The Mining Record

January 17, 2010

Preliminary Assessment Results for Volta Grande Gold Project

Preliminary Assessment Results for Volta Grande Gold Project TORONTO, ON – Verena Minerals Corporation reported the completion of the Preliminary Assessment ("PA" or "Scoping Study") for the Volta Grande Gold Project located in Para State, Brazil. The study was…

January 17, 2010

Candente Secures Upside Potential On El Oro

Candente Secures Upside Potential On El Oro VANCOUVER – Candente Resource Corp. and Candente Gold Corp. advise that Candente Gold has re-negotiated the terms of its Option agreement with Luismin, S.A. de C.V., a subsidiary of Goldcorp Inc. for…

January 17, 2010

Positive Production Decision At Noche Buena

Positive Production Decision At Noche Buena VANCOUVER – IMPACT Silver Corp. reported a positive production decision at the Noche Buena Vein System located four kilometers southwest of IMPACT’s Guadalupe processing plant in the prolific Royal Mines of Zacualpan Silver…

January 17, 2010

Delineation Drilling Continues On La Preciosa Project

Delineation Drilling Continues On La Preciosa Project VANCOUVER, BC – Orko Silver Corp. reported that it has received the Phase-I delineation drilling assay results from joint venture partner Pan American Silver Corp. (PAA) on La Preciosa Project in Durango,…

January 17, 2010

Commencement of Phase Three Drill Program At Joaquin

Commencement of Phase Three Drill Program At Joaquin VANCOUVER, BC – Mirasol Resources Ltd. reported the start of a third phase of drilling at its 100% owned Joaquin silver gold project located in Province of Santa Cruz in southern…

January 17, 2010

Drilling Underway at Southern Silver’s Oro Project In New Mexico

Drilling Underway at Southern Silver’s Oro Project In New Mexico VANCOUVER, BC – Southern Silver Exploration Corp. reported that diamond drilling is underway at its approximately 1,000-hectare Oro Project in the Eureka Mining District of Grant County, New Mexico…

January 17, 2010

Sandman Gold Project On Track To Potential Production Decision

Sandman Gold Project On Track To Potential Production Decision VANCOUVER, BC – Fronteer Development Group Inc. reported that results from ongoing exploration and development work by Newmont USA Limited demonstrate Fronteer’s Sandman project is one of Nevada’s highest grade…

January 17, 2010

Judge Withdraws Peabody’s Coal Mining Permit

Judge Withdraws Peabody’s Coal Mining Permit BLACK MESA, AZ – A Department of Interior Administrative Law Judge withdrew Peabody Coal Company’s Life of Mine permit for operations on Black Mesa, AZ, handing a major victory to tribal and environmental…

January 17, 2010

New Permitting Schedule for Rosemont Copper Project

New Permitting Schedule for Rosemont Copper Project DENVER, CO – Augusta Resource Corporation reported that it has been advised by the United States Forest Service (USFS) of the new timeline for completion of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS)…

January 17, 2010

Sultan Minerals Identifies High Priority Geophysical Target

Sultan Minerals Identifies High Priority Geophysical Target VANCOUVER, BC – Sultan Minerals Inc. reported that a recently completed induced polarization (IP) geophysical survey on its Kena Gold-Copper Property has identified a new, high priority geophysical target. The new geophysical…