Mine Development Underway At Butte Highlands Gold Project   COEUR D’ALENE, ID – Timberline Resources Corporation reported that it has posted the required reclamation bond and site development has begun at its Butte Highlands Gold Project, located 15 miles south…

Skyharbour Identifies 3 High-Priority   VANCOUVER, BC – Skyharbour Resources Ltd. reported the completion of a 3D down-hole Spectral IP/ Resistivity Survey and receipt of a comprehensive report on the Company’s 100% owned 3200 aces South Bay zinc-copper project located in…

New Gold Intercepts At Long Canyon   VANCOUVER, BC – AuEx Ventures, Inc. reported new gold intercepts from step-out and exploration drilling completed at the Company’s 49% owned Long Canyon gold exploration project located within the Pequop Gold District in…

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…

Montanore Hard Rock Mining Impact Plan SPOKANE, WA – Mines Management, Inc. reported that the Montana State Department of Commerce has approved the Hard Rock Mining Impact Plan proposed for the Montanore Silver-Copper Project near the town of Libby, Montana.In…

Mosquito Focusing On Higher-Grade Ore Of 1.1 Billion Tons VANCOUVER, BC – Mosquito Consolidated Gold Mines is focused development of its Idaho CUMO deposit, the largest un-mined, open-pit molybdenum deposit in the world with NI 43-101 confirmed 2.89 billion lbs…

Drilling Commences at Trend Gold Project VANCOUVER, BC – New Dimension Resources Ltd. reported that Calibre Mining Corporation has initiated a three drill hole, 1,500 metre diamond drill program at New Dimension’s wholly-owned Trend gold property located in Nevada.The Trend…

New Gold Completes US$1.6 Billion Business Combination VANCOUVER, BC – New Gold Inc. reported that it has completed the previously announced business combination with Peak Gold Ltd. and Metallica Resources Inc.”Tremendous work has gone into completing the business combination between…

New Jersey Mining Stakes New Gold Property  KELLOGG, ID – New Jersey Mining Company reported that it has staked another gold prospect near Murray, Idaho.  The new prospect known as the Progress is just west of the Niagara copper-silver deposit.Soil…

Quadra Increases 2008 Production Guidance VANCOUVER, BC – Quadra Mining Ltd. reported a new production record of 44.6 million pounds of copper and 42,348 ounces of gold from its 100% owned Robinson Mine for the second quarter of 2008. As…