September 15, 2011

Australia’s first potash miner wants to break Canadian grip on market

Encouraged by test work that revealed extraction potential using its own technology at one of the world’s largest known glauconite deposits, Perth-based Potash West on Wednesday expanded it exploration tenure…

September 15, 2011

Zimbabwe softens tone on foreign mining companies

A Zimbabwe government official says a law forcing foreign companies to surrender 51 percent stakes to local people was "an aspiration," not a hard target, Reuters is reporting: "This is…

September 15, 2011

Northwest Transmission Line begins service in 2013

The Northwest Transmission Line, which will bring power to number of potential mines in British Columbia, will be in service by the end of 2013. Rohan Soulby, Director, Export Transmission…

September 15, 2011

400 firms apply for diamond licences as Zimbabwe softens ownership blow

Zimbabwe's mines minister on Thursday told delegates at a conference in the capital Harare that the government has received 400 applications from companies interested in mining diamonds, despite an international…

September 15, 2011

Company on track to reopen two Ontario nickel mines

Canadian Arrow Mines could soon be mining nickel again at its Kelex and Alexo mines near Timmins, Ontario. The Toronto-listed company (TSX-V:CRO) has received regulatory approvals to resume production with…

September 15, 2011

$304 million in mining royalties in 2010-2011: Quebec has collected in a single year more than it did in the 10 previous years

Montréal, September 15, 2011 – “The new mining royalty regime enables us to attain the objectives that we set, i.e. to obtain from mining companies fair compensation for our natural…

September 15, 2011

More Canadian mining CEOs join the millionaires club in 2011

VANCOUVER, Sept. 15, 2011 /CNW/ - In 2011, Canadian mining CEOs are enjoying high salaries on par with 2010's blockbuster year for compensation and there has been a rise in…

September 15, 2011

Anvil Mining reins in $1 billion takeover rumours

Anvil Mining (TSE:AVM), a copper miner based in the central Africa, tamped down speculation that it may be acquired for $1 billion. Australian Finance Review reported that it was in…

September 15, 2011

Golden Share reports surface grades up to 31.70 g/t Au north-east of Band Ore and 25.80 g/t on Pistol Lake

MONTREAL, QUEBEC--(Marketwire - Sept. 15, 2011) - Golden Share Mining Corporation ("Golden Share" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:GSH) is pleased to provide an update on its 2011 Shebandowan Gold Project…

September 15, 2011

Uragold Retains the Services of GENIVAR for an Environmental Audit on the Beauce Placer Gold Property

MONTREAL, QUEBEC--(Marketwire - Sept. 15, 2011) - Uragold Bay Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE:UBR), Uragold is pleased to announce that it has retained the services of GENIVAR Inc. (GENIVAR) (TSX:GNV), one…