Sunridge Gold Corp. reports assay results from the final 63 drill holes of the recently completed drilling program at the Gupo Gold Deposit, part of the Asmara Project, Eritrea.

Dia Bras Exploration Inc., a Canadian listed mining company focused on precious and base metals in Peru and Mexico, announced the appointment of Mr. Steven G. Dean as Chairman and Mr. Alberto Arias as Vice-­Chairman of its Board of Directors.

First Uranium Corporation released its production results for the three months ended December 31, 2011.

Goldrush Resources Ltd. reported assay results from an additional 19 reverse circulation holes of a 116 hole (98 RC and 18 core) fill-in drilling program on the Company's Ronguen Gold Deposit in Burkina Faso, West Africa.

U.S. Silver Corporation announces the retirement of Tom Parker, the Corporation’s CEO effective January 31, 2012.

Venus Metals Corporation Limited’s exploration activities conducted during the quarter ending 31 December 2011 were mainly focused on soil sampling and assaying at Yalgoo Iron Ore Project, successful commissioning of the diamond processing plant at the Argyle Smoke Creek Alluvial Diamond Project and a reconnaissance drilling programme at Bassit Bore Prospect.

African Eagle Resources plc announced the addition of two independent Non-Executive Directors to its Board of Directors who will bring additional expertise in support of the development of its flagship Dutwa Project in Tanzania, and improve compliance with current best practice in corporate governance.

Following its successful listing on the Deutsche Börse’s Frankfurt Stock Exchange (code: 1BM) in October 2011, Bracken International Mining (BIM) is poised to become a major player in the international manganese market.

Welcome to 6th Annual Asia Mining Partnering Forum 2012 which is to be convened on May 24th & 25th, 2012 in Beijing, China.

African Eagle Resources plc announced that after an extensive bidding and adjudication programme it has selected Lycopodium Minerals Pty Limited of Perth, Western Australia as the engineer to prepare the bankable feasibility study for its flagship Dutwa project in Tanzania.

African Eagle Resources plc announced that it has selected SGS Metallurgy of Perth, Western Australia to perform the pilot-scale hydrometallurgical testing programme for its flagship Dutwa Nickel project in Tanzania.

First Nickel Inc. provided an update on its progress in Q4 2011 and announce its outlook with respect to 2012 production and costs.

IAMGOLD Corporation will release its 2011 fourth quarter and full year financial results after market hours on Thursday February 23, 2012.

Continental Nickel Limited announced the assay results from its 2011 drilling program on the St. Stephen Nickel-Copper project in New Brunswick which have confirmed the discovery of new nickel-copper sulphide mineralization.