News On The Ground
Northern Lion Initiates Republic of Cyprus Drill Program
Northern Lion Gold Corp. (TSX VENTURE:NL)(FRANKFURT:N3E) announces the start of a rotary drill program in the Republic of Cyprus, where the Company currently holds 19 permits over 70 km2. Continue…
Endeavour Silver Discovers High Grade Silver-Gold Mineralization in Mexico
Endeavour Silver Corp. (TSX:EDR)(NYSE:EXK)(FRANKFURT:EJD) announces that exploration drilling at the San Sebastian property in Jalisco State, Mexico has discovered a new high grade silver-gold mineralized zone in the Terronera vein. Continue…
Update – From The Grandich Letter
U.S. Stock Market – I’m neither a major bull nor bear but believe by this time next year, I would want to be virtually out of all non-metals related U.S. equities. Continue…
Northern Vertex Continues to Expand Western Ext. of Moss Gold-Silver Project
Northern Vertex Mining Corp. (TSX.V:NEE) (OTCQX:NHVCF) announce results from core holes 18 through 23 as part of its Phase II, 20,000 foot (6500 metres) infill drill and resource expansion program to test the western extension of the Moss Gold-Silver Project's stockwork vein system in Mohave County, Northwestern Arizona. Continue…
Tanzanian Royalty Reports New Drill Results from the Buckreef Project Confirm Wider Mineralization At Depth With 34 metres @ 2.44g/t Au including 3 metres @ 7.1 g/t Au
Tanzanian Royalty Exploration Corporation report that new assay results from its 2012 ongoing diamond drilling program at the Buckreef Gold Project in Tanzania, have been received and confirming continuity of the wide, higher-grade gold mineralized zones at depth. Continue…
The best of mining at CIM Award Gala
The CIM Awards Gala took place the evening of Monday, May 7, at the Shaw Conference Centre in Edmonton, Alberta. Continue…
The Oreninc Canadian Resource Financing Index
Oreninc publishes the Canadian Resource Financing Index, a weekly numerical index that provides a sense of market depth. Continue…
Forum Uranium Corp.: Drilling Discovers Basement-Hosted Uranium on the NW Athabasca Property, Saskatchewan
Forum Uranium Corp. (TSX VENTURE:FDC) and Mega Uranium Ltd. (TSX:MGA) announce the discovery of a new uranium mineralized zone on the Opie target on the NW Athabasca Property. Continue…
Zenyatta Ventures; Drilling Yields Wide Zone of Graphite Mineralization; Hole #3 Intersects 132 Metres @ 3.8% Graphite on Albany GRAPHITE Deposit in Ontario
Zenyatta Ventures Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:ZEN) announce the following significant graphite results from the first two (2) holes of the current drill campaign on the Albany Graphite Deposit. Continue…
Orex Drills 107.75 Metres Grading 1.02 g/t Gold, including 57.4 Metres Grading 1.38 g/t Gold at Barsele
Orex Minerals Inc. (TSX VENTURE:REX) announce the results from diamond drill Hole 5 and Hole 6 within the Central Zone of our Barsele Project. Continue…
Mobilizing Our Future – Plenary Sets CIM’s 29th Annual Convention on the Right Track
Sustainability, local consultation and cooperation were discussed at yesterday’s engaging and informative opening plenary session entitled “Our past and future seasons – the way we were, the way we want to be,” at the 29th CIM Convention. Continue…
Richmont Intercepts 6.40 g/t Au Over 52.8 Metres in Wasamac Main Zone, and Announces Five Focus Areas to Improve Project Economics
Richmont Mines Inc. (TSX:RIC)(NYSE Amex:RIC), announce results from more than 10,000 metres of drilling on its Wasamac property and 4,000 metres on the adjacent Globex option. Continue…
Anglo Swiss Expands Potential at the Kenville Gold Project in BC
Anglo Swiss Resources Inc. (ASW:TSX-V, ASWRF: PK) announce the discovery of a potentially new gold mineralized structure and continued south expansion of high-grade gold veins at the Kenville gold project in southeastern BC. See drill hole results table below and attached maps at bottom. Continue…
Grand Opening Welcomes Mining Executives to Edmonton
The sound of Japanese drumming heralded the opening of the 29th edition of the CIM Conference & Exhibition held this year in Edmonton. SMS Equipment president Bruce Knight acted as master of ceremonies. Continue…
New Millennium Announces Positive Results from the Dso Gravity Anomalies Survey That Supports Potential for Expansion of DSO Resources
New Millennium Iron Corp. (TSX:NML) announced the results of the ground gravity survey conducted near the vicinity of the Timmins DSO concentrator plant area by Tata Steel Minerals Canada, a joint venture between NML and Tata Steel. Continue…
SilverCrest Reports 127.4m @ 65.6 gpt Ag Eq(i) at La Joya Expands Main Mineralized Trend to Northeast and Southwest
SilverCrest Mines Inc. (TSX VENTURE:SVL)(OTCQX:STVZF)(PINKSHEETS:STVZF) announce the results of a further 16 holes of the Phase II drill program currently underway at its La Joya Property in Durango, Mexico. Continue…
Golden Hope Intersects 25 metres of 2.06 g/t Gold and 8 metres of 2.26 g/t Gold Near Surface at Bellechasse-Timmins, Quebec.
Golden Hope Mines Limited (TSX VENTURE: GNH) (Pink Sheets: GOLHF) - Golden Hope Mines Limited is pleased to announce significant drill results from its recently completed Winter 2012 drill program at the Bellechasse-Timmins Gold Deposit in southeastern Quebec. Continue…
Almaden Hits 29.45 Meters of 3.21 g/t Gold and 136.3 g/t Silver (5.9 g/t AuEq) on Main Ixtaca Zone
Almaden Minerals Ltd. (TSX:AMM)(NYSE Amex:AAU announce further results from the on-going 4 drill exploration program on the Company's 100% owned Tuligtic project, Mexico with holes TU-12-96, TU-12-98 and TU-12-106 to 125. Continue…
Kobex Announces 2012 Mel Exploration Program and Files Quarterly Financial Results
Kobex Minerals Inc. (TSX VENTURE:KXM)(NYSE Amex:KXM) announce its intention to carry out a drilling and soil geochemical sampling program on its 100% owned Yukon Territory Mel Zinc-Lead- Barite property during the 2012 exploration field season. Continue…
Golden Minerals Provides Update of First Quarter Production and Full Year Guidance for Velardena Operations
Golden Minerals Company (NYSE Amex: AUMN) (TSX: AUM) provided an update of first quarter 2012 production at the Velardena Operations along with updated production guidance for full year 2012. Continue…
Torex Announces Measured and Indicated Resource of 4.8 Million Ounces of Gold at Morelos
Torex Gold Resources Inc. (TSX:TXG) announce an updated National Instrument ("NI") 43-101 compliant measured and indicated mineral resource estimate ("M & I") of 4.8 million ounces of gold at its 100% owned Morelos Gold Project in Mexico. Continue…
Uranium North Provides Updated Amer Lake Uranium Resource Calculation
Uranium North Resource Corp. (TSX VENTURE:UNR) announces that it has increased the inferred uranium resource on the Company's 100% owned Amer Lake property in Nunavut from 19.3 million pounds to 20.9 million pounds U3O8.Continue…
Lions Gate Metals Confirms Increased Grade at Poplar Silver Zone/ Added-Value in 34 Target Areas
Lions Gate Metals Inc. (TSX VENTURE:LGM) announce that, as part of the Company's ongoing Quality Assurance/Quality Control Program, a three metre sample of Hole 11-PC-113 was re-assayed, returning a 53% increase in silver grade over the entire 75.15 metre length of the hole. Continue…
Advanced Explorations Inc. to Commission Extensive Hyperspectral Survey for Anik Project
Advanced Explorations Inc. (TSX VENTURE:AXI)(FRANKFURT:AE6) announced that it has finalized plans to complete an extensive Airborne Hyperspectral Imaging survey on its Anik Nickel-Copper Project located on the western Melville Peninsula in Nunavut this July. Continue…
Argentium Resources Samples up to 7,621 g/t Silver from Sill Lake
Argentium Resources Inc. (CNSX: AOK, OTC:AGTMF) report the results of sampling from its 100%-owned Sill Lake silver/lead property located near Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. Continue…
Black Iron Continues to Report Infill Drill Holes With Iron Grades Exceeding 30% at Shymanivske
Assay Results From Three Additional Infill Drill Holes at Shymanivske Continue to Confirm Iron Content and Band Lengths in the Mineral Resource. Continue…
Orsa Discovers Significant Alteration Zone With Gold Values at Coal Canyon Property, Leases Sections From New Nevada Resources
Orsa Ventures Corp. (TSX VENTURE:ORN) announced that the Company has received encouraging results from a recent road building, trenching and sampling program at its Coal Canyon Property in Pershing County, Nevada. Continue…
Trevali encounters wider than expected mineralization at Halfmile Mine in New Brunswick
Trevali Mining Corporation (TSX: TV; BVL: TV; OTCQX: TREVF; Frankfurt: 4TI) is very encouraged by the results of initial mining at its 100%-owned Halfmile Mine in New Brunswick. Continue…
Western Pacific reports results from magnetic survey at Mineral Gulch
Western Pacific Resources Corp. (WRP - TSXV) announce that they have received the final report from EDCON-PRJ detailing the data from the Mineral Gulch airborne magnetic survey flown in February of this year. Continue…
Nanika Abandons Polaris Gold Property
Nanika Resources Inc. (TSXV-NKA and FSE-C7X) announces that it will not be proceeding with the agreement to acquire, by option, the Polaris Gold Property, which is located five kilometres northeast of Aiken Lake, approximately 250 kilometres north of Fort St. James in British Columbia. Continue…
Eurasian Minerals Provides an Update on Haiti Exploration Programs
Eurasian Minerals Inc. (TSX VENTURE:EMX)(NYSE Amex:EMXX) provide an update on the exploration programs underway in Haiti with Newmont Ventures Limited.Continue…
Zenyatta Continues to Intersect Wide Zones of Graphite in Ontario
Zenyatta Ventures Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:ZEN) announce an update on drilling at the Albany Graphite Deposit, located near Hearst in northeastern Ontario, Canada. Continue…
Tanzanian Royalty Reports More High Grade Assay Results From its Buckreef Gold Project
The latest assay results from the ongoing drill program at Tanzanian Royalty's Buckreef Gold Project in northern Tanzania lend additional support to the emergence of a high grade gold discovery at depth across above-average widths. Continue…
Thompson Creek Completes the Endako Mill Expansion Project
Also Posts Q1 Production Results
Thompson Creek Metals Company Inc. (TSX: TCM / NYSE: TC) announced the completion of the mill expansion project at the Endako mine. Continue…
Oroco Announces Cerro Prieto Drill Results
Oroco Resource Corp. (TSX VENTURE:OCO) report the following results from the 2011 and 2012 expanded exploration drill program at its Cerro Prieto Project in northern Sonora State, Mexico. Continue…
Iconic Announces Commencement of Phase 1 Drilling Program in Nevada
Iconic Minerals Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:ICM)(PINKSHEETS:BVTEF)(FRANKFURT:YQG) announce commencement of Phase 1 of the drilling program at the Hercules project, Nevada, through an ongoing joint venture with Willow Creek Enterprises, Inc. (WLOC). Continue…
Trevali reports additional drill results from Stratmat Deposit in New Brunswick
Trevali Mining Corporation (TSX: TV and TV.WT; BVL: TV; OTCQX: TREVF; Frankfurt: 4TI) announce continued diamond drill success at its 100%-owned Stratmat zinc-lead-silver-copper-gold deposit in New Brunswick. Continue…
Energizer Resources Intersecting Graphite in Madagascar
Energizer Resources Inc. (TSX: EGZ) (OTCBB: ENZR) (FWB: YE5) announce assay results from the Molo zone on its Joint Venture (JV) property with Malagasy Minerals Limited (ASX: MGY) in Madagascar.Continue…
Tigray Drills 31.75 Metres of 1.84% Copper, 0.83 Grams per Tonne Gold, 17 Grams per Tonne Silver and 7.03% Zinc in Ethiopia
Tigray Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE:TIG) reports new diamond drill results at the Terakimti volcanogenic massive sulfide (VMS) copper-gold discovery on the Company's Harvest project in northern Ethiopia. Continue…
The Oreninc Canadian Resource Financing Index
The Oreninc Index is up from last week, but it is not a big feat following a massive drop two weeks ago. Continue…
Threegold/ Bowmore Intersects 68 Metres Grading 0.74 G/T Gold
Threegold Resources Inc. (TSX: VENTURE:THG) announce results from the Phase One diamond drill program with Bowmore Exploration Inc (TSX: VENTURE:BOW) (FRANKFURT:0B5) on its Standard Gold and Duverny properties, both located in the Abitibi region of Quebec. Continue…
Strike Graphite Receives Drill Permit at Simon Lake Property
Strike Graphite Corp. (TSX VENTURE:SRK) announced it has received exploration drill permits for its Simon Lake Property, located in northern Saskatchewan. Continue…
Silvermex Intersects High Grade Gold at La Guitarra
Silvermex Resources Inc. (TSX:SLX) announces further underground drill results from five drill holes at its producing La Guitarra property, located in the Temascaltepec Mining District, in the State of Mexico. Continue…
Almaden Hits 17.00 Meters of 3.74 g/t Gold and 67.4 g/t Silver
Almaden Minerals Ltd. (TSX:AMM)(NYSE Amex:AAU) announced further results from the on-going 4 drill exploration program on the Company's 100% owned Tuligtic project, Mexico. Continue…
Stonegate Agricom in Pre-Feasibility for Phosphate
Stonegate Agricom Ltd. (TSX: ST) announced the results of its Pre-Feasibility Study for the development of an underground mine in the Lower Phosphate Zone of its Paris Hills Phosphate Project in Idaho. Continue…
GoGold Intercepts Gold, Silver and Copper at Chispa De Oro
GoGold Resources Inc. (TSXV: GGD), announced initial drilling results from its high sulphidation Chispa De Oro target at its San Diego Project in Durango, Mexico. Continue…
Firestone Ventures Announces Additional Results From La Luna
Firestone Ventures Inc. (TSX VENTURE:FV)(FRANKFURT:F5V) provides an exploration update on its property exploration program at the La Luna zinc-lead-silver project located in Central Guatemala. Continue…
Silvercrest Reports 58m @ 164.7 gpt Ag Eq* from Mexico
SilverCrest Mines Inc. TSX-V: SVL OTCQX: STVZF announced the results of the first six holes of 18 Phase II core holes (approx. 8,000 metres) completed to date at its La Joya Property in Durango, Mexico. Continue…
International Bethlehem Drilling Confirms Niobium and Rare Earths on Its Myoff Creek Property, BC
International Bethlehem Mining Corp. announced assay results from the company’s fall 2011 drilling program on its Myoff Creek Niobium and Rare Earth Elements property.Continue…
Drilling Continues to Intersect Strong Potash for Allana
Allana Potash Corp. (TSX:AAA)(OTCQX:ALLRF) announced that it has intersected two zones of strong potash mineralization ("Holes 32, 33,and 34"). .Continue…
The Oreninc Canadian Resource Financing Index
Oreninc publishes the Canadian Resource Financing Index, a weekly numerical index that provides a sense of market depth. Continue…
Orex Hits 290 Metres Grading 1.01 g/t Gold at Barsele
Orex Minerals Inc. announced the results from the second deep diamond drill hole within the Central Zone of our Barsele Gold Project in Sweden. Continue…
Tigray Intersects Copper/Gold/Silver/Zinc in Ethiopia
Tigray Resources Inc. reports diamond drill results for five holes at Mayshehagne (may-SHAY-aw-nee), a copper-gold volcanogenic massive sulfide prospect on the company's 70%-owned Harvest project in northern Ethiopia. Continue…
Victoria's Eagle Drilling Identifies Near Surface Gold Mineralization, Including 47.2 Meters of 2.1 g/t and 13.2 Meters of 3.8 g/t Gold
Victoria Gold Corp. report new drill hole results from its ongoing drill program at their Eagle gold deposit (Dublin Gulch) in the Yukon Territory. The deposit is located 80 km by road from the town of Mayo in central Yukon. Continue…
CaNickel Intercepts 7.3 Metres of 2.59% Nickel
CaNickel Mining Ltd. has provided the initial drilling results from the 2012 winter drilling program at the company's Thompson Nickel Belt Exploration Project in Manitoba. Continue...
Drilling Completed at Columbus Gold's Overland Pass and Weepah Gold Projects
Columbus Gold Corporation announces completion of drilling campaigns at its Overland Pass and Weepah gold project. Continue...
Foundation Drills New Gold Deposit
Foundation Resources Inc. announced it has successfully intersected new gold mineralization at Goldie Lake.
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GoGold - Maximum Mexico
Terry Coughlan, President and CEO of GoGold Resources Inc. announced that mapping and sampling by their geological team at the San Diego East (Chispa De Oro) high sulphidation area has discovered high grade gold and silver mineralization on surface in a feeder breccia zone within the 3 kilometer by 1 kilometer mineralized and altered volcanic sequence at Chispa De Oro. Continue…
Goldrush Strikes High Grade Deposit
Goldrush Resources Ltd. reports assay results from the final 16 reverse circulation holes and the first core hole of a 116 hole fill-in drilling program on the Company’s Ronguen Gold Deposit in Burkina Faso, West Africa. Continue…
News On the Ground Archive
New Short Courses at PDAC Convention 2012
The PDAC convention’s short courses and workshops provide a valuable educational opportunity for the mineral exploration and development industry. Two new short courses being offered this year are “A practical guide to land management in Canada” and “Introduction to health & safety for explorationists.” Early registration ends February 3rd. Continue…
Pan American to Acquire Minefinders
Pan American Silver Corp. and Minefinders Corporation Ltd. announce that they have entered into a definitive agreement pursuant to which Pan American will acquire all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Minefinders by way of a plan of arrangement. Continue…
New World Intersects High-Grade and Near-Surface Gold
New World Resource Corp. announced the first seven holes of the recently completed diamond drill program at the Lipena/Bonete copper-gold project, in southern Bolivia. These seven holes total 2,509.5 metres and cover a strike length of approximately 900 m. Continue…
Goldrush Resources Hits Strong Deposit in Western Africa
Goldrush Resources Ltd. report the results, including high grade mineralization, from five reverse circulation holes on the Company?s Ronguen Gold Deposit in Burkina Faso, West Africa. Continue…
