AuEx Signs Wood Hills South Project Earn in Agreement   RENO, NV – AuEx Ventures, Inc. reported the execution of an exploration earn in agreement with NuLegacy Gold Corporation NV concerning the Company’s Wood Hills South gold exploration project located…

Sandman Gold Project On Track To Potential Production Decision   VANCOUVER, BC – Fronteer Development Group Inc. reported that results from ongoing exploration and development work by Newmont USA Limited demonstrate Fronteer’s Sandman project is one of Nevada’s highest grade…

Fire River Gold Reports On Progress At Nixon Fork   VANCOUVER – Fire River Gold’s main focus is the gold-copper-silver Nixon Fork Mine, Alaska, which was acquired in August of 2009. A former high-grade gold mine, it produced approximately 145,000…

Barkerville Gold Begins Mining At QR Mine   VANCOUVER, BC – Barkerville Gold Mines Ltd. reported that it has been advised by its mining contractor, Procon Mining and Tunnelling Ltd., that mining began as scheduled, on March 15, 2010 and…

Tailings Management & Sustainable Development  By Mark E. Smith, PE, GE  The International Institute for Environment and Development was commissioned in 1999 to undertake the Mining, Minerals and Sustainable Development (MMSD) project.  This led to a partnership between MMSD, the…

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…

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…

Initial Metallurgical Results for Long Canyon Announced VANCOUVER, BC – AuEx Ventures, Inc. reported encouraging recoveries of about 90% of contained gold from the first two series of bottle roll tests conducted on surface samples of gold mineralization collected from…

Gryphon Gold Sells Blue Mountain Project to Nevada Geothermal   VANCOUVER, BC – Gryphon Gold Corporation reported that its wholly owned subsidiary, Nevada Eagle Resources (NER), has sold its Blue Mountain project to Nevada Geothermal Power Company (TSX VENTURE:NGP -…

Initial Metallurgical Results for LongCanyon Announced   VANCOUVER, BC – AuEx Ventures, Inc. reported encouraging recoveries of about 90% of contained gold from the first two series of bottle roll tests conducted on surface samples of gold mineralization collected from…