rackla Gold Project, Yukon - one of the world's safest and most mining friendly jurisdictions.

13 Nov 2013

FLSmidth Receive EUR 140m Order from Qatar Primary Materials

FLSmidth, in a consortium with Six Construct, has received an order from Qatar Primary Materials Co. (QPMC). The order value for FLSmidth is approximately EUR 140m (DKK 1bn) and covers supply of conveying and stacking systems for the Gabbro terminal expansion located in Mesaieed Industrial City, approximately 35 km south of Doha, the capital of Qatar.

From FLSmidth A/S 13 Nov 2013

Sandspring Enters Precious Metals Purchase Agreement with Silver Wheaton for Guyana Toroparu Project

Sandspring Resources Ltd. ("Sandspring" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has entered into a precious metals purchase agreement with Silver Wheaton Corp. ("Silver Wheaton") under which Silver Wheaton, through its wholly owned subsidiary, Silver Wheaton (Caymans) Ltd., will pay Sandspring upfront cash payments totaling US$148.5 million for 10% of the payable gold production from the Company's Toroparu Mine in Guyana S.A. (the "Toroparu Project").

12 Nov 2013