VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 01/09/13 — Empire Mining Corporation (TSX VENTURE: EPC) ("Empire") announces that effective tomorrow, January 10th, 2013, it will commence trading on the TSX Venture Exchange under the new name Columbus Copper Corporation and the new ticker symbol CCU.Shareholders are not required to take any action in connection with the change of name; physical share certificates of Empire Mining Corporation will remain valid share certificates of Col
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 01/04/13 — Empire Mining Corporation (TSX VENTURE: EPC) ("Empire") announces that its Directors have approved a name change to Columbus Copper Corporation.The change will take effect at the opening of trading on January 10, 2013 – Empire will commence trading on the TSX Venture Exchange under the new name Columbus Copper Corporation and the new ticker symbol CCU. There is no consolidation of capital.The changes emphasize Empire-s concen
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 11/29/12 — Empire Mining Corporation (TSX VENTURE: EPC) ("Empire") is pleased to report that a high resolution, helicopter-borne magnetic and radiometric geophysical survey has commenced over its Bursa licences in western Turkey to aid regional geological and structural interpretation as well as to identify extensions to previously-identified mineralization and to locate new exploration targets. The survey will be flown by Fugro Airborn
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 10/19/11 — Empire Mining Corporation (TSX VENTURE: EPC) ("Empire") is pleased to provide an update on its acquisition of a 100% interest in the Bursa Licences, which cover the Demirtepe and Karapinar projects in Turkey; originally announced in July.Empire and Alacer Gold Corp. ("Alacer") have further amended their purchase and sale agreement such that the parties have agreed to use best efforts to complete the transactions the
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 07/26/11 — Empire Mining Corporation (TSX VENTURE: EPC) ("Empire") is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement to acquire a 100% interest in the Bursa Project in Turkey where drilling by Empire has encountered significant grades and intervals of copper-gold-silver and molybdenum skarn mineralization, including the discovery hole at the Bursa-Demirtepe target which intersected 47.53 meters of 2.02% Copper, 0.96 g/t Gold
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 07/14/11 — Empire Mining Corporation (TSX VENTURE: EPC) ("Empire") is pleased to announce the results of the first assays from underground diamond drilling at its 100% owned Bulqiza chromite project in Albania.Drill hole ETH-002, collared at -50 degrees returned a weighted mean assay of 41.98% Cr2O3 over an intersected width of 4.85 metres, with a chrome to iron ratio of 3.24:1. Combined with the low alumina and high magnesia obtained,
