Victory Nickel Begins 10,000 m of Drilling At Minago TORONTO, ON – Victory Nickel Inc. reported that it has begun 10,000 metres of diamond drilling designed to expand the overall nickel resource, as well as an Early Works program as…

Redhawk Intersects 840 Feet of 1.79% Copper Equivalent VANCOUVER, BC – Redhawk Resources, Inc. reported its first step-out core drill hole of an ongoing 70,000 foot Phase II drill program at the Copper Creek project in Pinal County, Arizona returned…

Victory Nickel Expands Land Position TORONTO, ON – Victory Nickel Inc. reported that it has signed an option agreement with Xstrata Nickel, a business unit of Xstrata Canada Corporation, to acquire a 100% interest in five mineral claims located adjacent…

Increase In Grade Of Resource At Ketza River VANCOUVER – Yukon-Nevada Gold Corp. reported that it has completed an updated resource estimate for its 100% owned Ketza River property in the Yukon Territory, which significantly increases the grade of its previously…

Hecla Acquires 70.3% Of Greens Creek For $750 Million COEUR D’ALENE, ID – Hecla Mining Company announced an agreement with Kennecott, a subsdidiary of Rio Tinto, to acquire the companies owning 70.3% of the Greens Creek mine near Juneau, Alaska…

Jerritt Canyon To Produce 120,000 Ounces Of Gold VANCOUVER – Yukon-Nevada Gold Corp. reported results for its fourth quarter of 2007 and its year end results. Financial results only reflect the activities of Queenstake Resources Ltd. since its acquisition in…

Formation Capital Receives Annexation Approval VANCOUVER, BC – Formation Capital Corporation has been informed by its wholly owned subsidiary, Formation Capital Corporation, U.S. located in Salmon, Idaho, that the Salmon City Council has given its official final approval to the…

Drilling Completed On The Evans Mine Portion Of Dixie Flats Project VANCOUVER, BC – Staccato Gold Resources Ltd. has completed a three-hole, 4,500 foot core drill program on the Evans Mine portion of its Dixie Flats project in Nevada. The…

Canyon Reports Positive Cecil R Drilling GOLDEN, CO – Canyon Resources Corporation reported the results of a 15-hole 4,800 foot reverse circulation drilling campaign completed in January at its Cecil R property located five miles north of its Briggs Mine…

Fortune River Begins Drilling On Nevada Projects VANCOUVER, BC – Fortune River Resource Corp. reported that drilling is now underway at the Wind Mountain project and is expected to begin the week of April 1st at the East Manhattan project,…