Avalon Ventures Ltd.: Progress Report on Drilling Results, Resource Estimates, Environmental and Metallurgical Studies for the Lake Zone REE Deposit, Thor Lake, NWT

Avalon Ventures Ltd. provide the following progress report on the 2008 work program on its 100% owned Thor Lake Rare Metals project located near Yellowknife, NWT. The summer drilling program on the Lake Zone Rare Earth Element (”REE”) deposit concluded in September bringing the cumulative... Read more..

Orbite Begins Environmental Studies at Grande-Vallee

EXPLORATION ORBITE V.S.P.A. INC. announces the onset of environmental studies at its Grande-Vallee site. Roche Ltee, Groupe Conseil of Quebec City has been selected as the independent consultants for this project. The first objective of this study is to establish the environmental process needed to obtain... Read more..

NDEP Issues Water Pollution Control Permit for GBG’s Hollister Project

Great Basin Gold Ltd, announces that the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection/Bureau of Mining Regulation and Reclamation (NDEP) recently issued one of the key permits needed for a full-scale underground mining operation by its wholly owned subsidiary, Rodeo Creek Gold Inc. (RCG), at the Hollister... Read more..

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RiverRun Resources Contracts Peruvian Services Company

RiverRun Resources Inc. announces the execution of a services contract with Logistica y Servicios Aluviales San Lorenzo SAC to develop the company’s 79 km2 of mining properties in the Gold Sands district of northeastern Peru. The company has the option to acquire up to 100% of the mineral rights... Read more..

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Alcoa Chairman Alain Belda Honored By Asia Society for Environmental Leadership

Alcoa announced that Alcoa Chairman Alain Belda was honored by the Asia Society this week for his environmental leadership, including Alcoa’s progress to reduce GHG emissions and address global warming. In accepting the award, Mr. Belda said, “At Alcoa, we see global warming as the sustainability... Read more..

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Canadian Zinc Corporation: Memorandum of Understanding Signed With Liidlii Kue First Nation, Fort Simpson NT

Canadian Zinc Corporation and Liidlii Kue First Nation of Fort Simpson, Northwest Territories, are pleased to announce that they have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (”MOU”) to establish a mutually beneficial, co-operative and productive relationship with regard to the exploration... Read more..

Southern Peru Copper Hits 48 Metres of 0.36% Copper and Drops Option at Canadian Shield’s Cerro Cori Property

Canadian Shield Resources Inc. announce that Southern Peru Copper – Surcusal del Peru, the Peruvian branch of Southern Copper Corporation has completed a 9 hole, 3,428 metre diamond drilling campaign on the Company’s Cerro Cori Property located in the Department of Ayacucho in southern Peru. The... Read more..

Alcoa Sets Dates for Employee Layoffs at Rockdale Smelter Due to Local Power Issues

Alcoa said it has set dates for the layoff of approximately 300 employees at its Rockdale, Texas, aluminum smelter where the company has idled half of its production. In addition, approximately 100 contract employees will be affected. The plant was partially shut in June 2008 because of ongoing supply... Read more..

Keegan Announces Appointment of Environmental Manager and Provides Project Updates

Keegan Resources Inc. announce that it has contracted Graham Johnson to be its Health, Safety, Environment, and Community Manager. Mr. Johnson was formerly a Principal with Coffey Natural Systems in Perth, Australia where he led environmental and community baseline studies for various mining and exploration... Read more..

WorldAutoSteel Releases Preliminary Styling for Future Steel Vehicle

Future Steel Vehicle (FSV) Programme has produced early styling sketches based on the packaging studies initiated in the Phase I research, which are released today by WorldAutoSteel member companies. FSV’s technical team, which includes EDAG, Quantum Technologies, Inc., SFCV/Tongji and WorldAutoSteel... Read more..