Temex Resources Corp. announces the acquisition of two uranium properties by staking and an option agreement. The two properties, called Huston Lake and Hillock Lake, are located in eastern Manitoba and northwestern Ontario within geological belts recognized to have high potential to host uranium deposits with numerous associated uranium occurrences. Graphics highlighting the new acquisitions […]

Prime Meridian Resources Corp. is pleased to announce that drilling at the Bangston Lake Project area in Michigan will begin next week on three high priority nickel-copper magmatic targets.
The drilling will test this series of strong and coincident magnetic and electromagnetic targets, which have been verified by ground surveys. They lie beneath, and are also […]

Alberta Star Development Corp. (the “Company”) (TSX VENTURE: ASX)(OTCBB: ASXSF) is pleased to announce that the Company has contracted the services of Aurora Geosciences Ltd. (”Aurora”) to supervise the Company’s 2007 diamond drilling program at both the Eldorado and Contact Lake IOCG & uranium projects in Canada’s Northwest Territories. The Company believes that Aurora and […]

BHP Billiton Ltd., the world’s biggest mining company, said third-quarter copper, iron ore and nickel output rose, taking it toward record annual production of its biggest mineral products.
Copper output climbed 22 percent to 357,600 tons in the three months ended March 31, from 293,600 tons a year earlier, Melbourne-based BHP said today in a statement. […]

Donald W. Flinn, P.Eng., Vice-President, Operations for Klondike Star Mineral Corporation (OTCBB:KDSM) today announced the discovery of volcanogenic massive sulphide zones at it’s Ultra Project, near Haines Junction, Yukon, Canada. The Telluride Zone was discovered in outcrop at 2600 meters (8500 feet) elevation on the northwest ridge of Mount Cairnes, approximately 4.5 kilometers southwest […]

Wildcat Exploration Ltd. is pleased to announce the staking of an additional 835 hectares in four claims on the Jeep Property. This area now encompasses a total of 4,022 hectares on 26 contiguous claims, all ground being prospective for gold, nickel, copper, and Platinum Group Elements.
The current drill program confirmed that the Jeep Property hosts […]

ASX-listed mining and exploration company Magma Metals on Monday announced the start of a five hole 1 500 m diamond-drilling programme to test magnetic targets at its Thunder Bay North and Beaver Lake projects in north-west Ontario, Canada.
The projects are located about 50 km northeast of the city of Thunder Bay and 50 km southeast […]

(Corrects company in 10th paragraph whose shares declined.)
David Heydon says the rock he dredged from a mile beneath the sea off Papua New Guinea looked like nothing more than a dull-brown fire hydrant. Inside were veins of copper and gold worth $300.
Two companies exploring the South Pacific seas with new remote-controlled robots are betting rocks […]