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…

Significant Resource Increase At Jerritt Canyon  VANCOUVER, BC – Yukon-Nevada Gold Corp. reported new and increased mineral resource estimate for its wholly-owned Jerritt Canyon operating gold mine in Elko County, Nevada. Jerritt Canyon is operated by Queenstake Resources USA Ltd.,…

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…

Substantial Resource Growth At Spring Valley Reported  DENVER, CO – Midway Gold Corp. reported that the total gold identified at its wholly-owned Spring Valley project in Pershing County, Nevada has grown significantly from the previous Inferred resource estimate in 2009…

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…

Technical Report For Bell Mountain Project  TORONTO, ON – Laurion Mineral Exploration Inc. reported that the Technical Report supporting the recent initial Mineral Resource Estimate on the Bell Mountain Project, in Churchill County, Nevada has been filed. The report details…

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…

  Drilling Identifies New Copper/Gold Targets VANCOUVER – Kiska Metals Corporation reported that the recently completed shallow-hole grid drilling program at the Whistler Project, Alaska, has defined a new zone of near-surface gold-copper porphyry mineralization and veining at the Raintree…