Barrick Pours First Gold at Buzwagi   TORONTO, ON – Barrick Gold Corporation reported the first gold pour at its Buzwagi mine in Tanzania. In 2009, Buzwagi is expected to produce approximately 200,000 ounces of gold at total cash costs…

Newmont Generates First Quarter Net Cash Of $387 Million   DENVER, CO – Newmont Mining Corporation reported first quarter results, with net cash from continuing operations of $387 million with equity gold sales of 1.27 million ounces at an average…

Timberline Files Underground Exploration Plan   COEUR D’ALENE, ID – Timberline Resources Corporation reported on the filing of the Underground Exploration Plan and the acquisition of additional property at its Butte Highlands Gold Project in southwestern Montana. Timberline has rapidly…

First Quarter Production Tops 27,000 Ounces     TORONTO, ON – Wesdome Gold Mines Ltd. is pleased to announce strong first quarter gold production and bullion sales. Rolly Uloth, President, commented "Strong grades and increased gold prices continue to favour…

Focus On Concealed Carlin-Type Gold Targets     LAKEWOOD, CO – Taranis Resources Inc. reported that it has made a strategic decision to focus its exploration efforts on pediment-covered targets in Nevada after having assembled a state-wide exploration database aimed…

Taseko Initiates Copper Hedging Program   VANCOUVER, BC – Taseko Mines Limited reportred that it has established a hedging program for approximately 50% of targeted copper production to the end of 2009 from its wholly-owned Gibraltar Mine. The Company used…

Filing of Technical Report for Spring Valley   HELENA, MT – Midway Gold Corp. has filed a 43-101 Technical Report supporting an updated mineral resource estimate for the Spring Valley Project, Nevada. The Inferred mineral resource estimate of 87.75 million…

Queenstake To Restart Milling Operations VANCOUVER, BC – Yukon-Nevada Gold Corp. reported that the Queenstake Resources’, a wholly owned subsidiary of Yukon-Nevada Gold Corp., Jerritt Canyon Mine has completed a series of environmental-compliance requirements and that Nevada Division of Environmental…

Bralorne Moves Forward With New Adit for BK Zone   VANCOUVER, BC – Bralorne Gold Mines Ltd. Reported that it has mobilized our equipment and a skilled team of miners to begin the construction of the new adit on the…

Azteca Discovers Sullivan-Style Massive Sulfides at Two Mile SPOKANE, WA – Matthew Russell, President of Azteca Gold Corp. reported drilling and geologic progress on the Company’s 50% owned Two Mile Project near Osburn, Idaho in the historic Silver Valley. "Azteca…