September 25, 2012

Indian oil giant said it never offered $5 billion for Canadian oil sands

State-own Indian oil company Oil and Natural Gas Corp. (ONGC) denied Tuesday that, together with two other state-run oil firms, bid $5 billion for a stake in six Canadian oil…

September 25, 2012

Rio Tinto sells South African coal assets to Canadian company

If you had any doubts over what mining giant Rio Tinto (ASX, LON:RIO) thinks about coal and small operations, today’s news should make it clear. The Anglo-Australian miner has agreed…

September 25, 2012

Barrick promotes Kelvin Dushnisky to senior executive VP

Dushnisky, who joined the company in 2002, retains global responsibility for Government Relations, Project Permitting and Approvals, Corporate Responsibility, Investor Relations and Communications.

September 25, 2012

Alderon marks important progress with filing of environmental impact statement

Alderon(TSX:ADV) has submitted its Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to the Federal and Provincial Governments for the Kami Iron Ore Project in Labrador West

September 25, 2012

50-million year old tree fossil uncovered in Canadian diamond mine

A 50 million year old fossil has been uncovered in the Ekati diamond mine in Canada's Northwest Territories.

September 25, 2012

SnipGold intersects 10.07 metres of 9.6 g/t Au and 24.9 g/t Ag

The announced results come from the nine-hole, 2,437 metre, 2012 exploration drill program recently completed on SnipGold Corp.'s Iskut property located in northwest British Columbia.

September 25, 2012

La Ronge Gold continues to extend preview SW gold deposit and intersects 2.14 g/t gold over 22.59 meters

Drill hole PR12-141 intersected: 2.06 g/t Au over 16.45 meters starting at 200.95 m

September 25, 2012

Transition Metals CEO speaks to MINING.com following release of new assay results

Transition Metals (TSX.V:XTM) CEO Scott McLean gave an interview to MINING.com following the company’s unveiling of promising new gold assay results for its properties in the Abitibi Greenstone belt.

September 25, 2012

Commander Completes 2012 field program & receives results from Omineca copper-gold property

This year's work programs focused on the Omineca copper-gold project in central British Columbia, Sabin copper-gold project in Ontario, and the Glenmorangie gold project in southeast Yukon.

September 24, 2012

Edgewater enters agreement to sell royalty interest on the Corcoesto Gold project

Canadian exploration company Edgewater got a $5 million financing through the sale of royalty interests on the Company's 100% owned Corcoesto Gold Project in northwest Spain.