November 8, 2011

CASPICHE PROJECT PRE-FEASIBILITY UPDATE – EXETER RESOURCE CORPORATION

Exeter Resource Corporation reported that drilling has recommenced at its 100%-owned Caspiche project in northern Chile.

November 8, 2011

2010 Nevada gold mine deaths: safety alarm was bypassed using broom handle

Huffington Post reports federal safety investigators say two Nevadans were killed in a mining accident partly because someone wedged a broom handle against a reset button to bypass an alarm…

November 8, 2011

Historic vote turns Australia carbon tax into law

The Sydney Morning Herald reports in a major policy victory for Australia's Gillard government's controversial carbon pricing scheme has passed parliament with Labor and the Australian Greens forcing the 18…

November 8, 2011

Fiji opens third mine, now has one bauxite and two gold producers

Radio Fiji reports the island's Prime Minister Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama opened the Bua bauxite mine at Nawailevu in Bua province on Tuesday. Mining and exporting work at the mine is expected…

November 8, 2011

Osisko now says Hammond Reef hosts over 10 million ounces

Osisko Mining Corporation (TSX: OSK.TO - News)(Frankfurt: EWX.F - News) is pleased to provide an updated inferred resource estimate for its 100%-owned Hammond Reef gold project, located near Atikokan, Ontario.…

November 8, 2011

Spongebob Squarepants one ounce silver coins legal tender on South Pacific island

Animation Insider reports SpongeBob SquarePants contributes a hefty amount to Nickelodeon Consumer Product's estimated $5.5 billion in annual, worldwide retail sales. For international coin collectors – or for that one…

November 8, 2011

Eastern Platinum stops work at Crocodile River after fatal blasting accident

Mr. Ian Rozier, President and CEO of Eastern Platinum Limited (TSX:ELR)(AIM:ELR)(JSE:EPS) ("Eastplats" or the "Company") reports that mining operations at the Crocodile River Mine ("CRM") have been suspended following a…

November 8, 2011

Asian Activities Report for November 8, 2011: Stanmore Coal (ASX:SMR) completed pre-feasibility study for the Range Coal project in Queensland

Stanmore Coal Limited (ASX:SMR) has completed the Pre-Feasibility Study for its wholly owned the Range Project, located in Queensland's Surat Basin. The Study has confirmed the technical and economic feasibility…

November 8, 2011

Snowden’s new Supervisor software for geologists with substantial upgrades

Snowden says it "has taken geostatistical modelling to a new level with the release of Supervisor version 8 (V8).

November 8, 2011

New Zealand to expand coking coal exports with new project

Preliminary exploration work carried out by Solid Energy, New Zealand’s state-owned coal producer, indicates there is potential for a combined underground and […]