Avrupa Minerals, a junior exploration company, declared that drilling has been started on the Alvalade JV Project located in the Pyrite Belt of southern Portugal. The company along with Antofagasta Minerals SA, its joint venture partner, has scheduled a 6-hole Phase 1 core drill campaign. Preliminary drilling is likely to be done for about 3000 m. An additional Phase 2 program is anticipated to commence in August 2012.
By Joel Scanlon
20 Apr 2012
Indigo Exploration has reported assay results from the remaining 34 holes drilled during the phase I reverse circulation program conducted at the Lati gold permit located in West Africa.
Tembo Gold has started the drill program using a reverse circulation (RC) and two diamond drill rigs at Nyakagwe East, which is one of the high-priority phase I drilling target areas present in the Tembo project, Tanzania.
By Joel Scanlon
20 Apr 2012
La Ronge Gold, a gold exploration company, declared that the 2012 winter-spring drill program on its Preview SW deposit located in northern Saskatchewan, Canada, has expanded the deposit along strike. The company conducted a step-out drilling to the southwest and northeast regions and identified ore grade gold mineralized zones. Historic drilling has not been done on these areas.
By Joel Scanlon
19 Apr 2012
Gold exploration company, Glass Earth Gold has started a 5,500 m diamond drill campaign at the WKP gold-silver prospect located in Hauraki, New Zealand.
By Joel Scanlon
19 Apr 2012
Fancamp Exploration, a Canadian exploration company, reported that Champion Minerals has provided the remaining assay results from the 2011 drill program performed on the company’s O'Keefe-Purdy, Oil Can, Midway and Bellechasse projects in the Fermont Iron Ore District, Quebec. Fancamp has 17.5% stake on these projects.
Bearing Resources, a precious and base metal exploration firm based in Canada, has started a drill campaign at its Parrandera gold-copper project situated in the Mapimi region of Durango, Mexico. The company can earn a 100% interest in the Parrandera properties, which have been optioned.
By Joel Scanlon
19 Apr 2012
Bacanora Minerals has announced the final assay results from its second phase of drilling at its Ventana lithium property in eastern Sonora, Mexico. The property included 1,465 m in eight NQ-core drill holes. Bacanora has also declared the third round of drilling at El Sauz and Ventana properties.
By Joel Scanlon
19 Apr 2012
New Dawn Mining, a gold mining company in Zimbabwe, has begun an 8,000 m diamond drill campaign at the company’s Camperdown Mine gold project. This project belongs to a part of the company’s Gweru Gold Camp, situated in Zimbabwe’s Shurugwi District.
By Joel Scanlon
19 Apr 2012
Excellon Resources has released further results from the 2012 winter drilling program that was conducted recently at the Beschefer project, which is situated in Northwest Quebec.
Evrim Resources has commenced the 2012 exploration at the Cumobabi porphyry project, containing copper and molybdenum, in Sonora, Mexico. The joint effort between Evrim and Inmet Mining has resulted in this exploration program, which is based on an option agreement in February 2011.
By Joel Scanlon
19 Apr 2012
Soldi Ventures has reported that the company will commence a program that includes geological prospecting and mapping as well as geophysical surveys at the Cameron graphite property located in Quebec. The aim of the program is to accelerate the exploration process in order to drill and reach the metallurgical testing and bulk sampling phase.
By Joel Scanlon
18 Apr 2012
Metals Creek Resources has released further assays of the ongoing diamond drilling program at the Ogden gold project, located in Ontario.
By Joel Scanlon
18 Apr 2012
Randgold Resources, a gold mining and exploration company, is developing the Kibali project, which is located in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Construction work is ongoing on this project, which upon completion is anticipated to be a major gold mine in Africa.
Typhoon Exploration has declared a new chain of results from a drilling campaign, which is being conducted on its Fayolle Deposit. Aurizon Mines may earn a 65% interest in the Fayolle Deposit by spending $25 million dollars for reconnaissance work and an additional $2 million dollars as private placement.
By Joel Scanlon
16 Apr 2012