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Minaurum Gold Announces Identification of New Targets at El Porfido Project

Minaurum Gold Inc. ("Minaurum") is pleased to announce the identification of two new targets at its 100%-controlled El Pórfido gold-skarn/porphyry project. The 4,666-hectare project lies within 90 kilometers of the prolific Guerrero Gold Belt in the southwestern part of the Mexican state of Puebla. The property was staked by David M. Jones, who was responsible for the discovery of the Los Filos mine in the Guerrero Gold Belt, presently operated by Goldcorp.

20 Feb 2013

Atacama Pacific Announces Positive Drill Results from Cerro Maricunga Project

Atacama Pacific Gold Corporation ("Atacama Pacific") is pleased to report continued positive results from the ongoing 20,000-metre infill drilling program at its 100% owned Cerro Maricunga oxide gold project located in Chile's Maricunga Mineral Belt, 120 kilometres northeast of the city of Copiapo.

20 Feb 2013

Siemens Commissions Gearless Belt Conveyor System at Xstrata Copper Mine in Peru

The Siemens Drive Technologies Division has commissioned a gearless belt conveyor system in the Antapaccay copper mine in Peru. This is the first large-scale reference for this technology outside Germany. The mine, 4200 meters above sea level, belongs to Xstrata Copper and is scheduled to produce an average of 160,000 tonnes of copper in concentrate per annum in the initial years of its more than 20-year projected mine life.

From Siemens AG 19 Feb 2013

EMED Mining Announces Completion of Updated NI 43-101 Technical Report

EMED Mining Public Limited (the "Company" or "EMED Mining"), the Europe-based minerals development and exploration company, is pleased to announce that independent technical expert Behre Dolbear has completed an updated NI 43-101 Technical Report on the Company's Rio Tinto Copper Project.

19 Feb 2013

Orocobre Updates Progress on Olaroz Lithium Project Construction

Orocobre Limited ("Orocobre" or "the Company") is pleased to provide a progress report on the construction of the Company's flagship Olaroz lithium project.

19 Feb 2013

PwC Report Shows Coal Makes Significant Contribution to British Columbia Economy

A new report from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) shows that coal makes a significant contribution to the British Columbia economy through employment, tax revenue and contribution to provincial GDP. In 2011, the coal industry generated an estimated $3.2 billion in provincial GDP and approximately $715.2 million in tax revenue for all levels of government including $399 million in tax revenue generated by economic activity and $316.2 million in mineral tax payments to British Columbia.

18 Feb 2013

Sabah Shell Petroleum Awards Subsea Pipelines Contract for Malikai Project to Technip

Technip was awarded by Sabah Shell Petroleum Company Ltd (SSPC) an important subsea pipelines contract for the Malikai Deepwater project, located offshore Sabah, at a water depth of approximately 650 meters.

18 Feb 2013

Environmental Licensing Process for Belo Sun Volta Grande Project in Progress

BELO SUN MINING CORP. confirms that the environmental licensing process for the company's Volta Grande Project (the "Project") continues in the ordinary course. To correct recent media reports, Belo Sun confirms that its licensing application has not been rejected.

18 Feb 2013

Cancana Plans to Spin-Off Gold and Diamond Assets

Cancana Resources Corp. (the "Company" or "Cancana") is pleased to announce that its annual meeting of its shareholders will be held on April 12, 2013 in Victoria, BC. The Company is also pleased to announce its plan to spin off its gold and diamond assets.

18 Feb 2013

IMX Retains 100% of Iron Ore Rights and 49% of Non-Iron Ore Rights in Mt Woods JV Project

IMX Resources Limited ('IMX' or the 'Company') announces that it will not proceed with the sale of its 49% interest in the Mt Woods Copper-Gold Joint Venture (the 'Mt Woods JV Project') to OZ Exploration Limited Pty Ltd ('Oz Exploration'), a wholly owned subsidiary of OZ Minerals Limited ('OZ Minerals').

18 Feb 2013

Nevada Copper Updates on Yerington Land Conveyance, Pumpkin Hollow Project and Feasibility Study

Nevada Copper Corp. ("Nevada Copper") provides the following update on the proposed Yerington land conveyance, the status of permits to develop and operate its Pumpkin Hollow copper project located in Nevada, and an update on feasibility study engineering work.

From Nevada Copper Corp. 16 Feb 2013

Canada Lithium Awarded $6.5 Million to Construct Lithium Metal Pilot Plant

Canada Lithium Corp. announced today that the Company has been selected to receive a grant of up to $6.5 million from the Government of Canada through Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC).

16 Feb 2013

PolyMet Mining Makes Improvements and Further Progress on NorthMet Project

PolyMet Mining Corp. ("PolyMet" or the "Company") is pleased to report project improvements and further progress in the environmental review of its 100%-owned copper-nickel-precious metals project (the "NorthMet Project") located in the established mining district of the Mesabi Iron Range in northeastern Minnesota.

15 Feb 2013

Source Exploration Announces Large Scale Magnetic Anomalies at Las Minas Project

SOURCE EXPLORATION CORP. (the "Company" or "Source") announces results of ground based magnetic and Induced Polarization ("IP") geophysical surveys undertaken by Geofisica TMC SA de CV at its Las Minas project located in Veracruz State, Mexico.

From Mexican Gold Mining Corp 15 Feb 2013

Rockcliff Resources Starts Winter Drill Program at Former Dickstone Copper Mine

Rockcliff Resources Inc. is pleased to announce that its winter drill program has commenced at the former Dickstone Copper Mine. The untested drill target is interpreted as a large buried conductive anomaly beneath the existing mine workings. Also, at the Tower Property, a DPEM geophysical survey is being completed after which drilling will commence. Both properties are part of Rockcliff's Snow Lake Project located within central Manitoba and hosted within the Flin Flon-Snow Lake greenstone belt; the largest Paleoproterozoic VMS district in the world.

15 Feb 2013

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Minaurum Gold Announces Identification of New Targets at El Porfido Project

Atacama Pacific Announces Positive Drill Results from Cerro Maricunga Project

Siemens Commissions Gearless Belt Conveyor System at Xstrata Copper Mine in Peru

EMED Mining Announces Completion of Updated NI 43-101 Technical Report

Orocobre Updates Progress on Olaroz Lithium Project Construction

PwC Report Shows Coal Makes Significant Contribution to British Columbia Economy

Sabah Shell Petroleum Awards Subsea Pipelines Contract for Malikai Project to Technip

Environmental Licensing Process for Belo Sun Volta Grande Project in Progress

Cancana Plans to Spin-Off Gold and Diamond Assets

IMX Retains 100% of Iron Ore Rights and 49% of Non-Iron Ore Rights in Mt Woods JV Project

Nevada Copper Updates on Yerington Land Conveyance, Pumpkin Hollow Project and Feasibility Study

Canada Lithium Awarded $6.5 Million to Construct Lithium Metal Pilot Plant

PolyMet Mining Makes Improvements and Further Progress on NorthMet Project

Source Exploration Announces Large Scale Magnetic Anomalies at Las Minas Project

Rockcliff Resources Starts Winter Drill Program at Former Dickstone Copper Mine

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