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Highpointe Exploration Announces Drilling at Tasco Property

Highpointe Exploration has planned to continue the suggested exploration at its Tasco property.

27 Jun 2011

Africo Resources Re-Begins Drilling at Kalukundi Project

Africo Resources has restarted the drilling program at its Kalukundi property in the Katanga Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

27 Jun 2011

Capella Resources Identifies New Copper/Gold Targets in Peru

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.

23 Jun 2011

Eagle Plains Resources Signs Agreement with Ecomax Energy Services for Acacia Property

Eagle Plains Resources has signed an agreement with Ecomax Energy Services, through which Ecomax can earn a 60% interest in the Acacia property.

23 Jun 2011

Rio Tinto Increases Stake in Ivanhoe to 46.5%

Rio Tinto has increased its stake in Ivanhoe to 55.1 million shares making it the owner of 46.5% of the company.

From Rio Tinto plc 22 Jun 2011

Empire Mining Reports Further Assay Results from Bursa Project

Empire Mining has received further assay results from the drill holes DTH-009, DTH-010, and DTH-018 at the Demirtepe target. This target is on the Bursa copper-gold-silver-molybdenum project in Turkey.

22 Jun 2011

Capstone Mining Reports High Grade Copper at Cozamin Mine Mexico

Capstone Mining has reported high grades of copper at its Cozamin Mine in Zacatecas, Mexico. The measured and indicated resources are being estimated at 1.45 million tonnes with 2.32% copper, 0.17% zinc and 36.6 g/t silver for 74.2 million pounds of contained copper.

From Capstone Copper Crop. 21 Jun 2011

Mining Boom Not All Good for Australia

The mining boom has brought prosperity to Australia but just to a select few parts. A fact shown by the annual State of the Regions report that claims that most of the country is missing out in the benefits of the profitable mining industry.

20 Jun 2011

Centurion Minerals Secures Diamond Rigs to Conduct Drilling at Badak Property

Centurion Minerals has got two diamond drill rigs to examine several priority targets, which was discovered by the Company at its epithermal gold and porphyry gold- copper prospects in Indonesia.

20 Jun 2011

Mining Industry Finds Fault with Queensland's Plan to Protect Land for Farming

The Queensland government’s plan to save large parts of land for farming is unacceptable to the mining industry. A study which was commissioned by the Queensland Resources Council based on scientific and peer review evidence found that the criteria for the government’s strategic cropping land policy were not clearly defined.

19 Jun 2011