Environment – News

Thursday, August 12th 2010

Typhoon Exploration Inc. announces that since July 8, 2010 it has begun its drilling campaign of 15,000 meters on the Fayolle Project, as part of its agreement with Aurizon Mines Limited. To date 5 drill holes have been completed. The drilling activity began in the area of the Fayolle Deposit with the objective to confirm the geologic model defined during the geoscientific compilation conducted in… 

RockBridge Completes Prospecting and Proceeds With Plans for Drilling

Tuesday, August 10th 2010

RockBridge Resources Inc. has completed the summer prospecting of the Cross Hills Newfoundland Rare Earth and Copper property, and all samples have been sent to Activation Laboratories in Ontario for analysis. Accordingly, RockBridge is now proceeding with its plans for drilling to commence upon award of the contract. In addition, RockBridge has been successful in application for a Government of Newfoundland… 

Uragold Adds Four Claims to Its Beauce Placer Gold Property Located in St-Simon-Les-Mines

Uragold Bay Resources Inc. announce that it has signed a letter of intent with a private vendor regarding the acquisition of 100% interest in four claims located in Saint-Simon-les-Mines, Quebec. The acquired claims expand the Beauce Placer Gold property to the northeast. This will add 1,700 meters to the 550 meters of un-mined paleoplacer gold channel. Uragold will modify the recently announced work… 

Artha Reports Progress on Rare Earth and Precious Metals Projects

Artha Resources Corporation announce that the company continues to make significant progress on its Argentinean exploration projects. Surface programs have recently been completed at the Vallecito and Pirquitas properties in Jujuy Province and reconnaissance work has commenced on the recently staked Cachi property, in western Salta Province, that is highly prospective for rare earth minerals as well… 

Tethys Petroleum Limited: Tajikistan-Komsomolsk Well KOM201 Commences Drilling

Tethys Petroleum Limited announced that drilling operations had commenced on the East Komsomolsk KOM201 appraisal well. The KOM201 well is designed to appraise the eastern portion of the Komsomolsk gas field, which lies beneath the northern part of Dushanbe, the capital city of Tajikistan. It is being drilled by Tethys’ ZJ30 rig “Tykhe”, and is a deviated well intended to intersect… 

Tethys Petroleum Limited: Drilling Commences on AKD03 (Dione) Exploration Well

Tethys Petroleum Limited announced that it had commenced drilling the AKD03 (Dione) exploration well in Kazakhstan. Tethys’ ZJ70 rig “Telesto” has commenced drilling on an attractive exploration prospect which is located nearby to, and south-west of, the Doris oil discovery. This well is planned to target both the Cretaceous and Jurassic intervals where oil has been flowed in the… 

Alto Ventures Ltd.: Exploration Work Commences on the Coldstream Property, Ontario

Alto Ventures Ltd. announce the start of the 2010 summer exploration program on the Coldstream Property in Ontario. The program will include a minimum of 8,000 m of diamond drilling as well as surface work consisting of line cutting, ground geophysical (IP and Resistivity) surveying, geological mapping, prospecting and sampling. The line cutting has already started and drilling will overlap with the… 

Constantine Acquires Trapper Lake Gold Property in Northern British Columbia

Constantine Metal Resources Ltd. announce that is has signed an agreement to acquire an undivided 100% interest in 9 contiguous mining claims (3,756 hectares) that make up the Trapper Lake property (the “Property”), located in the Atlin Mining Division in northern British Columbia. The Property lies 45 km north of the Golden Bear mine road, accessed from Dease Lake and 200 km south of the… 

Aldrin Ready to Drill 3 Gold Projects in the Yukon

Aldrin Resource Corp. announce that preparations for the upcoming 2010 summer drill programs are complete. The Company expects to commence drilling on its 100% owned Keystone project on June 6, 2010. The Keystone project is located approximately 10-kilometers south of Keno Hill in the Mayo mining district, Yukon Territory. The Company has budgeted for 8,000-meters of core drilling this upcoming summer… 

Ascot Resources Ltd. Commences 2010 Drilling at Premier

Ascot Resources Ltd. announce that, due to an unusually low snow pack in northwestern B.C., it has been able to commence drilling on its Premier property several weeks earlier than previously planned. Initial drilling will be with the Company’s portable fly drill, purchased in 2009, but it is expected within a few weeks, that the Company will have a second rig working on the property. This second…