Atna Completes Leach Pad Expansion at Briggs  GOLDEN, CO –  Atna Resources Ltd. reported that it has completed its planned leach pad and carbon tower construction projects at the Briggs Mine in California. These projects include a doubling of available…

High Grade Gold Intersected At Carlin Project  VANCOUVER, BC – Evolving Gold Corp. reported that two drill holes have intersected significant high grade gold at its Carlin project in Nevada. Both new holes are wedges drilled from hole CAR-002 and…

Mercator Minerals Completes Acquisition of Creston Moly  VANCOUVER, BC – Mercator Minerals Ltd. reported that it has completed the previously announced arrangement with Creston Moly Corp. pursuant to which Mercator has acquired all of the issued and outstanding shares of…

North Basin High-Grade Zone Extended At Wilco VANCOUVER, BC – Rye Patch Gold Corp. reported additional assay results from the Company’s 100% controlled Wilco project along the emerging Oreana gold and silver trend located in Nevada. High-grade gold was successfully…

New Joint Venture To Operate Silver Cord Mine  PRESCOTT, AZ – Western Sierra Mining Corp. has reached a new agreement with Extractive Technologies Inc., the owners of the Silver Cord mine located in central Arizona. Under the original agreement Western…

First Quarter Operating Performance Exceeds Expectations  RENO, NV – Allied Nevada Gold Corp. reported net income of $0.2 million in the first quarter of 2011. The company initiated an aggressive exploration campaign to follow-up on the results encountered early in…

Revett Ramps Up Mining In C Bed Area    SPOKANE VALLEY, WA – Revett Minerals Inc. reported first quarter 2011 production from its Troy Mine in northwestern Montana of 245,068 ounces of silver and nearly 2 million pounds of copper…

Newmont Reported Record Quarterly Operating Cash Flow   DENVER, CO – Newmont Mining Corporation reported record operating cash flow of $989 million for the first quarter of 2011, compared to $728 million in the first quarter of 2010, an increase…

71.4 g/t Gold And 40.1 g/t Silver Over 5.9m At Nixon Fork   VANCOUVER, BC – Fire River Gold Corp reported additional high-grade results obtained from holes drilled during its 2011, 28,000 metre drill program at the Nixon Fork Gold…

Phase-Four Exploration Program at Idaho Gold Project  VANCOUVER, BC – Premium Exploration Inc. reported that two drills are turning at the company’s 100% owned Idaho Gold Project located in the Central Idaho. Five zones of mineralization are known within the…