August 18, 2011

Oil sands – big up or ship out

Fast-disappearing Oilsands Quest is a prime example of the risks of trying to go it alone in the oil sands. Slack crude prices and a sluggish US economy may now…

August 17, 2011

Diamonds North starts copper-silver-bismuth exploration at Hepburn

Diamonds North Resources Ltd. announced on Wednesday that the 2011 exploration program has begun on the Hepburn property in the Northwest Territories. The program will focus on delineating areas of…

August 17, 2011

Sprott charity sells gold to buy silver

The charitable foundation run by Sprott Assett Management's chief executive, Eric Sprott, announced Wednesday it is selling 2 million units in Sprott Physical Gold Trust and using the money to…

August 17, 2011

Kivalliq Energy Corporation: discoveries continue along Lac Cinquante trend; mineralization confirmed over 2.3 km

Kivalliq Energy provided an update on diamond drilling near the high grade Lac Cinquante Uranium Deposit, located within the Angilak Property in Nunavut, Canada. Recent drilling successfully discovered a mineralized…

August 17, 2011

Southern Silver closes second tranche of private placement

Southern Silver Exploration Corp. ("Southern Silver") (TSX VENTURE:SSV)(FRANKFURT:SEG) announces that it has closed the second tranche of its previously reported non-brokered private placement by issuing 4,818,206 units at a price…

August 17, 2011

Renaissance Gold grants options

Renaissance Gold Inc. (REN - TSX Venture)("RenGold" or "Company") reports that pursuant to the Company's shareholder approved stock option plan

August 17, 2011

Kalimantan Gold – Jelai update

As announced on February 15, 2011, Kalimantan Gold Corporation Limited (TSX VENTURE:KLG)(AIM:KLG) (the "Company") executed a definitive option agreement (the "Deed") with Tigers Realm Minerals Pty Ltd. ("Tigers") an Australian…

August 17, 2011

BCGold Corp. announces trench assays up to 979 g/t gold, to commence milling at Engineer Gold Mine

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Aug. 16, 2011) - BCGold Corp. (TSX VENTURE:BCG)(PINK SHEETS:BCGOF) (the "Company") is pleased to provide an update for the current Phase I exploration and development program…

August 16, 2011

Joint-venture potash project goes to vote over land

Encanto Potash Corp. has announced the Muskowekwan First Nation will vote on a Treaty Land Entitlement (TLE) designation on Oct. 1. Should the majority vote in favour, about 15,600 acres…

August 16, 2011

Rio Tinto plans to double Labrador mine output

Mining giant Rio Tinto intends to increase production dramatically at the Iron Ore Company of Canada site in western Labrador.