http://www.mqdata.com/ News and information for the mining and quarrying industries news-feedback@mqdata.com news-feedback@mqdata.com en-gb (c) Copyright Mine & Quarry Data Limited, 2005. Tue, 24 Apr 2007 11:51:43 +0100 Tue, 24 Apr 2007 11:51:43 +0100 http://www.mqdata.com/images/mqdata.gif http://www.mqdata.com/ http://www.mqdata.com/news/show.asp?id=-850700153 http://www.mqdata.com/news/show.asp?id=-850700153 Mon, 23 Apr 2007 11:41:48 +0100 Canplats Resources Corporation has reported that diamond drilling has commenced at its wholly-owned Rodeo gold property located approximately 150 kilometers north of Durango, Mexico. http://www.mqdata.com/news/show.asp?id=153214640 http://www.mqdata.com/news/show.asp?id=153214640 Fri, 20 Apr 2007 11:38:43 +0100 Pacific Comox Resources Ltd. has resumed diamond drilling at its Ryan Lake copper-molybdenum project at Matachewan, Ontario. Infill drilling is continuing on the Carmelitas zone at the Mabel gold-silver-copper property in northern Sonora State... http://www.mqdata.com/news/show.asp?id=174153163 http://www.mqdata.com/news/show.asp?id=174153163 Thu, 19 Apr 2007 11:36:18 +0100 Adriana Resources Inc. has announced the commencement of a diamond drilling program on the Company's wholly owned MIE Project on the McGregor Lake Property in Nunavut, Canada. http://www.mqdata.com/news/show.asp?id=-2064405554 http://www.mqdata.com/news/show.asp?id=-2064405554 Thu, 19 Apr 2007 11:26:20 +0100 Midway Gold Corp. has announced the start-up of drilling at the Company's Pan Project, located on the Cortez Gold Trend, in White Pine County, Nevada. This Phase I exploration program includes 40,000 feet of reverse circulation drilling designed to... http://www.mqdata.com/news/show.asp?id=-1774740791 http://www.mqdata.com/news/show.asp?id=-1774740791 Wed, 18 Apr 2007 23:14:13 +0100 Miranda Gold Corp. has signed an Exploration Agreement with Option to Form a Joint Venture with Piedmont Mining Company Inc. whereby Piedmont may earn a joint venture interest in the PPM project, located on the north end of the Battle Mountain-Eureka... http://www.mqdata.com/news/show.asp?id=888222880 http://www.mqdata.com/news/show.asp?id=888222880 Wed, 18 Apr 2007 11:21:51 +0100 Africo Resources Ltd. has now acquired the shares of The Enterprise H&J Swanepoel Famille Trust sprl (also known as H&J Swanepoel Family Trust sprl) ("H&J") that it did not previously own, through its wholly owned subsidiaries Africo... http://www.mqdata.com/news/show.asp?id=-267648571 http://www.mqdata.com/news/show.asp?id=-267648571 Wed, 18 Apr 2007 11:14:52 +0100 Maestro Ventures Ltd. has announced that a core drill program has commenced at the Kings Canyon Project in Millard County, Utah, USA. Crown Resources Corp. previously estimated that the property contains 6,800,000 tons at a grade of 0.03... http://www.mqdata.com/news/show.asp?id=1561742056 http://www.mqdata.com/news/show.asp?id=1561742056 Tue, 17 Apr 2007 23:11:33 +0100 Pro-Spect-Or Resources Inc. has closed a private placement for a total amount of $1,500,000. http://www.mqdata.com/news/show.asp?id=309996714 http://www.mqdata.com/news/show.asp?id=309996714 Tue, 17 Apr 2007 23:04:19 +0100 La Quinta Resources Corp has now completed and signed a formal Amodiation Agreement with AMIKI (Association Miniere du Kivu sprl) to lease, or acquire all of the Exploration and Exploitation rights of AMIKI on the Kampene Project in Maniema Province... http://www.mqdata.com/news/show.asp?id=-1368159763 http://www.mqdata.com/news/show.asp?id=-1368159763 Tue, 17 Apr 2007 23:01:51 +0100 Canadian Gold Hunter Corp. has signed a letter of intent with Almaden Minerals Ltd. to acquire a 70% interest in the Caballo Blanco gold property in Veracruz State, Mexico. Caballo Blanco is a large, high-sulphidation epithermal gold system that has... http://www.mqdata.com/news/show.asp?id=1234366748 http://www.mqdata.com/news/show.asp?id=1234366748 Mon, 16 Apr 2007 23:00:01 +0100 Bannockburn Resources Ltd. has signed an Agreement in Principle with Motapa Diamonds Inc. in respect of an option to be granted to Bannockburn to acquire up to a 70% interest in the Mothae Diamond Project in Lesotho, Africa. http://www.mqdata.com/news/show.asp?id=1070713191 http://www.mqdata.com/news/show.asp?id=1070713191 Mon, 16 Apr 2007 22:51:07 +0100 Entree Gold Inc. has commenced drilling on its Sol Dos copper prospect. Sol Dos is located in the heart of one of North America's premier copper producing districts, in southeastern Arizona. The Company expects to complete 6,550 feet (2,000 m) of... http://www.mqdata.com/news/show.asp?id=115789560 http://www.mqdata.com/news/show.asp?id=115789560 Fri, 13 Apr 2007 14:35:14 +0100 Geologix Explorations Inc. has signed an option agreement for the OZ Property located at the intersection of the Getchell and Battle Mountain/Eureka Gold Trends in Humboldt County, Nevada. The OZ property lies south of the Pinson Gold Mine. http://www.mqdata.com/news/show.asp?id=-1754021193 http://www.mqdata.com/news/show.asp?id=-1754021193 Thu, 12 Apr 2007 14:31:58 +0100 Northland Resources Inc. has announced that an aggressive drilling program is currently underway at the Tapulivuoma magnetite deposit in Norrbotten District, Sweden. The Tapuli prospect is located 5km from the Stora Sahavaara magnetite... http://www.mqdata.com/news/show.asp?id=1474413902 http://www.mqdata.com/news/show.asp?id=1474413902 Wed, 11 Apr 2007 14:29:06 +0100 Gravity West Mining Corp. has entered into a purchase agreement with Mike Magrum and Mountain Island Exploration Ltd. to acquire a 100-per-cent interest in a property with uranium and IOCG potential located in the Great Bear Lake area, approximately... http://www.mqdata.com/news/show.asp?id=1239446779 http://www.mqdata.com/news/show.asp?id=1239446779 Wed, 11 Apr 2007 14:14:46 +0100 Monster Copper Corporation has announced that drilling has started on the Carapana nickel laterite target, located in the Carajas Mineral Province of northern Brazil. Work on the Carapana property forms part of an option with Xstrata Copper, which... http://www.mqdata.com/news/show.asp?id=-1016967390 http://www.mqdata.com/news/show.asp?id=-1016967390 Wed, 11 Apr 2007 14:11:14 +0100 Currie Rose Resources Inc. has announced that drilling has commenced at the Mwamazengo gold discovery on the Mabale Hills project in central Tanzania. http://www.mqdata.com/news/show.asp?id=-1759676091 http://www.mqdata.com/news/show.asp?id=-1759676091 Wed, 11 Apr 2007 14:04:24 +0100 Midland Exploration Inc. has acquired a 100% interest in the Weedon property, formerly held by a privately owned company (Ressources Tectonic) as well as the acquisition of 188 claims, whereby Midland now covers and controls more than 30 kilometres in... http://www.mqdata.com/news/show.asp?id=949996756 http://www.mqdata.com/news/show.asp?id=949996756 Tue, 10 Apr 2007 13:50:55 +0100 Maestro Ventures Ltd. has signed an option agreement with Genesis Gold Corp. of Salt Lake City, Utah, to earn a 100 percent interest in four mineral exploration properties in Nevada. The property package consists of 800 acres of unpatented mineral... http://www.mqdata.com/news/show.asp?id=-71081713 http://www.mqdata.com/news/show.asp?id=-71081713 Tue, 10 Apr 2007 11:15:18 +0100 Southern Arc Minerals Inc. has commenced diamond drilling at the Selodong Porphyry Cu-Au Prospect located within its West Lombok Property, Indonesia. Several deep drill holes are planned to test lateral and depth extensions of previous Newmont... http://www.mqdata.com/news/show.asp?id=-1265669114 http://www.mqdata.com/news/show.asp?id=-1265669114 Tue, 10 Apr 2007 11:00:57 +0100 Tenajon Resource Corp has entered into an agreement to acquire the Moly Brook Molybdenum Property. The property is located 2.5 km from the Hamlet of Grey River on the southern coast of Newfoundland, less than 4 kilometres from a deep water, ice free... http://www.mqdata.com/news/show.asp?id=1953782841 http://www.mqdata.com/news/show.asp?id=1953782841 Mon, 9 Apr 2007 10:55:43 +0100 Trend Exploration, Inc. is to commence gold production at Kurchum River gold property located in the eastern province of Kazakhstan. http://www.mqdata.com/news/show.asp?id=-560011240 http://www.mqdata.com/news/show.asp?id=-560011240 Fri, 6 Apr 2007 10:52:13 +0100 Aura Gold Inc. has closed the acquisition of the Cumaru property in Para State, north-central Brazil, from Yamana Gold Inc. Aura Gold now controls 100% of Cumaru and has issued 6.0 million common shares to representing approximately 10.0% of the... http://www.mqdata.com/news/show.asp?id=457983069 http://www.mqdata.com/news/show.asp?id=457983069 Fri, 6 Apr 2007 10:49:37 +0100 Nuinsco Resources Limited has earned its 100% interest in the Elmalaan copper-zinc-gold-silver property in northeastern Turkey from Xstrata Copper. http://www.mqdata.com/news/show.asp?id=-1589767188 http://www.mqdata.com/news/show.asp?id=-1589767188 Thu, 5 Apr 2007 11:10:32 +0100 Inca Pacific Resources Inc. has closed the brokered portion of a private placement. The Company placed 11,800,000 common shares at a price of $0.75 per common share for gross proceeds of $8,850,000. Raymond James Ltd. acted as agent on the... http://www.mqdata.com/news/show.asp?id=2100562764 http://www.mqdata.com/news/show.asp?id=2100562764 Thu, 5 Apr 2007 10:47:26 +0100 Adriot Resources Inc. has received agreements for a total of C$806,848.00 for 2,305,280 units of one share and one whole warrant. Each whole warrant will be for three years, transferable, and entitle the holder to purchase one additional common... http://www.mqdata.com/news/show.asp?id=192464044 http://www.mqdata.com/news/show.asp?id=192464044 Wed, 4 Apr 2007 23:37:32 +0100 Sierra Minerals Inc. has commenced a Phase II drill program at its Cerro Colorado Gold Mine, Sonora, Mexico. This will be an exploratory drill program conducted with an open hole "air-track" percussion drill rig in order to efficiently test the... http://www.mqdata.com/news/show.asp?id=116287862 http://www.mqdata.com/news/show.asp?id=116287862 Wed, 4 Apr 2007 10:58:38 +0100 UNOR Inc. has commenced its 2007 $7.0 million uranium Nunavut exploration program with ground geophysics and diamond drilling. http://www.mqdata.com/news/show.asp?id=1399993584 http://www.mqdata.com/news/show.asp?id=1399993584 Wed, 4 Apr 2007 10:57:01 +0100 Strait Gold Corporation has received an Environmental Viability Certficate approving a Class B drilling permit for its Culebrilla Project in Peru. The Certificate is the first granted under Peru's recently amended regulations designed to speed up the... http://www.mqdata.com/news/show.asp?id=693734927 http://www.mqdata.com/news/show.asp?id=693734927 Wed, 4 Apr 2007 10:47:23 +0100 Bluerock Resources Ltd. has mobilized a drill rig to the Tramp Mine project, Montrose County, Colorado. Drilling is expected to start the week of April 9th, 2007. http://www.mqdata.com/news/show.asp?id=1912564998 http://www.mqdata.com/news/show.asp?id=1912564998 Wed, 4 Apr 2007 10:42:29 +0100 Hana Mining Ltd. has completed a $550,000 non-brokered private placement. The Company issued 5,000,000 units at a price of $0.11 per unit. Each unit is comprised of one common share and one half transferable share purchase warrant. Each whole... http://www.mqdata.com/news/show.asp?id=1253261592 http://www.mqdata.com/news/show.asp?id=1253261592 Wed, 4 Apr 2007 10:22:45 +0100 DIAGNOS inc., a leader in knowledge extraction and artificial intelligence, has acquired two new properties based on the interpretation of a database acquired from the Quebec government for the Abitibi region.