Red Metal Resources has begun a combined diamond drilling and reverse circulation (RC) campaign for about 2000 m at its Farellon copper-gold project.
Cap-Ex Ventures has awarded a contract to Sunrise Drilling to drill up to 15,000 m at Cap-Ex’s Redmond and Block 103 properties. Sunrise Drilling has moved the workers and drill rigs to a location at Schefferville and will immediately start the drilling program.
By Joel Scanlon
11 Jul 2011
Braemar Iron Alliance is likely to invest more than $7 billion at a new iron ore project near Broken Hill. As per the company the area between Peterborough in South Australia to Broken Hill is likely to become Australia's next major iron ore province.
By Joel Scanlon
10 Jul 2011
Bradken (ASX: BKN), an Australian mining equipment supplier, saw its shares rise to $8.64 (+4.73%ý) last week after it announced that it had made some acquisitions that would raise earnings by $28 million.
By Joel Scanlon
10 Jul 2011
BMA has applied for a 100% ‘fly in fly out’ workforce with the Queensland state government for the proposed Caval Ridge coal mine located in the Central Highlands of the state. At present the state government has a 70% cap on the mobile work force that a mine can use.
By Joel Scanlon
10 Jul 2011
Montero Mining and Exploration has commenced drilling at the Tumbili Target at Wigu Hill. Tumbili Target is situated on the south east central side of the Wigu Hill in Tanzania. It is a rare earth property which covers an area of 142 square kilometers. It is located 170 kilometers to the south west of the capital city of Dar es Salaam.
By Joel Scanlon
10 Jul 2011
The Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) in West Virginia has denied a petition which asked them to declare Blair Mountain unsuitable for mining. The June 2, 2011 petition was called frivolous by the DEP lawyer under state law.
By Joel Scanlon
10 Jul 2011
Mindoro Resources has announced encouraging results from the drilling program at the Agata South nickel laterite mineralization, having intersected strong iron and nickel grades at surface and broader than the anticipated profiles of saprolite and limonite.
By Joel Scanlon
8 Jul 2011
Match Capital Resources (Match) has completed the summer drilling program at the Indian Lake property. The company has drilled a total of 1,173 m, totaling nine holes.
By Joel Scanlon
8 Jul 2011
Uranium North Resource has discovered several new zones of high-grade gold and silver at the Nowyak property in Nunavut from the information acquired in April 2011.
By Joel Scanlon
8 Jul 2011
Erdene Resource Development has released the preliminary drilling results from its Nomin copper-gold project in south western Mongolia.
Argentex Mining has announced further drilling results from its newly completed 2011 exploration program at the Pinguino project. This project is situated in the Santa Cruz province of Argentina.
By Joel Scanlon
8 Jul 2011
Goldrich Mining has commenced a diamond-core drill campaign at its Chandalar gold property in Alaska. This program will examine several targets having 25 to 30 angle holes, averaging 500 ft, and a few holes up to 750 ft.
Brigus, a gold explorer and producer, operates the Black Fox Complex located in Ontario’s Timmins gold district.
By Joel Scanlon
8 Jul 2011
Manufacturers of a broad spectrum of high-tech products have been feeling the impact of price hikes in rare earth element-based processing materials because of the Chinese embargo in late 2010, according to the report “Rare Earths Elements In High-Tech Industries: Market Analysis And Forecasts Amid China’s Trade Embargo”.