Is the mining industry affecting the Defence Forces’ ability to protect Australia? The cash strapped Defence Department seems to think so as it regularly loses skilled workers to the more affluent mining companies operating in the country.
By Joel Scanlon
1 Feb 2012
Columbus Gold has begun the phase II drill program at the Overland Pass gold project. This project is situated towards the northern part of Bald Mountain gold mine, which is on the Carlin trend’s southern expansion.
By Joel Scanlon
1 Feb 2012
Superior Copper has drilled four holes at the Kincaid Breccia in later part of 2011. The company has planned to drill additional holes in early 2012.
By Joel Scanlon
1 Feb 2012
Legend Gold, a mineral exploration and development company, has discovered Zone 4, which is a fresh gold bearing zone at Lakanfla.
By Joel Scanlon
1 Feb 2012
Astra Resources has announced that it has received a favorable report for its Philippine iron sands project from the Cagayan River Construction & Development Corporation.
By Joel Scanlon
31 Jan 2012
The Wilderness Society has asked Federal Environment Minister Tony Burke to use emergency powers to protect four areas in Cape York, Australia that are currently threatened by mining proposals. The appeal was made in a letter by Gavan McFadzean last week.
By Joel Scanlon
31 Jan 2012
Lincoln Mining is hoping to set up a non-brokered private placement for $300,000. The company listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange is looking to sell 4,000,000 units priced at $0.75 each.
OneVentures Innovation Fund has invested in first clean technology to support Peak3, a company based in Brisbane, to commercialize services and products for the treatment, management, and monitoring of particular emissions in diesel engine.
By Joel Scanlon
31 Jan 2012
Spectrum Acquisition, a developer of niche bio-mining technology, has planned to begin core sample analysis and micro-drilling program for gold, platinum and silver at its three gold mine properties, which are near the borders of California and Oregon.
By Joel Scanlon
31 Jan 2012
North Springs Resources provides an update on the current drilling program at the Goldstar-One Arm Joe gold project, the company’s 20% owned property situated in Arizona.
By Joel Scanlon
31 Jan 2012
Glass Earth Gold has released the initial drilling results from the Muirs Reef prospect in New Zealand. This initial drill program, out of 17 diamond holes, has been planned to discover the gold resources in the Massey Reef area.
By Joel Scanlon
31 Jan 2012
Commerce Resources has announced the results of four holes drilled at the Ashram rare earth element (REE) deposit during the summer or fall exploration program. The deposit is located at the Eldor project in North Quebec.
By Joel Scanlon
31 Jan 2012
Coalspur Mines Limited has announced the results of its Bankable Feasibility Study (BFS) for its Vista Coal Project near Hinton in Canada’s Alberta province.
By Joel Scanlon
30 Jan 2012
Mining protests in the small Romanian town of Carpathian occurred last week. The astonishing part was that there were two simultaneous protests one which lamented the delay to the proposal to develop the largest open cast gold mine in the region, the other which hoped that the mine would never come to be.
By Joel Scanlon
30 Jan 2012
Revett Minerals Inc. said that the Troy Mine situated in western Montana had enough copper and silver ore for the mine to operate for another 7 years minimum. It could even be longer, an official from the Spokane, Washington based company said.
By Joel Scanlon
30 Jan 2012