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More Canadian mining CEOs join the millionaires club in 2011

VANCOUVER, Sept. 15, 2011 /CNW/ - In 2011, Canadian mining CEOs are enjoying high salaries on par with 2010's blockbuster year for compensation and there has been a rise in mining CEO millionaires this year, according to the 2011 Mining Industry Salary Survey by Coopers Consulting and PwC. In 2011, the average annual base salary for Canadian mining CEOs was $486,000 in 2011, similar to $480,000 in 2010. Of the 95% of CEOs who were eligible for cash bonuses, 85% reported receiving payouts averaging 76% of their base pay (compared to 88% in 2010 and 61% in 2009) with the highest cash incentive percentage totalling 300% of base pay.
CNW Group | Natural Resource Discoveries | September 15, 2011 | 4:58 pm
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Rockwell to implement highly effective bulk x-ray technology diamond recovery at Saxendrift

VANCOUVER, Sept. 6, 2011 /CNW/ - Rockwell Diamonds Inc. ("Rockwell" or the "Company") (TSX: RDI) (JSE: RDI) (OTCBB: RDIAF) announces that its board of directors has approved the capital investment to install high throughput (or bulk) x-ray technology at Saxendrift. This represents another positive step in implementing and entrenching its diamond value management programmes which are focused on sustainably enhancing diamond recoveries.
CNW Group | Natural Resource Discoveries | September 6, 2011 | 3:35 pm

WGR- Wits Gold’s advanced De Bron-Merriespruit South (DBM) Project moves into pre-feasibility; additional resource upgrade on track

Wits Gold wishes to announce that Turgis Consulting (Pty) Ltd (Turgis) has been appointed to complete a pre-feasibility study over the Company's advanced DBM Project in the southern Free State goldfield. This follows the announcement of positive scoping study results at the DBM Project on 23 June 2011. The initiation of a seven diamond borehole drilling programme for pre-feasibility purposes commenced in July 2011 and is on schedule to be completed during September 2011.
CNW Group | Natural Resource Discoveries | September 6, 2011 | 3:33 pm

Canadian gold miner AuRico to buy Northgate Minerals for $1.48 billion

TORONTO, Aug. 29, 2011 /CNW/ - AuRico Gold Inc. ("AuRico") (TSX:AUQ) (NYSE:AUQ) and Northgate Minerals Corporation ("Northgate") (TSX:NGX) (NYSE-Amex:NXG) are pleased to announce that they have entered into a definitive acquisition agreement (the "Agreement") to create a new leading intermediate gold producer. The new company will have 5 operating gold mines, a sixth mine targeting production in 2012 and 3 gold development projects in Mexico, Canada, and Australia, three of the top global mining jurisdictions.
CNW Group | Natural Resource Discoveries | August 29, 2011 | 12:54 pm

$130 billion in investments planned for Canadian mining industry

New figures from the Mining Association of Canada estimate that approximately $130 billion worth of investment is projected over the next five years for the Canadian mining industry; including both new project and expansions to existing operations. That message was part of an address Thursday to the Sudbury Chamber of Commerce made by Pierre Gratton, President and CEO of the Mining Association of Canada.
CNW Group | Natural Resource Discoveries | August 27, 2011 | 7:21 pm

Oilsands Quest Inc. extends rights offering subscription period

Oilsands Quest Inc. (NYSE Amex: BQI) ("Oilsands Quest," "OQI" or "the Company") is extending the rights offering announced on July 18, 2011 (the "Rights Offering"). The Rights Offering was originally scheduled to expire on August 15, 2011 and the Company is extending the period by two weeks in order to ensure that its shareholders have adequate time to consider and participate in the offering.
CNW Group | Natural Resource Discoveries | August 10, 2011 | 12:09 pm

Sunward intercepts gold and strong copper mineralization at First Western step-out hole on Cerro Vetas Zone

Sunward Resources (TSXV: SWD) ("Sunward" or "the Company") is pleased to announce that it has intercepted significant mineralization in the first-ever step-out drillhole on the western side of the Cerro Vetas zone, at its Titiribi project, Colombia. The Company recently began drilling the western side of the Cerro Vetas porphyry after geologic modeling and surface geochemistry suggested that the porphyry may extend in a westerly direction beyond the previously-identified resource envelope.
CNW Group | Natural Resource Discoveries | July 25, 2011 | 1:00 pm

Azimut discovers a new copper-molybdenum zone at Rex, Nunavik, Quebec

Azimut Exploration Inc ("Azimut" or "the Company") (TSXV: AZM) announces the discovery of a new mineralized 1.5-km-long copper-molybdenum zone on its 100% owned Rex property in Nunavik, northern Quebec. This latest zone (the Robinson Zone) further supports the excellent exploration potential for large-scale polymetallic deposits in a region considered by Azimut to be a new mineral belt of major importance.
CNW Group | Natural Resource Discoveries | July 22, 2011 | 1:00 pm