In Peru President Ollanta Humala has declared an emergency in the northern Andes to control anti-mining protests and demonstrations which have been paralyzing the largest gold mining project in the country.
Global Witness has decided to depart from the Kimberely Process. The human rights watchdog made the decision on Monday and cited an outdated approach by the program to certify diamond exports as the reason for this decision.
By Joel Scanlon
7 Dec 2011
The Four Mile uranium project in South Australia is now expected to get under way despite the long delays. The legal battle which had stopped the mine from progressing is now to be settled out of court nearly two years after legal action was initiated.
By Joel Scanlon
7 Dec 2011
Silver Bear Resources has released the initial results of the diamond drill campaign conducted at the Mangazeisky silver property, Russia. This property has greater than 100 silver occurrences in the main northwest-north trending mineralized formation, which extended along a corridor of 35 km.
Argus Metals has extended the CUZ discovery by means of two further drill holes, which is located 80 m and 240 m from HY-11-37 discovery hole in the Hyland gold project, Yukon. The company is waiting for the further assay results of the Main zone and the regional exploration.
By Joel Scanlon
7 Dec 2011
Riverstone Resources has announced the assay results from the additional seven holes drilled at the Kao zone, which is located in the company's Karma Gold project in West Africa.
By Joel Scanlon
7 Dec 2011
Jayden Resources has reported further assay results from the drilling campaign conducted during 2010 at its Silver Coin gold project, BC.
By Joel Scanlon
7 Dec 2011
Alder Resources has started the drill program at the Rosita gold-copper-silver project of Calibre Mining. This project is located on the Borosi property of the company in northeast Nicaragua.
Great Quest Metals has announced the completion of a 48-hole limited rotary air blast drill campaign at the Tilemsi phosphate project, East Mali. The company limited this phase II drill campaign to the Tarkint Est concession.
Allana Potash Corp. has announced that it has intersected two zones of strong potash mineralization in Hole DK-11-30 ("Hole 30"). Hole 30 is located in the western portion of the concession block and was targeted to test potash mineralization west of Hole 10.
Lions Gate Metals Inc. has announced assay results from Hole 11-PC-97, the second hole released from the recently completed 29 hole, 11,913.93 metre diamond drill program at the Poplar Project.
Southern Silver Exploration Corp. reported today that new assays results have increased the down-hole thickness of mineralized intervals in the previously reported hole 11CLM-023 and continue to demonstrate continuity of mineralization along strike to the northwest in the Blind Zone, on its Cerro Las Minitas project located in Durango State, Mexico.
Orestone Mining Corp. has announced that the Company has commenced a core drilling program on the 100% owned Captain copper-gold porphyry project located 65 kilometers north of Fort St. James, British Columbia and approximately 30 kilometers south of the Mt. Milligan copper-gold deposit.
Pan American Lithium Corp. has announced the completion of the Phase 1 exploration program at the Llanta, Chile Aquifer Project. Montgomery & Associates of Tucson, Arizona, experts in hydrology and with substantial experience in the evaluation of lithium and other salts projects in South America, supervised the exploration program at the Llanta Aquifer Project.
Galore Resources Inc. has announced gold assay results from 15 holes of its ongoing shallow percussion drill sampling program on the El Álamo claim, part of the Company's 100% owned Dos Santos project in the Mazapil-Camino Rojo trend of the Concepción del Oro district in Zacatecas, Mexico.