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West Kirkland to Initiate Exploration and Prefeasibility Study at Nevada Hasbrouck Project

West Kirkland Mining Inc. ("West Kirkland, WKM" or the "Company") announces today that it has completed a thorough project plan on its recently acquired Hasbrouck and Three Hills properties (the "Hasbrouck Project") and will immediately start exploration and initiate a prefeasibility study (the "Prefeasibility Study").

5 Jun 2014

New Jersey Mining Updates Exploration Activities at McKinley Mine

New Jersey Mining Company today announced that its first completed drill hole from the underground workings of the historic McKinley Mine has intercepted additional high-grade gold.

4 Jun 2014

Affinity Gold Inks Deal to Acquire Stake in Alicanto Mining's Rionegro Project

Affinity Gold Corp. is pleased to announce that pursuant to the strategic joint venture with private Canadian junior Alicanto Mining Corp., announced on May 7, 2014, it has entered into an agreement for the acquisition of a 49% interest, with the possibility to acquire up to a 75% interest, in Alicanto's Rionegro project located in Santander, Colombia.

4 Jun 2014

Red Eagle Mining Enters Purchase Agreement with AngloGold Ashanti Colombia

Red Eagle Mining Corporation is pleased to announce that it has entered into a Purchase Agreement with AngloGold Ashanti Colombia S.A., pursuant to which Red Eagle Mining has agreed to acquire 100% of certain contiguous mineral exploration rights totaling 1,673 hectares within Red Eagle Mining's Santa Rosa Gold Project in Antioquia, Colombia.

4 Jun 2014

Graphite-Rich Zones Exposed in Trenches at Cavan’s Buckingham Graphite Property

CAVAN VENTURES INC. is pleased to announce it has exposed graphite-rich zones as a result of trenching on its 100%-owned Buckingham graphite property, located adjacent to the historic Walker Graphite Mine in Buckingham Township, Quebec.

From Vertical Exploration Inc. 4 Jun 2014

Drill Program Commences on Superior Copper Project

Superior Copper Corporation is pleased to announce the commencement of a 25,000 meter diamond drill program on its 100% owned Superior Copper Project, located 85 kilometers north of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.

4 Jun 2014

Athena Silver Purchases 160 Acres of Land in Calico Mining District

Athena Silver Corporation is pleased to announce the purchase of 160 acres of land, located in the Calico Mining District, San Bernardino County, California.

3 Jun 2014

South Africa's Department of Mineral Resources Approves Ivanhoe’s Mining Right for Platreef Project

Robert Friedland, Executive Chairman, and Lars-Eric Johansson, Chief Executive Officer of Ivanhoe Mines, announced today that the South African government's Department of Mineral Resources has approved Ivanhoe's application for a long-term mining right covering the development of platinum-group elements, nickel, copper and gold resources at the company's Platreef Project on the Northern Limb of the Bushveld Igneous Complex in South Africa's Limpopo Province.

From Ivanhoe Mines Ltd 2 Jun 2014

Santa Fe Metals Announces Drill Hole SU14-09 Reaches Completion Depth of 735m

Santa Fe Metals Corporation ("SFM" or the "Company") announces that drill hole SU14-09 has reached a completion depth of 735-m. The project team has determined that the large-scale East Target gravity mass is unlikely to be found on the drill hole's current trajectory and observed geology.

2 Jun 2014

Coffey Contracted to Complete NI 43-101 Compliant Resource Estimate of Columbus Gold's Montagne d'Or Gold Deposit

Columbus Gold Corporation ("Columbus Gold") reports the signing of a contract with Coffey Mining Pty Ltd ("Coffey") to complete a new NI 43-101 compliant resource estimate of Columbus Gold's Montagne d'Or gold deposit, as a result of reservations expressed by SRK Consulting (U.S.), Inc. ("SRK"), and supported by Mine Development Associates, respecting certain methodologies previously employed by Coffey in their NI 43-101-compliant 2012 technical report on Montagne d'Or (see May 5th, 2014 press release).

2 Jun 2014