MINING.COM Staff Writer

Lucara Diamond Corp. provided an update on trial mining operations on the Mothae kimberlite project in Lesotho on Tuesday. Lucara is a member of the Lundin Group of Companies and is listed on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol "LUC". Lucara continues to evaluate projects throughout Africa for possible earn-in or acquisition.

Erie, Pa. — Eriez® announces that the company has combined its United States and Canadian sales organizations into a consolidated North American sales team. “The integration of the sales and technical support of U.S. and Canadian customers and sales representatives will help streamline and improve Eriez’ overall operations,” says Charlie Ingram, Vice President of Sales and Marketing.

Flinders Mines is making strong progress with its drilling program at the Pilbara Iron Ore Project in Western Australia, with over 50 kilometres of drilling completed since the previous resource update. The drilling during 2011 has been carried out on schedule and on budget and is due for completion in mid-July 2011.

Waterford, WI (June 21, 2011) – VISTA Training Inc. has launched two new training modules as part of its growing, cost effective Silver Series: Heavy Equipment – Intro & Safety and Heavy Equipment – Pre-Use Inspection. These web-based training modules are designed to help educate trainees who are new to the fields of construction and mining, and are prerequisites for the rest of the modules in the Silver Series.

Gemcom Software International Inc., the largest global supplier of mining software solutions, today announced it will open an office in Almaty, Kazakhstan on June 24, 2011. Gemcom’s software solutions, including Surpac, GEMS, Minex, MineSched and Whittle are already widely used by exploration and mining operations throughout Kazakhstan and Central Asia.