Cerro Resources Upgrades and Increases Resource Estimate for Its Mt. Philp ...
Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:36:29 -0800

The deposit occurs as a single north-northeast trending iron rich stratigraphic unit that extends over 4 kilometres within the Proterozoic Corella Formation that grades from Haematitic Quartzite through Banded Siliceous Ironstone and Siliceous ...

Report Card: Grading the Pros on January
Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:04:05 -0800

Herewith, your Oz grades . Novak Djokovic. Novak Djokovic. Novak Djokovic. Novak Djokovic. Should we say it again? I'll add just a few words to the pile of praise after Djokovic's five-set, and nearly six-hour, Australian Open final performance.

IMX offers loan to JV partner for Cairn Hill development
Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:56:40 -0800

... ASX-listed IMX Resources has extended an olive branch to joint venture (JV) partner Taifeng Yuangchuang International Development, by agreeing to a A$20-million loan to fund the development of the Cairn Hill magnetite project, in South Australia .

Australian junior hits more high grade gold on Plutonic Dome
Tue, 24 Jan 2012 02:16:30 -0800

A large project area acquired from Barrick Gold in the Glengarry Basin region of Western Australia is showing strong signs for high grade gold at depth. Dampier Gold Ltd (ASX: DAU) has released some significant drill intersections at its K2 Deeps ...

Nyngan Project Conceptual Plan Submitted to NSW State Regulators in Australia
Wed, 18 Jan 2012 05:15:35 -0800

(EMC - TSX)(the "Company" or "EMC") advises that key elements of environmental site work on the Nyngan Scandium Project have been completed and a Conceptual Project Development Plan (CPDP) submitted to the NSW, Australia state regulators.

Auditor's report needs significant changes
Tue, 31 Jan 2012 05:38:49 -0800

Mock's co-authors were Glen L. Gary, a professor at California State University , Northridge, Paul J. Coram, an associate professor at the University of Melbourne in Australia , and Jerry L. Turner, a professor at Texas Christian University .

Western Australia to expand Esperance port
Tue, 24 Jan 2012 09:40:42 -0800

The government of Western Australia's decision to expand capacity at the Esperance port will benefit companies like Macarthur Minerals (MMS-T, MMSDF-O) and others active in the emerging iron ore sector in the Yilgarn area.

Legacy Iron Ore gets $200m for acquisitions
Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:11:04 -0800

State-owned Indian iron ore miner NMDC bought a 50% stake in Legacy towards the end of last year, which includes a half stake in the Mt Bevan joint venture in the Yilgarn region of Western Australia . Mt Bevan has a 617m tonnes iron ore resource grading ...

Oil and gas news summary: Xcite Energy, Nautical Petroleum, Tangiers Petroleum ...
Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:04:29 -0800

On Friday, Tangiers started trading on London's Alternative Investment Market under the ticker code TPET (LON:TPET), complementing its Australian listing. Together with its ASX listing, the AIM listing provides the company with a strong platform from ...

Silver Lake Resources, Phillips River to merge
Wed, 25 Jan 2012 04:43:15 -0800

Silver Lake is targeting to increase production from its mostly high- grade underground operations at Mount Monger near Kalgoorlie to 2000 ounces per annum by 2014. These operations have a current JORC resource of 5.1 million tonnes grading 8.9 ...

Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:14:14 -0800

The payments were stipulated by the University Grants Commission (UGC) in 2009. The State Government Collegiate Education Professors' Association said that the revised UGC salary package was accepted by the government but the arrears and the new rates ...

Cobar still shines with mines that go the distance for investors
Mon, 16 Jan 2012 05:07:32 -0800

Among the intercepts was a 6m intersection grading 2 per cent copper, 64 grams/tonne silver, 0.43g/t gold, 0.52 per cent lead, 0.22 per cent zinc and 0.02 per cent cobalt. While most Cobar-style deposits are located relatively deep -- CSA is now being ...

Small caps round-up: Aer Lingus, Gold Oil, Indigo Vision...
Mon, 30 Jan 2012 01:03:37 -0800

Gold-focused firm Thor Mining has increased the resource estimate for the Molyhil tungsten and molybdenum project in Australia's Northern Territory by a quarter. Overall tonnage rose to 4.7 million tonnes, with contained tungsten increasing by 10% and ...

Mining news summary: Ferrexpo, Hochschild Mining, Orosur Mining, Ortac ...
Sat, 14 Jan 2012 03:29:53 -0800

El Clavo was confirmed as a prime target for bulk-tonnage and deeper high grade mineralisation, returning intersections of anomalous low grade gold including grades of up to 0.4 grammes per tonne (g/t) gold across 20 metres. Patagonia Gold (LON:PGD) ...

ECR Minerals shares lifted by Copper Flat resource upgrade - UPDATE
Wed, 01 Feb 2012 08:20:20 -0800

The measured and indicated resource now stands at 194 million tons of material grading 0.26 per cent copper, 0.008 per cent molybdenum, 0.002 ounces per ton gold and 0.05 oz/t silver. The update has increased the amount of contained copper in the ...

Panoramic finds deeper nickel allure at Kambalda
Wed, 11 Jan 2012 00:30:44 -0800

The W. Australian nickel miner announced drill results Wednesday that show significant new mineralisation at depth at Kambalda Western Australian nickel miner and gold project developer Panoramic Resources Ltd (ASX: PAN) has joined the other miners at ...

World Spice Congress in Pune
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:34:12 -0800

Contrary to earlier years, this year witnesses a record number of delegates from Canada, the Netherlands, Sri Lanka, Sweden, the UK, USA, Malaysia, South Africa, Syria, Australia , China, Italy, Poland, France, Denmark, Germany, Hong Kong, Mexico, ...

Exco starts development at Vertigo
Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:03:51 -0800

PERTH (miningweekly.com) - Australian copper and gold explorer Exco Resources has given the go-ahead for the development of its Vertigo gold deposit, in South Australia . The Vertigo deposit forms part of the White Dam joint venture (JV) with Polymetals ...

Company snapshot: Aureus Mining, Beacon Hill Resources, North River Resources ...
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:22:14 -0800

The company's initial gold reserve stands at 873000 ounces, at grades of 3.1 grams per tonne. While gold resources are currently 1.6 million ounces with a grade of 3.6 grams per tonne. The mining reserve currently provides for eight years mine life ...

Nonconventional nickel hopeful touts 'game changing' deposit
Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:18:05 -0800

In fact, the company fits into both, as the awaruite deposit at Decar contains 75% nickel and 25% iron-ore, grading at around 0.11%. Though the grade appears low compared with the around -1.5% average Sudbury's mines have, Decar's ore does not contain ...