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,…

Assay Results At Black Mountain Property   SHREVEPORT, LA – International Star, Inc. reported that it has received encouraging results from rock chip and soil geochemistry samples taken from its Black Mountain, Arizona, property. Rock sample grades of up to…

Stillwater Mining Reports Profit for Second Quarter   COLUMBUS, MT – Stillwater Mining Company reported net profit for the 2009 second quarter of $4.2 million on revenues of $94.8 million. This compares to second quarter 2008 net income of $16.3…

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…

Augusta Reports Mine Truck Fleet Purchase   DENVER, CO – Augusta Resource Corporation reported the signing of an agreement for the purchase of 23, 250-ton Caterpillar 793F haulage trucks for its 100%-owned Rosemont Copper project in southern Arizona. The purchase…

High-Grade Gold Intersected In Footwall Zone Of Sandman Gold Deposit   VANCOUVER, BC – Fronteer Development Group Inc. reported that Newmont Limited, a subsidiary of Newmont Mining Corporation, has provided the results from a further 10 holes recently drilled as…

Pele Mountain Finds More High-Grade Gold   TORONTO, ON – Pele Mountain Resources Inc. reported that prospecting, mapping, and sampling at its Highland gold property has led to the discovery of more high-grade gold at the Haystack and Macallan zones…

Results For 2009 Drill Program At Livengood Gold Deposit   VANCOUVER, BC – International Tower Hill Mines Ltd. reported assay results for the first 16 holes of the 2009 summer drilling program at Livengood gold deposit, Alaska. Results demonstrate the…

Drilling Scheduled at New Dimension’s Reese River Silver Project, Nevada   VANCOUVER, BC – New Dimension Resources Ltd. and its wholly-owned subsidiary Dimension Resources (USA) Inc. reported that International Minerals Corporation (TSX:IMZ – News; "International Minerals") has completed its legal…

Aurelio Completes Sale Of Silver Projects   LAKEWOOD, CO – Aurelio Resource Corporation reported that the Company has completed the previously-announced agreement with JKR Gold Resources, Inc. concerning the sale of four of the Company’s gold / silver projects in…