African Metals Corporation (TSX VENTURE:AFR)(FRANKFURT:OWW) has provided an update on exploration activities at its Luisha South Project in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Newfield Exploration Company (NYSE: NFX) today disclosed initial results from its Eagle Ford Shale assessment program. Since mid-2010, the Company has drilled and completed 11 Eagle Ford wells on its 335,000 net acre position in Maverick, Dimmit and Zavala Counties, Texas.
Callinan Mines announces today that the balance of the diamond drill holes completed to date at their Gossan Hill property have been proven by assay to contain gold and silver.
Coral Gold Resources Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:CLH)(OTCBB:CLHRF)(BERLIN:GV8)(FRANKFURT:GV8) has announced results from the final five diamond core holes drilled at Corals Robertson property in Crescent Valley Nevada.
Canadian Orebodies Inc. (TSX VENTURE:CO) has announced drilling will commence immediately on the Tebishogeshik showing on its Zigzag Lithium/Rare Metals property under option from Ultra Lithium Inc. (TSX VENTURE:ULI).
Allana Potash Corp. (TSX VENTURE:AAA) has announced that drill hole DK-10-07, located in the northern section of Allana's property, intersected two significant zones of potash mineralization including the highest grade intersection to date.
Adroit Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE:ADT)(FRANKFURT:A7V)(BERLIN:A7V) - Management has reported that field work resumed in November 2010 on its wholly owned antimony permits in Grosseto Province, Italy.
Zimbabwe officials are now being questioned by non-government organizations that are involved in the Kimberly Process Certification Scheme.
By Joel Scanlon
10 Jan 2011
Xstrata owned Blakesfield mine in New South Wales shut down operations following a fire. There were 50 employees working in the mine when the fire erupted but they were all evacuated safely from the mine as per the spokesman for Xstrata, James Rickards.
By Joel Scanlon
10 Jan 2011
Newcrest Mining is being sued by a member of parliament over its Hidden Valley gold project in Papua New Guinea. The barely three month old mine has seen legal action being filed against it over flood damage to crops being grown in the region.
Canadian company Magnetation Inc. will team up with Cargill Inc to boost its iron ore production from 150,000 metric tons per year to 450,000 metric tons. The exact details of the deal were not revealed by the two companies but Cargill will help Magnetation to take its proprietary separation technology global.
By Joel Scanlon
10 Jan 2011
China Yunnan Copper Australia Ltd has discovered a significant rare earth deposit in northwest Queensland, Australia.
By Joel Scanlon
10 Jan 2011
A bid of $8 billion is expected from Xstrata for Drummond’s Colombian thermal coal arm. The Anglo Swiss mining giant is interested in the company which is the second largest coal mining company of Colombia. It is owned by a family business based in Alabama.
By Joel Scanlon
10 Jan 2011
10 million tons of coal from Mozambique will be imported by Coal India over the next five years as per the director Narinder Khurana. Coal India is the world’s largest coal producer and it has began to explore for coal in the north western part of Mozambique in June.
By Joel Scanlon
10 Jan 2011
Lumina Copper Corp. (TSX VENTURE:LCC) has announced the results of three of the first four holes drilled as part of its 2010 drilling program at its 100% owned Taca Taca copper/molybdenum/gold deposit located in Salta province, Argentina.