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Xstrata Zinc Begins Ore Production at Lady Loretta Mine Before Scheduled Date

Xstrata Zinc announced that it has started ore production, which is well ahead of the actual scheduled date, at the Lady Loretta mine located in Northwest Queensland, Australia. Initial delivery of lead-silver-zinc ore will happen shortly.

26 Sep 2012

Andover Mining Discovers Second New Sulfide System in Sun District

Andover Mining has discovered a new second huge sulfide system, which is rich in copper, gold, lead, silver and zinc, at the SUN District. This district is located in the Ambler Mineral Belt, Northwest Alaska.

25 Sep 2012

Excellon Resources Restarts Exploration Drilling at La Platosa

Excellon Resources declared that the exploration drill program has been resumed at the La Platosa. Currently, three diamond drill rigs are operating at Rincon del Caido, which lies 1.1 km towards the northwestern part of the La Platosa mine.

From Excellon Resources Inc. 20 Sep 2012

Andover Mining Releases 2012 Assay Results from Main SUN Deposit

Andover Mining has declared the assay results from the 2012 drill campaign carried out at the Main SUN deposit located at the the SUN district project in the northwestern Alaska.

23 Aug 2012

Silver Bull Resources Releases Silver Assay Results from Sierra Mojada Project

Silver Bull Resources has reported that it has released the results from the second batch of six holes drilled during the underground campaign carried out at a high-grade silver zone, which is located at the Shallow Silver zone’s east end on the Sierra Mojada project in North Mexico.

22 Aug 2012

Waymar Resources Encounters High-Grade Gold Zone at Anza Property

Waymar Resources, a mineral exploration firm based in Canada, has announced key drilling results from four additional holes drilled at the company’s Anzá property, located in the Republic of Colombia. These holes are drilled as a part of an overall campaign specifically designed to discover and extend high-grade mineralized gold along the Aragón Fault.

14 Aug 2012

McEwen Mining Releases Exploration Results from El Gallo Complex

McEwen Mining has reported the results of the exploration program conducted at the El Gallo Complex in Mexico. The company is continuing the present drill campaign in order to extend the resource in the phase I production region.

10 Aug 2012

Habanero Resources Completes Phase I 2012 Exploration at Lezai Multi-Element Prospect

Habanero Resources, a diversified junior firm, has announced that the phase I 2012 exploration campaign has been completed at the Lezai Multi-Element prospect, which is situated about 100 km towards the northern part of Chibougamau in Quebec.

10 Aug 2012

Victory Resources Provides Details on Current Drilling at Reforma Property

Victory Resources has provided details on the present drilling campaign carried out at the Reforma property. RDH 11 was the latest hole drilled at the La Reforma which returned significant mineralization. This hole intercepted a zone from 198.12 to 207.87 of chalcopyrite, galena and sphalerite in skarn. The company has sent the drill core samples to Mexico-based ALS Chemex for examination.

7 Aug 2012

Horsehead To Expand Zinc Oxide Capacity At Zochem Unit

Horsehead Corporation, a leading U.S. producer of zinc and zinc-based products, and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Horsehead Holding Corp. (Nasdaq:ZINC), today announced that it is in the process of adding additional zinc oxide production capacity at its Zochem, Inc. facility in Brampton, Ontario.

31 Jul 2012