The bankable feasability study outlines an operation producing 9.2 million tonnes per year of high-grade 68% iron ore concentrate, projecting a 45.9% internal rate of return and a U.S. $3.5 billion net present value at an 8% discount rate.

Canada's U3O8 had optimized the metallurgical process at its Berlin uranium project, in Colombia, and found that by adding an acetic-acid (vinegar) leach step to the process by which the uranium, phosphate, vanadium, rare earths and other metals would be extracted, resulted in a 50% reduction in acid consumption, among other benefits.

Production at its four operating mines in Mexico increased 36% in the third quarter of 2012, compared to the same period last year.

The company has begun to truck 1,000 tons of mineralized material to Grants Pass, Oregon for immediate processing at the Merlin contract mill.

The new concessions increase the original size of the La Cigarra silver property by over 100 times from 306 hectares to 32,064 hectares, consolidating a large land package over a prospective and largely under-explored area.

Canadian junior Newstrike Capital Inc. announced the results from 4,948 meters of drilling completed this period as part of the 2012 drill program in progress at the Company's 100%-owned Ana Paula Project in the Guerrero Gold Belt, Mexico.

Canada's Lucara Diamonds (TSX:LUC) sold $13.4 million worth in diamonds.

Australian St Barbara Limited ("St Barbara") announced it became the sole shareholder of Allied Gold Mining Plc ("Allied Gold") on 7 September 2012 (UK time), and Allied Gold was delisted from the London and Toronto stock exchanges.

Claudio Mancuso, President and Chief Executive Officer, is scheduled to speak on Wednesday, September 12, 2012 at 10:05 am MDT.

A new working group of national-level mining and exploration associations and transparency-focused NGOs announced today that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding to improve Canada's transparency regime as it relates to extractive company payments to governments.

VANCOUVER, COLOMBIE-BRITANNIQUE--(Marketwire - 15 août 2012) - Aurizon Mines Ltée (TSX:ARZ)(NYSE MKT:AZK)(NYSE Amex:AZK) a le plaisir d'annoncer que la deuxième phase de son programme d'exploration sur le bloc de propriétés Marban de ...

The company has announced it has entered into an agreement with Sociedad Minera, to evaluate, and if deemed economic, re-process certain mine tailings located in Segovia, Antioquia, Colombia