The Parkes Shire Council said that it was happy with the announcement of an elected New South Wales Coalition government committing to a policy of returning financial resources to the mining affected regions. This would translate into thousands of dollars over the next four years in terms of infrastructure projects.
By Joel Scanlon
6 Mar 2011
In a report published by the Fraser Institute, British Columbia is placed at the 39th on international mining jurisdictions. Only Nunavut and Northwest Territories ranked below B.C.
By Joel Scanlon
6 Mar 2011
Australia is near the top of the global mining merger and acquisition deals that took place last year as per a PricewaterhouseCoopers report. It is second only to Canada in the number of transactions that it made in the mining industry as a number of Australian firms tried to benefit from the surging minerals market.
By Joel Scanlon
6 Mar 2011
NW Tech Capital Inc. (PINK SHEETS:NWTT) subsidiary Canada Corp. announced today that it's looking into expanding its exploration portfolio with a potential new deal.
Cap-Ex Ventures Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:CEV) has announced that it has received regulatory approval to close its purchase and sale and royalty agreement between the Company and Mandu Resources Ltd., Bedford Resources Partners Inc. and 743584 Ontario Inc. to acquire a 100% interest in the Schefferville Properties, comprised of Block 103, Block 44 and Lac Connelly covering a combined area of 9,050 hectares in the Labrador Trough.
Fire River Gold Corp. (TSX.V: FAU; OTCQX: FVGCF; FSE: FWR) has presented a corporate update for the Nixon Fork Gold Mine Project and to announce a non-brokered private placement.
Guyana Frontier Mining Corp. has entered into a definitive private placement and property rights agreement with Teck Resources Limited of Vancouver, B.C., pursuant to which Teck has purchased 7,000,000 units of Guyana Frontier, each a "Unit", at a price of $0.35 per Unit for total gross proceeds to Guyana Frontier of $2,450,000, and Guyana Frontier has granted Teck certain rights in respect of its exploration properties located in Guyana, South America.
Labrador Iron Mines Holdings Limited (TSX:LIM) has reported a new resource estimate for its Denault deposit, located in Quebec, about 6 km northwest of the town of Schefferville.
Quad Energy Corp. (Pink Sheets: CDID) has announced it has received information on an estimate of the PUD reserves on the Cave Pool Unit.
Argus Metals Corp. (TSX VENTURE:AML) releases a new Transient electromagnetic survey ("TEM") geophysical model of the "Sulphide Feeder Zone" on the Hyland Gold Project, Selwyn Basin, Yukon Territory.
George Pirie, CEO of San Gold Corporation (TSX:SGR) (OTCQX: SGRCF), has reported on preliminary mine development and bulk sampling within the 007 and 007 East Zones from 250 meters (820 ft) below surface.
Southern Arc Minerals Inc. (TSX VENTURE:SA) has provided an update to its shareholders on the activities of Nickel Oil & Gas Corp., a private company, owned as to 37.59% by Southern Arc.
Strait Gold Corporation (TSX VENTURE:SRD) has reported that it has initiated the permitting process for an expanded 2011 drilling program at its Alicia copper-gold project in Peru.
Strateco Resources Inc. (TSX:RSC)(FRANKFURT:RF9)(OTCBB:SRSIF) has announced the results for the first four holes drilled in 2011 at Matoush.
NuLegacy Gold Corporation (TSX VENTURE:NUG) announces that it has increased the size of the non-brokered private placement announced on February 22, 2011.