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Blue River Resources Drills at Castle Copper Project

Blue River Resources has started the diamond drill campaign at its Castle copper project, which is situated 25 km to the northern side of the Copper Mountain open pit copper mine and 12 km to the northern part of the Princeton town in BC.

16 Sep 2011

Minsud Resources Announces Phase I Drilling Results from Brechas Vacas Property

Minsud Resources has proclaimed phase I drill campaign results from the Brechas Vacas property, located in Chita Valley Project, Argentina.

16 Sep 2011

Cresval Capital Announces Phase I Drilling at Bridge River Project

Cresval Capital, a junior explorer of copper, gold and precious metals, has completed the mobilization at its Bridge River project to conduct the phase I drilling campaign.

14 Sep 2011

Discovery Ventures Continues Sampling and Mapping Work at La Sarita Project

Discovery Ventures has announced that its field team is currently ongoing with grid soil sampling and geological mapping work at its La Sarita project, located in Sonora Mexico.

14 Sep 2011

Copper Demand to Explode Over Next Ten Years Says Rio Exec

According to global mining giant Rio Tinto, the global demand for refined copper is going to soar over the next decade. The demand for copper by 2020 will rise by close to 40% to 27 million tonnes as per the country director of Rio Tinto in Mongolia, Cameron McRae.

From Rio Tinto plc 12 Sep 2011

New Report Looks at Australia's Mining Boom

Is the mining industry really the big boon for the Australian economy that it is made out to be? A new report from The Australia Institute questions this. The author of the report and economist Richard Dennis said that the political clout of the mining industry was way out of proportion with its economic reality.

12 Sep 2011

Orestone Mining Announces IP Survey Results from Captain Project

Orestone Mining has reported the resistivity or induced polarization (IP) survey results from the Captain Porphyry project, containing gold and copper mineralization, situated about 30 km to the southern portion of the Mt. Milligan deposit and to the northern part of Fort St. James in BC.

9 Sep 2011