Hecla Reports Record Silver Production   COEUR DALENE, ID – Hecla Mining Company reported record quarterly silver production of 3 million ounces for the second quarter of 2009, a 24% increase compared with the same period a year ago. In…

Southern Silver Signs Earn-in Agreement with Freeport-McMoRan   VANCOUVER, BC – Southern Silver Exploration reported that it has signed an earn-in agreement with Freeport-McMoRan Exploration Corporation (FMEC), for the Company’s Dragoon Porphyry Project located approximately 100 kilometres southwest of Tucson,…

Positive Pre-Feasibility Study Filed for Borealis Oxide Project in Nevada   Date: August 28,2009 Gryphon Gold Corporation (GGN:TSX/GYPH:OTC.BB) (the Company) is pleased to announce that a copy of the full Pre-Feasibility Study for the Borealis Oxide Project has been filed…

Significant Gold Resource At Columbia Gold Project   GOLDEN, CO – Atna Resources Ltd. reported the completion of an NI 43-101 compliant mineral resource estimate for the Columbia Project, located near Lincoln, Montana. The estimate establishes a measured and indicated…

Drilling Underway on Universal’s Nevada Gold Property   VANCOUVER, BC – Universal Uranium Ltd. reported that its drilling program on its newly acquired Tact Project in Humboldt County, Nevada is underway. Four holes have been completed for a total of…

Black Mountain Resources To Close On the Front Range Gold JV Property   RENO, NV – Black Mountain Resources reported that the management of the Company has completed its review of the information and data supplied by Global Minerals Ltd…

America West Takes Delivery of New Mining Equipment   SALT LAKE CITY, UT – America West Resources, Inc. a domestic compliant coal producer with mining operations in Central Utah, reported that it has taken delivery of a new continuous miner…

ElŽonore South JV Project Drill Program in progress   TORONTO, ON – Eastmain Resources Inc. reported that a 3,500-metre drill program is underway at its ElŽonore South project in Quebec. Les Mines Opinaca LtŽe., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Goldcorp Inc.,…

Successful Startup of Gold Production at Chandalar   SPOKANE, WA – Goldrich Mining Company reported the successful commissioning of its gold recovery plant and startup of alluvial gold production at its Chandalar property, located 200 miles north of Fairbanks, Alaska…

Atna Increases Gold Resources at Briggs Mine   GOLDEN, CO – Atna Resources Ltd. reported an increase in gold resources at its Briggs Mine, Inyo County, California, based on a recently completed mineral resource estimate. The updated estimate incorporating recent…