September 11, 2012

Teck confesses to a century of US river pollution

Diversified mining giant Teck Resources Ltd. (TSX:TCK.A) has confessed to polluting the upper reaches of Columbia River in Washington State for nearly a century with effluent discharge from one of…

September 4, 2012

Kiska Metals surges 19% on Thorn results

Kiska Metals Corporations shares were up almost 19% (at 12:15 ET) Tuesday as the company announced updated results for its Thorn Property in northwestern British Columbia, sent by partner Brixton…

August 30, 2012

World’s richest woman proposes minimum wage reduction for envious and lazy

Mining tycoon Gina Rinehart has triggered a squall of controversy in Australia by issuing a call for the minimum wage to be reduced and accusing those jealous of her immense…

August 20, 2012

Southern Legacy files NI 43-101 technical report for the Antakori project in Cajamarca, Northern Peru

The AntaKori Project, containing copper, gold, silver, molybdenum, lead and zinc, is located between Gold Fields Cerro Corona mine and Buenaventura's Tantahuatay mine in Cajamarca, Peru.

August 16, 2012

Cleaning up heavy metals using worms

Worm composts are not just for kitchen waste, since the bugs also happen to be good at absorbing heavy metals, according to […]

August 1, 2012

Silvercorp reports intercept of 10.87 meters grading 715 grams per tonne silver, 6.85% lead and 1.52% zinc at the SGX mine, Ying Mining district, Henan province, China

The company reports intercept of 10.87 meters grading 715 grams per tonne silver, 6.85% lead and 1.52% zinc at the SGX mine, Ying Mining district, Henan province, China

July 30, 2012

Canstar closes on acquisition of Freeport-McMoRan’s option on the Mary March property; completes earn-in for 50% of property

Canstar has completed the purchase of Freeport-McMoRan of Canada's 50% joint venture interest in the Mary March mineral properties located in the Buchans area of Newfoundland and Labrador.

July 24, 2012

Thundermin commences 2,000 metre diamond drilling program on the Stirling base metal property, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia

The 2,000 m drilling program is scheduled to investigate the zinc-lead-copper-silver-gold claims of the 64.6 km² Stirling project on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia.

July 20, 2012

SLAM files NI43-101 report on 3M tonne resource

The company's report claims "massive sulphide deposit contains significant zinc-lead-copper-silver resource".

July 20, 2012

Scorpio Mining names Peter Hawley president and CEO

The company announced that it has accepted the resignation of Scorpio's President and Chief Executive Officer, Parviz Farsangi, and unanimously appointed the Company's Chairman and founder Peter J. Hawley as…