Mining News

RSS

Sidon International Resources to Begin Drilling at MEG Property in Tanzania

Sidon International Resources Corp. (TSX VENTURE:SD)(FRANKFURT:SY7)(PINK SHEETS:SIDNF) reports that its operating consultant AFGF Ltd. has signed a contract with Simba Drilling Company Ltd. of Tanzania to initiate a drilling program on the company's MEG Property southeast of Morogoro in east central Tanzania.

30 Nov 2010

Volta Resources Receives First Drilling Results from Kiaka Gold Project in Burkina Faso

Volta Resources Inc. (TSX: VTR) announced today the first drill results from its new, on-going, drilling program comprising more than 250 holes for approximately 50,000 meters in the Central Area at its Kiaka Gold Project in Burkina Faso.

30 Nov 2010

MDN Acquires Options to Purchase Nikonga Gold Property in Tanzania

MDN Inc. (TSX:MDN) has announced that it has the option to acquire the 50.71 km2 Nikonga property, located 40 km southeast of the Tulawaka mine, in Tanzania.

30 Nov 2010

Belo Sun Mining Reports Additional Drilling Results from Volta Grande Gold Project, Brazil

Belo Sun Mining Corp. (TSX VENTURE:BSX) has announced the results of three additional drill holes from the diamond drilling program at its Volta Grande Gold Project located in Para State, Brazil.

30 Nov 2010

Alexis Minerals Encounters Potential Gold Discovery at Snow Lake Mine in Manitoba

ALEXIS MINERALS CORPORATION (TSX:AMC)(OTCQX:AXSMF) has reported additional encouraging results from its gold exploration drilling program at its Snow Lake Mine in Manitoba.

30 Nov 2010

Firestone Ventures Signs Agreement with Kinross Gold to Buy Black Mountain Property

Firestone Ventures Inc. (TSX VENTURE:FV)(FRANKFURT:F5V) has announced that it has signed a formal Purchase Agreement with Kinross Gold Corp. to earn a 100% interest in the 1,240-acre (502-hectare) Black Mountain zinc-lead-silver property located 29 km northeast of Wells, Nevada, U.S.A.

From Firestone Ventures Inc. 30 Nov 2010

Afri-Can Marine Minerals Receives Assay Results from Haib Copper Project, Namibia

Afri-Can Marine Minerals Corporation (TSX VENTURE:AFA), reports assay results from the recently completed nine-hole drilling program totaling 5,000 metres carried out by Teck Namibia Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Teck Resources Limited, on the Haib copper project.

30 Nov 2010

Bison Gold Resources to Begin 5,000 Metre Drilling at Central Manitoba Property

Bison Gold Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE:BGE) has announced that a drill has been mobilized to the Central Manitoba Property to undertake a minimum 5,000 metre drilling program.

30 Nov 2010

Avrupa Minerals Begins Drilling at Marateca Copper-Zinc Project in Portugal

Avrupa Minerals Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:AVU) has announced that drilling has started at the Marateca Cu-Zn project in the northernmost extension of the Iberian Pyrite Belt in Portugal.

30 Nov 2010

Fire Burning at Pike River Coal Mine

29 people died at the Pike River coal mine in New Zealand after an underground explosion causes a fire to rage through the mine. The rescue efforts after the explosion were stalled due to the presence of inflammable and toxic gases. With a fourth explosion at the mine this week the coal fire was made visible above ground through a ventilation shaft.

From New Zealand Oil & Gas Ltd. 29 Nov 2010

Fortescue Metals Looks at Queensland Coal

The Fortescue Metals Group is looking to diversify into coal in Queensland. The third largest iron ore producer in Australia is owned by Mr Andrew Forrest, who along with mining magnates Clive Palmer and Gina Rinehart, is looking to develop new projects in the state.

From Hancock Prospecting Pty Ltd. 29 Nov 2010

Mindoro Resources Uses Net Proceedings from Offerings to Advance Feasibility Studies at Agata Project

Mindoro Resources Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:MIO) (FRANKFURT:WKN 906167) today announced that it has closed the prospectus offering in Australia, oversubscribed, having raised A$8,000,000 from the sale of 40 million CHESS Depository Interests issued at a price of A$0.20 each.

From Mindoro Resources Ltd. 29 Nov 2010

Astral Mining Decides Not to Exercise Option on Jumping Josephine Property

Astral Mining Corporation (TSX VENTURE:AA)(TSX VENTURE:AA.WT)(PINK SHEETS:AAMJF)(FRANKFURT:A7DA) announces that it has elected not to exercise its option to earn a 100% interest in the Jumping Josephine Property from Kootenay Gold Inc.

29 Nov 2010

Uranium One Closes Initial Transaction with JSC Atomredmetzoloto

Uranium One Inc. has announced that it has completed the initial closing of its transaction with JSC Atomredmetzoloto, comprising the issuance of 178,127,165 new common shares of Uranium One to ARMZ in return for US$610 million in cash.

From Uranium One Inc. 29 Nov 2010

Novadx Ventures, MCoal Sign Coal Production Payment Agreement with Sandstorm Metals And Energy

Novadx Ventures Corp. (TSX VENTURE:NDX) has announced that it, together with its wholly owned subsidiary, MCoal Corporation, has entered into a Coal Production Payment Agreement and an Additional Coal Purchase Agreement with Sandstorm Metals and Energy Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:SND) to sell a production interest in three coal streams in return for a US$38 million advance payment and subsequent additional payments to be received on shipment of coal.

29 Nov 2010

Mining News

Sidon International Resources to Begin Drilling at MEG Property in Tanzania

Volta Resources Receives First Drilling Results from Kiaka Gold Project in Burkina Faso

MDN Acquires Options to Purchase Nikonga Gold Property in Tanzania

Belo Sun Mining Reports Additional Drilling Results from Volta Grande Gold Project, Brazil

Alexis Minerals Encounters Potential Gold Discovery at Snow Lake Mine in Manitoba

Firestone Ventures Signs Agreement with Kinross Gold to Buy Black Mountain Property

Afri-Can Marine Minerals Receives Assay Results from Haib Copper Project, Namibia

Bison Gold Resources to Begin 5,000 Metre Drilling at Central Manitoba Property

Avrupa Minerals Begins Drilling at Marateca Copper-Zinc Project in Portugal

Fire Burning at Pike River Coal Mine

Fortescue Metals Looks at Queensland Coal

Mindoro Resources Uses Net Proceedings from Offerings to Advance Feasibility Studies at Agata Project

Astral Mining Decides Not to Exercise Option on Jumping Josephine Property

Uranium One Closes Initial Transaction with JSC Atomredmetzoloto

Novadx Ventures, MCoal Sign Coal Production Payment Agreement with Sandstorm Metals And Energy

News Categories

Scientific Review Exposes Critical Risks in Deep-Sea Mining Proposals

New Study Reveals How Geometallurgy is Reshaping Sustainable Gold Mining

Deep Sea Conservation Coalition Responds to Trump Administration’s Push for Fast-Tracked Deep-Sea Mining

American Pacific Commences Drill Program at the Madison Copper-Gold Project in Montana

Breakthrough Research Reveals Drivers of Rock Breakage in Cave Mining

Why the Yushenfu Mining Area's Geology Demands New Crack Prediction Approach

Elescan™ XRF-100 Elemental Slurry Analyzer

Thermo Scientific™ ARL™ X900 Simultaneous/Sequential XRF Spectrometer

Bettersizer 2600 - Wet or Dry Particle Size Analyzer

Most Read Articles

Major Problems with Traditional Lithium Mining and How to Fix Them

Can AI Help Reduce the Environmental Impact of Deep-Sea Mining?

An Overview of the Most Recent Mining Laws and Regulations

An Overview of Logistics and Supply Chain Management in Mining

What is Condition Monitoring in Mining?

Health and Safety in Mining: Key Practices and Technologies

Sponsored Content

Composite Support for Mining

Optimizing Mining of Manganese-Iron with Handheld XRF

How to Classify Minerals Using Machine Learning

Mining News

News Categories

Maximizing Productivity in Mining Using Handheld X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometry

Navigating the Future of Mining: Safety Challenges and Technological Innovations in the Era of Automation

The Importance of Technology and Sustainability in Mining

Most Read Articles

Sponsored Content