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Ring of Fire Decision Ill-Considered Says Greenstone Mayor

Mayor Renald Beaulieu of Greenstone, the closest municipality to the Ring of Fire mineral find, was underwhelmed by today's announcement from Cliffs Natural Resources to locate the chromite refinery near Sudbury.

10 May 2012

Strike Graphite Encounters Major Graphitic Gneisses at Simon Lake Graphite Property

Exploration company, Strike Graphite has encountered significant graphitic gneisses at its Simon Lake property. At the beginning of the initial drill hole, graphite mineralization was encountered with major intercepts occurring from 10.2 to 23.9 m.

4 May 2012

Canada Fluorspar Reports Assay Results from Director Vein Structure

Canada Fluorspar, a specialty mineral resource company, declared that it has made a significant progress on its trenching program, which is being conducted along the Director Vein’s southern extension. High grade fluorspar mineralization has been demonstrated by current assays.

From Canada Fluorspar Inc. 26 Apr 2012

Asteroid Mining Plans Revealed By Planetary Resources Inc.

Planetary Resources, Inc. announced today its plan to mine Near-Earth Asteroids (NEAs) for raw materials, ranging from water to precious metals.

25 Apr 2012

Glass Earth Gold Announces New Gold Discovery at Garibaldi Project

Glass Earth Gold (GEL) has announced the discovery of new gold at the Garibaldi project, located in Central Otago. This new gold discovery features a quartz vein network, in which bedrock trench and systematic soil samples have encountered gold grade of up to 16.1 g/t.

25 Apr 2012

Canada Fluorspar Provides Update on 2012 Trenching Operations on Director Vein

Canada Fluorspar, a specialty mineral resource company, has provided an update of its reconnaissance operations on the Director Vein, which is situated on the firm’s development properties in St. Lawrence, Newfoundland.

From Canada Fluorspar Inc. 2 Apr 2012

Micrex Development Completes Drill Program on St Charles Magnetite Project

Micrex Development has completed the 14-hole preliminary drilling campaign on its St Charles magnetite project.

29 Mar 2012

New Technique Addresses Environmental and Safety Problems of Mine Tailings Site

A group of Dutch firms has collaborated to develop the Smart Tailings concept, which manages residual rocks obtained during coal, oil or metal extraction.

20 Mar 2012

Integra Mining Discovers New Gold Targets

Integra Mining finds new potential at the Aldiss Gold project. The Australian listed mining company has identified three new gold trends that have the potential of establishing a standalone mining and milling operation at the project.

21 Feb 2012

Micrex Provides Update of Drilling Project at St. Charles Magnetite Deposit in Québec

Micrex Development, a mineral exploration company, declared the progression of the drilling project at its St. Charles magnetite deposit located in Québec. An aeromagnetic survey conducted before revealed a minimum of 30% increase in the deposit’s size.

30 Jan 2012