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Rambler Metals and Mining Provides Resource Update for Footwall Zone at Ming Mine

Rambler Metals and Mining plc (TSX VENTURE:RAB)(AIM:RMM) has provided a resource update for the Lower and Upper Footwall Zones (LFZ and UFZ) at the Ming Copper-Gold Mine.

3 Mar 2011

Everton Resources, Brigus Gold Announce Latest Drilling Results from La Lechoza VMS Prospect

Everton Resources Inc., (TSX VENTURE:EVR)(FRANKFURT:ERV) and its partner Brigus Gold Corp. (TSX:BRD)(NYSE Amex:BRD) has announced the latest results received from the core drilling program currently underway at the La Lechoza VMS Prospect on the Ampliación Pueblo Viejo property, located adjacent to the Pueblo Viejo gold deposit, in Central Dominican Republic.

From Everton Resources Inc. 3 Mar 2011

Alturas Minerals Options to Acquire La Corina Copper-Gold Project in Chile

Alturas Minerals Corp. (TSX VENTURE:BVL)(BVLAC:ALT) has reported that it has entered into an amendment to the purchase agreement with the vendors of the La Corina property originally signed on April 28, 2010, pursuant to which the Company has the option to acquire a 100% interest in the La Corina copper-gold project, located 70 kilometers northeast of La Serena in Region IV of northern Chile.

3 Mar 2011

Miners Bring Economic Boom to Western Australia

Western Australian finances have gone from a deficit to an opening surplus of $1.1 billion piggybacking on the higher royalties for iron ore this year. The strong earnings from the mining sector have shown the surplus for the first six months of the 2010-11 financial year.

From BHP Billiton Plc 2 Mar 2011

Papua New Guinea Approves World’s First Deep Sea Mine

The government of Papua New Guinea has decided to go ahead with the world's first deep sea mine despite protests from local advocacy groups. The company Nautilus Minerals has been granted a licence in January this year to extract gold and copper from the sea floor.

2 Mar 2011

Australia's to Earn $215 Billion from Mineral and Energy Exports Next Financial Year

In the next financial year Australia will earn $251 billion from commodity exports as per the forecasts from the federal government. With the mining boom looking good for another decade and the prices for farm goods like wheat, cotton and sugar rising the export earnings for the country will most likely rise by 9% compared to the last financial year.

2 Mar 2011

Exeter Resource Signs Option Agreement with Xstrata Copper to Acquire Sideral Project in Chile

Exeter Resource Corporation (TSX:XRC) (NYSE Amex:XRA) (FRANKFURT:EXB) has announced that it has entered into an option agreement with Xstrata Copper to acquire 100% of the Sideral project adjacent to its Caspiche gold-copper porphyry property in the Maricunga gold district of Chile.

2 Mar 2011

Rockcliff Resources Continues to Intersect High-Grade Mineralization at Tower Property

Rockcliff Resources Inc. (RCR: TSXV) has announced that an ongoing winter drill program on the Tower Property located in central Manitoba continues to intersect significant high grade copper-gold-zinc-silver mineralization within the Tower VMS Zone.

2 Mar 2011

Gold Bullion Development Commences Drilling at Castle Silver Mine Property

Gold Bullion Development Corp. (TSXV:GBB) (OTCPINK:GBBFF) announces that it has initiated a drill program on its Castle Silver Mine property.

2 Mar 2011

South Africa Extends Ban on New Mining Permits

The South African ban on new mining permits may last longer than the originally planned six months. The Department of Mineral Resources had put a moratorium on new prospecting rights applications to deal with the existing applications and sort out current disputes.

1 Mar 2011