Southwest Oregon gold miner Clifford R. Tracy has been charged for a second time with illegal mining. The 39 year old man was found to have a mining operation near a sensitive salmon stream along Galice Creek near Grants Pass.
By Joel Scanlon
26 Jun 2011
Despite making controversial comments in a speech in the United States Lord Monckton is still welcome at the Association of Mining and Exploration Companies conference in Perth this week. In his speech at a conference in Los Angeles he indicated that the Australian climate change adviser was a Nazi.
By Joel Scanlon
26 Jun 2011
Wolverine Minerals has begun the 2011 exploration program at its properties in the Finlayson District, eastern Yukon. The company includes a total of 10 properties in the Finlayson region.
By Joel Scanlon
24 Jun 2011
Peregrine Diamonds has discovered three new kimberlites, CH-56, CH-57 and CH-58 at the Chidliak project through drilling.
By Joel Scanlon
24 Jun 2011
Northern Tiger Resources has updated its proposed $7.2 M Yukon exploration programs. The 2011 exploration programs are planned to pursue the fine gold drill discoveries that were made in 2010 at both the Sonora Gulch and 3Ace projects.
By Joel Scanlon
24 Jun 2011
Metals Creek Resources has staked 100 claim units at the Yellow Fox property in the Mount Peyton Intrusive suite in east-central Newfoundland.
By Joel Scanlon
24 Jun 2011
Mill City Gold has completed the phase I exploration at the Black, Ham, Hobo and Ross properties, which are situated in the Tombstone gold belt that lies between the previous Ryan Gold's Ida-Oro property and Brewery Creek gold mine.
By Joel Scanlon
24 Jun 2011
Cabo Drilling has secured a drilling contract from MAN Alaska to drill at least 3,800 m in South Central Alaska. The project will be directed by Pure Nickel’s subsidiary, Nevada Star Resource.
By Joel Scanlon
24 Jun 2011
Members of the Kimberely Process are having a tough time with Zimbabwe. The ban on sales from Zimbabwe’s Marange diamond field has brought a major crisis to the global diamond monitoring group. Now exports from the Marange field have been allowed by the Kimberly members but there are divided opinions on how to monitor the overseas sales.
By Joel Scanlon
23 Jun 2011
Capella Resources has identified a new copper/gold porphyry target on its property in Peru. The airborne magnetic geophysical survey on the El Rojo and Habanero properties located in southern Peru was conducted by Geotech Ltd from Aurora in Ontario.
By Joel Scanlon
23 Jun 2011
Vale of Brazil, the second-largest mining company in the world, sent an iron ore ship heading for China to Italy to supply Ilva instead of going to Dalian in China. The company said that there was no political or technical problem but the re-routing was undertaken to finalize talks on future port deals in China.
Huguette Clark, the copper mining heiress and daughter of ex-US Senator William A Clark, has left her considerable fortune to art.
By Joel Scanlon
23 Jun 2011
Uranium North Resource has begun the drilling program at its Amer Lake project in Nunavut. This drilling program is planned to examine the strike of the Main Zone deposit for further uranium mineralization so as to increase the current 19.3 million pound uranium resource.
By Joel Scanlon
23 Jun 2011
Petrolympic has reached a 3,980 ft target depth (TD) by drilling its appraisal well 80-2v at the Chittim Ranch property.
By Joel Scanlon
23 Jun 2011
Eagle Plains Resources has signed an agreement with Ecomax Energy Services, through which Ecomax can earn a 60% interest in the Acacia property.
By Joel Scanlon
23 Jun 2011