July 18, 2012 Orex and Fresnillo award a 12,000 metre diamond drilling contract for the Coneto silver-gold project in Durango Orex Minerals in conjunction with their project partner Fresnillo PLC, have selected Kluane Drilling as the service provider for a 12,000 meter drilling program on the Coneto Silver-Gold Project in…
July 18, 2012 Rusoro asks World Bank to arbitrate dispute with Venezuela Russian-Canadian miner Rusoro Mining, is asking an arm of the World Bank to intercede in a legal dispute with Venezuela after the country nationalized its gold industry, and took over…
July 18, 2012 Kiska adds $1.5 million to treasury through non-core asset sale The sale of the company's minority interest in the Tide project is part of Kiska's ongoing strategy of maximizing capital and resources to its core mineral projects, most notably the…
July 18, 2012 Kimber announces $5 million bridge loan credit facility The company has entered into a bridge loan credit facility with Sprott Resource Lending Partnership "to advance the Monterde project in the prolific Sierra Madre gold-silver belt in Mexico."
July 18, 2012 Ontario shuts down mining Solid Gold Resources has been forced by the Ontario government to shut down its preliminary mining operations in a decision that gives First Nations the right to veto use of…
July 18, 2012 Orvana announces June operations results for El Valle-Boinas/Carles gold/copper mine, Northern Spain June production from the company's El Valle-Boinas and Carles mines was 4,976 ounces of gold, 549,000 pounds of copper, and 14,285 ounces of silver.
July 17, 2012 AuRico dives 12% over Mexico production problems, announces new CEO AuRico Gold Inc. (NYSE:AUQ) shed 12% on Tuesday on massive trading volumes, after its preliminary operational results for the second quarter provided a few nasty output surprises and its CEO…
July 17, 2012 Petaquilla Minerals Ltd. proposes private placement of US$210 million senior secured notes The company intends to offer on a private placement basis $210 million of senior secured notes due in 2017.
July 17, 2012 First Quantum suspends operations in Mauritania First Quantum Minerals has announced it has temporarily suspended normal operations at its Guelb Moghrein copper-gold mine in Mauritania due to illegal strike action by some unionized employees.
July 17, 2012 Here is China’s Bridge to Nowhere. It also happens to be the world’s longest Simply put, China has built too much, too quickly.
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