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Ivanhoe Australia Acquires 80% Interest in Exco JV Tenements

Ivanhoe Australia Limited has announced that it has finalised its acquisition of an 80% interest in 13 Exco Resources Limited tenements in the highly mineralised Cloncurry region.

From Ivanhoe Mines Ltd 13 Oct 2011

Selwyn Receives Approval to Restart ScoZinc Mine

Selwyn Resources Ltd. has announced that Nova Scotia Environment has approved the proposed ScoZinc southwest expansion of the previously mined Main Pit.

11 Oct 2011

Minnesota Delays Mining Leases Decision

The decision to sell leases that would allow mining firms to explore for minerals on private land in north eastern Minnesota was delayed.

9 Oct 2011

Sierra Iron Ore Receives Analytical Results from El Creston Property

Sierra Iron Ore has obtained the analytical sample results from the new scout drill campaign conducted at its El Creston iron property in Mexico.

7 Oct 2011

Peru's President Humala Signs Mining Tax‎ into Law

President Ollanta Humala of Peru has signed three bills that will in effect raise mining taxes in the country. With this signing on Wednesday Humala fulfills a campaign promise to increase royalties on the lucrative mining sector in Peru.

29 Sep 2011

Aquila Resources Reports New Drilling Results from Back Forty Project

Aquila Resources has announced the fresh drilling results from the Back Forty project. HudBay Minerals and Aquila have formed a joint venture for the Back Forty project, wherein now Aquila holds 49% and HudBay holds a 51% of interest in the project.

26 Sep 2011

NQ Exploration Reports Further Drilling Results from Carheil Project

NQ Exploration has announced additional results from the summer drilling at its Carheil project. It has cut the Ag1 zone to 295 m of vertical depth through the fourth drill hole CA2011-021 and validated the mineralized zone potential.

23 Sep 2011

Russia to Help Iran Develop Huge Zinc, Lead and Silver Deposit

Russia is to help Iran develop a zinc deposit. The Mehdiabad zinc and lead deposit is the largest in the world and an agreement has been reached between the two nations to develop the resource. Deposits at the Mehdiabad reserve, near Yazd in central Iran, amount to 394 million tonnes of zinc, lead and silver.

21 Sep 2011

Amseco Exploration Announces Rock Sampling Assays from James Bay Properties

Amseco Exploration has reported the rock sampling assay results from the James Bay properties. The company has encountered below 30.72 g/t gold, < 6.14% copper, < 260 g/t silver, < 8.86% lead and < 3.12% zinc at the Yasinski property, which is situated 70 km to the south of the town of Radisson and < 11.7 g/t gold at Chika.

20 Sep 2011

Beaufield Resources Reports Seven Last Drill Hole Results from Tortigny Deposit

Beaufield Resources has released the results of the final seven drill holes, 1,632 m in total, from the Tortigny deposit in its Troilus property, Québec. It commenced drilling at the deposit in 2010 November and completed it in 2011 June.

19 Sep 2011