Africa-focused gold producer Avion Gold (TSX: AVR) will intensify its drilling campaign at its Vindaloo zone in Burkina Faso following a slew of drilling results that extended strike length of gold mineralization by over a kilometre. Calling the latest intercepts an "apparent clear path" to a resource increase, John Begeman, Avion president and CEO, said in a statement that Avion would double its exploration budget to $6 million at the Hounde property, which covers the Vindaloo target. There Avion has so far outlined 63,000- and 547,000-ounces gold in the indicated and inferred categories, respectively.

To show-off its size in a nickel belt with the likes of Hudbay Minerals as a neighbour, Anfield Nickel (TSX-V: ANF) set 100 million as a key tonnage threshold to cross at its Mayaniquel nickel project in Guatemala. In its latest resource update, Anfield clawed ever closer to the self-imposed target, important perhaps psychologically more than anything.

Anvil Mining Ltd posted a quarterly profit, helped by higher realized copper prices. The Democratic Republic of Congo-focused copper miner expects 2011 output to be 36,000-38,000 tonnes and set an exploration budget of $10 million for the year.

Australia said the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan would not curb the world's appetite for uranium and predicted its exports will continue to rise as its develops more mines. Spending on exploration in Australia to find more uranium is expected to rise by more than third this year, Australia's minister for mines, Martin Ferguson, said in a speech to geologists on Thursday.

Australian prospectors are scouring remote outback locations for new sources of iron ore to rival the big western lodes dominated by Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton , spurred on by China's swelling appetite. Analysts expect most of Australia's iron ore to keep coming from Western Australia's Pilbara region, the world's single largest deposit, which is seen producing about 400 million tonnes this year.

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African Barrick Gold said it was not aware of plans by the Tanzanian government to impose a "super tax" on mining profits, responding to reports that the country could introduce a windfall levy. Worries over the tax helped drag the miner's shares down 7.8 percent by 1125 GMT, underperforming a sector battered by fresh concerns over the economic recovery.

The top 40 global mining companies are poised to break through the US$1 trillion asset mark this year, due to record levels of cash, property and equipment on balance sheets, says a new PwC report. In their report Mine 2011: The game has changed, PwC called the financial results of the top 40 "spectacular" as total revenues increased 32% to US$435 billion, breaking the $400 billion mark for the first time.