There are no plans to lift the uranium mining ban by the New South Wales Government in the state. Energy and Resources Minister Chris Hartcher and the Australian Uranium Association had a meeting in June but were unable to budge the ban.
By Joel Scanlon
1 Aug 2011
Eastmain Mines is currently performing a 15,000 m drilling campaign at the Eastmain Mine property, which is situated in James Bay, Québec.
By Joel Scanlon
1 Aug 2011
Brookemont Capital (BKT) has announced about the site visit of its field manager at the recently explored 4.5 km arsenic soil sampling geochem anomaly, located at the Tanzanian property contagious to the north of Magambazi Prospecting License of Canaco.
By Joel Scanlon
1 Aug 2011
Bannerman Resources has received an Environmental Clearance notice from the Namibian Ministry of Environment and Tourism for the Etango Uranium Project. The company was waiting for the approval for its linear infrastructure proposal.
Diamond sales in India, China and the Middle East are responsible for a 30% rise in total global sales of the precious stone. As per diamond giant De Beers the last six months saw the price of diamonds go up by 35% as well. There seems to be no stopping diamond sales over the coming months as well as per analysts.
By Joel Scanlon
31 Jul 2011
Chinese shipping companies don’t want Brazilian company Vale SA to expand its own iron ore fleet. Vale has plans to spend $2.3 billion on building the largest iron ore carriers in the world that will help them haul steel making materials to China.
Otish Energy has reported results from the rock sample assay from its Guyana-based Puruni gold project, which is located in the Mazaruni Mining District.
By Joel Scanlon
30 Jul 2011
Seafield Resources has moved a third diamond drill rig at the Quinchia Project in Colombia. This drill rig will be employed to additionally accelerate the ongoing phase II drilling program at the Miraflores target of the company.
By Joel Scanlon
30 Jul 2011
Teras Resources has received the assay results of five recent holes from the 14 hole diamond drilling campaign at the Cahuilla gold-silver project in California.
Macusani Yellowcake has released further drilling results from the Chilcuno Chico region at the Kihitian Property in Peru. These drilling results sustain the expansion of the deeper Manto B zone.
By Joel Scanlon
30 Jul 2011
Central Iron Ore has begun the field mapping and sampling at its Yilgarn iron ore project (Yilgarn IOP).
Santa Fe Metals is currently conducting work at the Don Indio claims silver-copper-lead-zinc property, which is situated in Coahuila, Mexico.
By Joel Scanlon
29 Jul 2011
Cadillac Ventures has reported the results of four holes, which were drilled at the K1-1 deposit.
By Joel Scanlon
29 Jul 2011
Treasury Metals has completed the magnetic and heliborne electromagnetic (EM) surveys for the 1,236 km over the Goldcliff and Goliath gold projects, which are located in northwestern Ontario.
A coal mine near Singleton, NSW was ordered to shut down following concerns of unsafe methane gas levels. The Intergra underground coal mine stopped operations and evacuated workers as the Department of Trade and Investment issued the order to cease work until further notice while investigations get under way.