PolyMet Receives Draft EIS From Department of Natural Resources

PolyMet Mining Corp. announced that it has received the draft Environmental Impact Statement (”EIS”) assessing the Company’s proposed mine development project located in the established mining district of the Mesabi Iron Range in northeastern Minnesota. PolyMet controls 100% of the... Read more..

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Pacific Gold Corp. Prepares for Gold Production

Pacific Gold Corp. announced that its subsidiary, Nevada Rae Gold has begun and completed the first phase of the plant modifications that were previously approved by the local governing agency, the Nevada Department of Environmental Protection (NDEP) for the Black Rock Canyon Mine. The trommel, conveyors,... Read more..

Yukon-Nevada Gold Corp. updates progress at Jerritt Canyon, Nevada

Yukon-Nevada Gold Corp. announces that it has made significant progress in securing the Jerritt Canyon Mine site and is in the process of reopening the Roasting Mill. On August 19, 2008, Queenstake Resources USA, Inc., the operator of the Mine, notified the U.S. Forest Service that it was suspending... Read more..

Firstgold Corp. Announces That It Has Received All Permits Necessary to Begin Production

Firstgold Corp. announced that it has received its Reclamation Permit from the Nevada Department of Environmental Protection, which completes its permitting process to fully revise the Plan of Operations and begin production at the Relief Canyon Mine. The permit is contingent on the company increasing... 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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Atna Reports Third Quarter Progress at Pinson Gold Project, Nevada

Atna Resources Ltd., report activity at the Pinson Gold Mine in Humboldt County, Nevada. Pinson Mining Company, a subsidiary of Barrick Gold, spent US$5.0 million on drilling and development activities at Pinson in the third quarter of 2008 bringing their total project-to-date expenditures to US$18.2... Read more..

BacTech Partners With University of Toronto Researchers to Advance Its Bioleaching Technology

BacTech Mining Corporation announce that is has begun working with University of Toronto researchers, Dr. Grant Ferris and Dr. Chris Kennedy. Dr. Ferris, a Professor in the University’s Department of Geology, is also the Director of the Microbial Geochemistry Laboratory (”MGL”), with... Read more..

Pacific Rim Files Notice of Intent to Seek CAFTA Arbitration

Pac Rim Cayman LLC, a Nevada corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Pacific Rim Mining Corp., has filed a Notice of Intent to commence international arbitration proceedings against the Government of El Salvador under the Central America-Dominican Republic-United States of America Free Trade Agreement... Read more..

Great Basin Gold Acquires Mill, Updates Operations and Finances

Great Basin Gold Ltd. announces that it has signed an agreement with Metallic Ventures Gold Inc, whereby the Company will purchase the Esmeralda processing plant (”Mill”) in Nevada, inclusive of the Esmeralda mine and infrastructure for US$2 million. The Company’s decision to purchase... Read more..

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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