Mining news: DIAMOND DRILLING

Gold Bullion Drilling Confirms Extension of Granada Gold Mine Mineralization

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA–(Marketwire - Feb. 8, 2010) - Gold Bullion Development Corp. (TSX VENTURE:GBB - News; the ‘Company’ or ‘Gold Bullion’) is pleased to announce additional assay results from its first two phases of drilling at the Granada Gold

INDONESIA – Second rig at Miwah

As diamond drilling by East Asia Minerals continues to encounter gold mineralization at the Miwah Gold Project in Aceh Province, a second drill rig has arrived on site to begin resource estimate drilling. The second rig is capable of drilling to a depth

Rocklands update

Mining Journal > Exploration & Development > Rocklands update Publishing Date Issue/Supplement 05/02/10 Author Mining Journal The latest round of drilling at CuDeco Ltd’s Rocklands copper property in Queensland has intersected futher wide zones of

Second Phase of Diamond Drilling at Mercier Rare Earth Element (REE) Discovery

Threegold Resources recently announced that a second phase of drilling has commenced on its 100% owned Mercier Project. The goal of the 3,000-metre diamond drilling program is to further develop rare earth element mineralization discovered by the company

Zinccorp Resources Inc. Samples 1170 g/t Gallium, 60.3 g/t Germanium and 24.1 g/t Indium at Michelle

Zinccorp Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE:ZN) (the ‘Company’) is pleased to announce that high grade zinc, lead and silver mineralization has been found to be enriched in Gallium, Germanium and Indium, specialty metals which are valued for their use in

U.S. gold reserves cover up Best of the Boards/Blogs

”Note that hole KDH29 appears to bottom in mineralization, with 42 metres of 2.07 g/t Au. As well, this is the deepest hole and it appears that zone is widening at depth, while also pulling gold deeper. Why is this important? It allows the company

Destiny Gold Project Provides Further High Grade Results from Phase 1, Phase 2 Drilling in Progress

- High grade gold including 16.43 g/t (0.48 oz/ton) and 6.02 g/t (0.17 oz/ton) intersected in multiple zones within the DAC Deposit, assays for last 2 holes still pending - Gold-mineralized wide shear zones include 25.3m at 0.51 g/t gold and 49.5m at

Tyhee Announces Diamond Drilling Has Commenced On The Clan Lake Main Zone, Yellowknife Gold Project,

TSX Venture: TDC VANCOUVER, Feb. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Tyhee Development Corp. (TSX Venture, TDC) today announced the winter road from Yellowknife to its Discovery Camp has been installed and is accessible for light trucks. This has enabled the

Tyhee Announces Diamond Drilling Has Commenced On The Clan Lake Main Zone, Yellowknife Gold Project, NWT Canada

TSX Venture: TDC VANCOUVER, Feb. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Tyhee Development Corp. (TSX Venture, TDC) today announced the winter road from Yellowknife to its Discovery Camp has been installed and is accessible for light trucks. This has enabled the

LA NEGRA MINE DRILL RESULTS - AURCANA CORPORATION

Aurcana announced that underground drilling at the La Negra silver-copper-lead-zinc mine, located in Querataro State, Mexico, has intersected several new mineralized zones. Eleven holes, for a combined total of 1,460 m, were drilled to trace the strike and dip extents of three well mineralized mantos that have now been collectively named the Cobriza zone. Intersected widths range from 2.05 m to 20.05 m with an average intersected width of 9.40 m and a length weighted average grade of 0.82% Cu.

Forte Energy to complete diamond drilling at Bir En Nar Uranium Prospect

Forte Energy NL is an Australian-based minerals company focused on the exploration, evaluation and development of uranium and energy-related projects worldwide. The Company changed its name from Murchison United NL on 25 November 2008. Forte Energy has

Zinccorp 2010 Drill Plan Currently Underway

Zinccorp Resources recently announced that high grade zinc, lead and silver mineralization has been found to be enriched in Gallium, Germanium and Indium, specialty metals which are valued for their use in various high tech and green manufactured

Avalon Commences Exploration Drilling on East Kemptville Tin-Indium Project

Avalon Rare Metals recently announced that it has commenced a 2,000 metre diamond drilling program on its exploration licences in the East Kemptville area, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia. Ten holes are planned to test three target areas for

Baobab Resources Intersects Broad Mineralisation Zones At Tete Iron-Vanadium Project

Baobab Resources recently announced two of three diamond drill holes completed prior to the close of the 2009 field season at the South Zone prospect of the Tete magnetite-ilmenite project in Mozambique intersected broad zones of cumulate-style

Arctic Star Diamond Corp.: Till Geochemistry Ugrades Multiple EM Targets, Strong Evidence for Widespread Nickel Mineralization,

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 02/02/10 — Arctic Star Diamond Corp. (”Arctic” or the “Company”) (TSX VENTURE: ADD) is pleased to report on its ongoing work in expanding Providence Lake nickel discovery, on its Credit Lake property NT.

Threegold Resources Inc.: Second Phase of Diamond Drilling at Mercier Rare Earth Element (REE) Discovery

Threegold Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE:THG) is pleased to announce that a second phase of drilling has commenced on its 100% owned Mercier Project. The goal of the 3,000-metre diamond drilling program is to further develop rare earth element (REE)

Antares Intersects 2.00 pct Cu Over 52.45 m at Cristo de los Andes Prospect, Haquira Cu-Mo-Au Project, Peru

Antares Minerals Inc. (”Antares”) (TSX VENTURE: ANM | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating Highlights of secondary Cu mineralization from the ten holes reported in this release are as follows: John Black, President and CEO of Antares Minerals Inc.,

Northwest Territories

, including installation of a 2010 winter road, the start of diamond drilling at the Ormsby Zone and positive initial metallurgical results from Clan Lake. The diamond drilling at the Ormsby zone is focused on completing geotechnical holes required for

U3O8 Corp. Extends the Aricheng West Uranium Zone Another 150 Metres

TORONTO, ONTARIO–(Marketwire - Jan. 28, 2010) - U3O8 Corp. (TSX VENTURE: UWE.V), a Canadian uranium exploration company, reports significant uranium mineralization from drilling in the Aricheng West target area in the Kurupung Batholith, in basement

KALGOORLIE NORTH DRILLING RESULTS - ATOM ENERGY LIMITED

Atom Energy announced the initial results of the recent drilling program at the Kalgoorlie North Gold Project, located approximately 45 km north of Kalgoorlie, Western Australia. Highlights include hole KNC09045 intersecting 4.0 m at 133.36 g/t gold from 29.0 m. Drilling confirms historic drilling results and extensions to the mineralised zones.

Miranda Gold Intersects High-Grade Gold Mineralization at Red Canyon

VANCOUVER, BC, Canada–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Miranda Gold Corp. (”Miranda”) (TSX-V: MAD) reports results from a three hole, 1,137 ft (346.6 m) core drilling program at Red Canyon, a sediment-hosted gold project in Eureka County, Nevada. Miranda’s exploration

LA FORTUNA T-11 GOLD ZONE DRILLING UPDATE - GOLDEN PEAKS RESOURCES LTD.

Golden Peaks Resources reported that diamond drilling is underway on the La Fortuna gold project, Argentina. The drilling is currently focusing at the T11 deposit to better define the gold mineralization, extend known deposit to depth and to test for

DACHANG DRILLING RESULTS - INTER-CITIC MINERALS INC.

Inter-Citic Minerals reported that gold mineralization found in an additional exploration drill hole along the major carbonate thrust fault at its Dachang Gold Project in China. In drill Hole CJV-923 returned 3.34g/t gold from 30.5m downhole over an

WATERBURY LAKE DRILL UPDATE - FISSION ENERGY CORP.

Fission Energy reported that it has encountered significant radioactivity during its winter Waterbury Lake project drill program. The mineralization occurs within drill-hole WAT10-063A, which is the 2nd hole of a planned 20 hole program.

Sandman Delivers More High-Grade Gold to Fronteer’s Nevada Platform With 90.28 G/T Gold Over 3.47 Metres

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (MARKET WIRE) — 01/25/10 — Fronteer (TSX: FRG)(NYSE Amex: FRG) announces today that results provided by Newmont USA Limited (”Newmont”) continue to highlight the high-grade nature of near-surface gold mineralization at

Sandman Delivers More High-Grade Gold to Fronteer’s Nevada

Fronteer (TSX: FRG)(NYSE Amex: FRG) announces today that results provided by Newmont USA Limited (’Newmont’) continue to highlight the high-grade nature of near-surface gold mineralization at Sandman, one of three high quality Nevada gold projects in

GARRISON DRILLING RESULTS - VALGOLD RESOURCES LTD. and NORTHERN GOLD MINING INC.

Northern Gold Mining announced drill results from the fall 2009 diamond drill program on the Garrcon zone of its Garrison gold property in Northern Ontario, Canada. A total of 2,333 metres was drilled in eleven holes, focused on confirming gold mineralization at the Garrcon Zone in the North, Shaft, and South sub-zones. Highlights includes hole GAR-09-03 with 34.0 m at 1.05 g/t gold, hole GAR-09-04 with 102.5 m at 1.38 g/t Gold, including 32.0 m at 2.25 g/t and 2.0 m at 12.33 g/t.

WestSide additional coal seams increase CSG potential

MENAFN - ABN Newswire - 22/01/2010 (MENAFN - ABN Newswire) WestSide Corporation Limited’s (ASX:WCL) MSM #3 well in the promising Mount Saint Martin (MSM) prospect in ATP 688P has intersected additional coal seams that could significantly increase the

SEMAFO Initiates Feasibility Study of Wona Mineralization at Depth

Semafo (TSX: SMF) announce the selection of engineering and specialized firms to conduct the Pre-feasibility and Feasibility Studies (“PFS/FS”) of the Wona mineralization at depth, at the Company’s Mana mine in Burkina Faso. The objective of the

Blue Energy intersects 12m coal thickness at Monslatt 3

Blue Energy Ltd says the core well of Monslatt 3, in Queensland’s Bowen Basin, is at a depth of 546m and coring ahead in the primary objective Moranbah coal measures having set intermediate casing at 329m. The well has intersected a total net coal

MCFAULDS DRILLING RESULTS - FREEWEST RESOURCES CANADA INC. and KWG RESOURCES INC. and SPIDER RESOURCES INC.

Spider Resources, KWG Resources and Freewest Resources Canada released analytical results for the final six holes completed in 2009 at the Big Daddy Chromite property. Hole FW-09-43 encountered two zones of massive chromite mineralization; 24.0m at

WONA FEASIBILITY INITIATED - SEMAFO INC.

SEMAFO announced the selection of engineering and specialized firms to conduct the pre-feasibility and feasibility Studies of the Wona mineralization at depth, at the company’s Mana mine in Burkina Faso. The objective of the PFS/FS is to confirm the

ANGOSTURA PROPERTY DRILL RESULTS - GREYSTAR RESOURCES LTD.

Greystar Resources announced initial assay results from the targeted drill program to investigate high grade mineralization at the Los Laches area of the Angostura gold-silver deposit in Colombia. Highlights include hole QPO09-03 intersecting 86.85 m

SWAYZE DRILL RESULTS ANNOUNCED - AUGEN GOLD CORP.

Augen Gold announced the assay results of a drill program conducted on the Swayze project, Ontario, Canada. Highlights include; HF09-23 which intersected 5.29 g/t gold and 424 g/t silver over 0.50 m from 116.00 m. Twelve drill holes were drilled

GOLIATH DRILLING RESULTS - TREASURY METALS INC.

Treasury Metals announces assay results from its recently completed 4,500 metre (31 drill holes) diamond drilling program at the Goliath project. The results confirm continuity of the Main Zone of gold mineralization west of the current resource having

FIRE CREEK PROJECT DRILL RESULTS - KLONDEX MINES LTD.

Klondex Mines Ltd. announced final results from its 2009 drilling campaign on the Fire Creek project located Lander County, North Central Nevada, USA. Highlights include hole FC0914RC which intersected 0.03 oz/ton gold occurring between 925 and 1360

SPANISH MOUNTAIN DRILL RESULTS - SPANISH MOUNTAIN GOLD LTD.

Spanish Mountain Gold announced drilling results at its Spanish Mountain gold project, British Columbia, Canada. Hole 09-DDH-889 has confirmed the presence of a shallow zone of higher grade gold mineralization within the Main Zone and returned the widest

CARIBOO DRILLING RESULTS - INTERNATIONAL WAYSIDE GOLD MINES LTD.

International Wayside Gold Mines announced that it has discovered a new zone, outside and north west of the proposed Cariboo Gold Quartz open pit mine on Cow Mountain, of replacement-like gold mineralization in a rock type not known before to carry gold

ARMAMAR-TABUAÇO DRILL RESULTS - COLT RESOURCES INC.

Colt Resources announced the first assay results from the diamond drilling program on its 100% owned Tabuaço Tungsten Project. The initial hole successfully confirmed significant historical tungsten results over a wide interval. The current drill

QUEBEC LITHIUM PROJECT DRILL RESULTS - CANADA LITHIUM CORP.

Canada Lithium announced that it has intersected higher-grade lithium mineralization including 3.08% Li2O over 8.8 metres and 1.33% Li2O over 19 metres at its Quebec Lithium Project located 60 km north of Val d’Or, Quebec, Canada. The drilling has also

SANTANDER DRILLING RESULTS - TREVALI RESOURCES CORP.

Trevali Resources announced that the latest drill results from its 2009 – 2010 resource expansion program have intersected the best intercepts to date at the Magistral North deposit on the Santander project, in Peru. Highlights includes from Hole

GHANZI PROJECT DRILL RESULTS - HANA MINING LTD.

Hana Mining announced the completion of 23 new RC drill holes at its Ghanzi sediment-host copper-silver project in Botswana. The 23 new holes extend total mineralization by 2000 metres along strike for two areas in the Banana Zone; the South Limb, and

POPLAR SURVEY RESULTS - LIONS GATE METALS INC.

Lions Gate Metals announced the completion of a deep induced polarization survey on the Poplar Project. The results of the deep IP survey confirm that mineralization continues at depth in the Poplar Main Zone.

NULLAGINE PROJECT DRILL RESULTS - MILLENNIUM MINERALS LIMITED

Millenium Minerals Limited announced diamond drill results from completed drilling program at its Nullagine Gold Project in the East Pilbara District, Western Australia. Highlights include hole ANMET001 which intersected 17.0 m of 6.12 g/t gold from 16.0

CENTRAL MINERAL BELT DRILLING RESULTS - CROSSHAIR EXPLORATION and MINING CORP.

Crosshair Exploration & Mining announced assay results from the Central Mineral Belt (CMB) project in Labrador. Vanadium has now been intersected as far as 165m away from the existing resource envelope. Highlights from recently assayed holes include:

VICTORIA DRILLING RESULTS - FNX MINING COMPANY INC.

FNX Mining Company reported that recent drilling at the Victoria property has discovered a new mineralized environment containing wide widths of mining-camp grade nickel, copper and precious metal mineralization within multiple mineralized zones

KRAMER SAMPLING RESULTS - SPRUCE RIDGE RESOURCES LTD.

Spruce Ridge Resources announced sampling results at the Kramer gold zone, located in western Newfoundland. The Kramer zone is a significant, newly discovered zone of intrusion hosted precious metal mineralization from which grab samples have returned

Treasury Metals Intersects Additional High-Grade Gold in Western Area of Main Zone, Goliath Gold Project

Treasury Metals Inc. (”Treasury” or the “Company”) (TSX: TML) announces further high-grade gold assay results from its recently completed 4,500 metre (31 drill holes) diamond drilling program at the Goliath Gold Project. These latest assay results

Colt Resources Inc. Reports on Diamond Drilling Results on the Tabuaço Tungsten Project Northern Portugal

Colt Resources Inc. Reports on Diamond Drilling Results on the Tabua

ADANAC DRILL RESULTS - THREEGOLD RESOURCES INC.

Threegold Resources announced that it has outlined a new gold trend during the fall diamond drilling program on the Adanac project, Quebec, Canada. Anomalous gold was obtained in the first 9 diamond drill holes defining a 920 metre long mineralized