VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 02/05/13 — Mr. Ian Rozier, President and CEO of Eastern Platinum Limited ("Eastplats" or the "Company") (TSX: ELR)(AIM: ELR)(JSE: EPS), reports that mining operations at the Zandfontein Section of the Crocodile River Mine ("CRM") have been suspended following a fatal accident at the mine.Mr. Allan Swartz, a shift supervisor, was fatally injured after falling down an empty ore pass. A Section 54 Stop Work Order has be
Significant Increases in Mineral Reserves and Resources at Wassa
SPOKANE VALLEY, WASHINGTON — (Marketwire) — 02/05/13 — Revett Minerals Inc. (TSX: RVM)(NYSE MKT: RVM)(NYSE Amex: RVM) ("Revett" or the "Company") is pleased to provide an update on underground activities at its Troy Mine along with an update of year-end 2012 reserve and resource estimates.Troy Mine UpdateThe Company recently completed underground travel-way inspections from the South Adit. The inspections, in coordination with MSHA and a Revett geotechnical consultant, c
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 02/05/13 — Redhawk Resources, Inc. ("Redhawk" or the "Company") (TSX: RDK)(OTCQX: RHWKF)(FRANKFURT: QF7) is pleased to announce that Arthur K. Ratte has agreed to join the Company-s Technical Advisory Board. Mr. Ratte has over 30 years of mineral processing experience including mine management, commissioning, operating and maintaining large copper concentrators. His background with a major copper producer included evaluating a
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 02/05/13 — Excelsior Mining Corp. (TSX VENTURE: MIN)(OTCQX: EXMGF)(FRANKFURT: 3XS) ("Excelsior" or "the Company") is pleased to announce results from recent hydrological tests conducted at the Gunnison Copper Project, located in southeastern Arizona.Aquifer testing at well NSH-5 indicated a hydraulic conductivity (K) of approximately 5 feet per day (ft/day) while aquifer testing at well NSH-4B had a K value of approximately 0.
RENO, NEVADA — (Marketwire) — 02/05/13 — NuLegacy Gold Corporation (TSX VENTURE: NUG) focuses its fully funded $1.2 million 2013 exploration programs on its near-surface oxide gold deposit (the Iceberg deposit) discovered in 2012 in the Central Mineralized Zone, the highly prospective Avocado Anomaly (both of them located on the now 87 sq.km Red Hills Project "RHP") and its 100 sq. km Wood Hills Project.This focus is a result of renegotiating all of NuLegacy-s earn-in agreements du
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 02/05/13 — Magellan Minerals Ltd. (TSX VENTURE: MNM)(OTCQX: MAGNF) ("Magellan") is pleased to announce the results of eight additional exploration holes recently drilled at the previously untested Ivo, Ratinho South and Ratinho North targets at the Cuiu Cuiu project. Ivo is located 800m north of the Moreira Gomes gold deposit (comprising 14Mt @ 1.5 g/t of gold for 700,000oz in the Inferred category). The Ratinho North and Ratinho South a
ST. JOHN-S, NEWFOUNDLAND — (Marketwire) — 02/05/13 — Scout Exploration Inc. (OTCBB: SCXN) has acquired the rights to an airborne, oil spill response system currently under development at IDS Offshore Inc., of St. John-s, Newfoundland.Faster and more effective oil spill response represents an immanent challenge and opportunity for the oil exploration, production and transportation industries. Reliable solutions targeted for primary response – the first few hours immediately following an inci
JERSEY, CHANNEL ISLANDS — (Marketwire) — 02/05/13 –Contacts: RNS Customer Services 0044-207797-4400
LONDON, ENGLAND — (Marketwire) — 02/05/13 — (AIM: CNR), a gold exploration company focused on delineating a large commercial reserve on its 100%-owned, CIM compliant Mineral Resource of 2,375,000 oz gold at 4.6g/t at La India Project in Nicaragua, is pleased to announce the acquisition of 100% of the 86.4 sq km -HEMCO-SRP-NS- Concession (the "HEMCO Concession") from HEMCO Nicaragua SA ("HEMCO") for a consideration of US$275,000 payable by way of issuing new ordinary shar
