II Ural's Open Geological Competitions of young geologists
II Ural's Open Geological Competitions of young geologists, held at Miass city from 21-22 March, 2009. There were more than 120 participants representing Chelyabinsk, Perm and Orenburg districts...
VANCOUVER, B.C., CANADA - The Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources has discovered two mineralized areas of the province that may attract new mineral exploration and encourage further investments in the mining sector, announced Minister of State for Mining Gordon Hogg. The finds were discovered by the ministry’s Geological Survey Branch during the course of their geological mapping...
Capstone Mining Corporation Reported New High Grade Copper-Gold Discovery at Minto Mine
Capstone Mining Corporation today announced the discovery of another high grade copper-gold zone at its Minto Mine in the Yukon, the 5th such discovery since acquiring the project in June 2005...
Azure Mineral Testwork Copper-Gold-Silver Mine Concentrate in Mexico
Azure Minerals has announced that the initial metallurgical testwork program undertaken on representative mineralised samples from the high grade Promontorio copper-gold-silver deposit has returned very promising results...
Conservationist Protest Iron Ore Mine Exploration in Sierra Leone Eastern District
A Chinese enterprise, CIC Mining Resources Limited has acquired a100% equity to prospect and mine minerals in the Bagla Hills area in Sierra Leone’s eastern district of Kenema, APA learns here Wednesday. The Bagla Hills is part of the Gola Forest, an area declared by the government as a nature reserve zone...
The "Strategic Deposits" act has been passed in the Russian Federation. This act those deposits where reserves exceed 50 t gold, 0.5 mt copper, 70 mt oil or 50 billion cubic meters of gas. Equated shelf deposits are also included in the strategic deposits...
