Alcoa announced it has agreed with ORKLA ASA to exchange their stakes in a Norwegian smelting partnership and a Swedish extrusion joint venture in order to focus on their respective areas of expertise and best practices. Alcoa will receive Orkla’s 50 percent stake in Elkem Aluminum ANS while Orkla... Read more..
Iberian Minerals Corp. announces that the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Minas de Aguas Tenidas, S.A. has entered into a joint venture agreement with Cadillac Ventures Inc., a Canadian junior exploration company. The Agreement relates to 14 properties comprising all or part of 24 Mining Concessions... Read more..
Timberline Resources Corporation announced that it and Ron Guill have mutually agreed to cancel the agreement to acquire Small Mine Development, LLC (“SMD”), while simultaneously agreeing to form a 50/50 joint venture with SMD at Timberline’s 100-percent owned, royalty-free Butte Highlands... Read more..
Metallum Resources Inc. (formerly Young-Shannon Gold Mines, Limited) announces that it has terminated the Option and Joint Venture Agreement (the “Agreement”) that it signed with a private Canadian company in October, 2007 for its Chester Gold Property (see Young-Shannon’s news release... Read more..
George H. Read, P. Geo., Senior Vice President Exploration and Development, announce the fourth set of diamond results from underground bulk sampling of the Orion South Kimberlite, within the Fort a La Corne Joint Venture (FALC-JV) where Shore is the operator with a 60 percent interest and Newmont Mining... Read more..
Aurora Gold Corporation, a mineral exploration company focusing on exploration and development in the Tapajos Gold Province, State of Pará, Brazil, is pleased to announce that the ground geophysics program on the São João Joint Venture project is nearing completion. Aurora Gold and their Joint Venture... Read more..
Tornado Gold International Corp. announce it has engaged Canaccord Capital to assist in the listing of the company on the Toronto Stock Exchange and future underwriting of Tornado Gold. Through its principal subsidiaries, Canaccord Capital Inc. is a leading independent full service investment dealer... Read more..
Midway Gold Corp has announces that Kinross Gold Corporation has entered into an exploration and option to joint venture agreement by which they can earn a 75% interest in Midway’s 100% owned Thunder Mountain project, in Nye County, Nevada. President and CEO of Midway, Alan Branham said that We... Read more..
Midway Gold Corp. announce 2009 work plans will primarily be focused on the Golden Eagle project in Washington and the Midway project in Nevada. Exploration at the Spring Valley project is expected to continue under a proposed earn-in agreement, previously announced (PR October 20, 2008). The Thunder... Read more..
AngloGold Ashanti Australia Ltd is pleased to announce a Mineral Resource increase for the Tropicana Gold Project in Western Australia. The Tropicana Gold Project, located 330 kilometres east north-east of Kalgoorlie, is part of the Tropicana Joint Venture, which is 70% owned by AngloGold Ashanti Australia... Read more..