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 NEWSPart of the trial against Rio Tinto executive Stern Hu will be heard in closed court, China has confirmed. The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) today said Chinese authorities had officially informed Australia's embassy in Beijing that it read more » NEWS | Montreal, CanadaMining and metals giant Rio Tinto Group, parent of Canada's Alcan, Friday signed a $1.35 billion U.S. pact with Chinalco under which the Chinese metals conglomerate will help develop Rio's massive iron ore reserves in Guinea, West Africa. read more » NEWS | Seoul, South KoreaSouth Korea and the European Union on Friday expressed concern over an iron ore production tie-up between resource giants BHP Billiton (BHPB) and Rio Tinto at a meeting in Seoul, government officials said. read more »
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Further Australian Mining News Headlines from NewsMine
IRON MOUNTAIN MINING LIMITED and RED RIVER RESOURCES LIMITED
Friday, March 19, 2010
Iron Mountain Mining Limited announce that re-sampling of the recent drilling at the Kara North Prospect has confirmed the presence of significant tin mineralisation associated with previously identified magnetite beds at the company’s Blythe Project in northern Tasmania. Iron Mountain reported widespread intersections of >0.1% tin including 41m @ 0.22% Sn (KNRC 036) and 51m @ 0.15% Sn (KNRC 021). A close spatial association between tin and magnetite iron ore mineralisation is noted. Magnetite-tin mineralisation has been delineated over a length of 900m and up to 400m in width. Iron Mountain Mining Limited, in collaboration with 50:50 Joint Venture partner Red River Resources Limited, undertook a screening survey of reverse circulation (RC) drill cuttings from the Kara North Prospect with a Niton XRF field analyser during January 2009. As a consequence, over 570 additional samples were submitted for XRF analysis to re-test for tin and iron. Property: BLYTHE(Complete Text of Mar 9, 2009 News Release) 
GOLDEN CROSS RESOURCES LTD
Friday, March 19, 2010
Golden Cross Resources announced that exploration drilling continued at Copper Hill, Australia, with 11 holes drilled totaling 1,928 m of RC percussion and 289 m of core. The second hole in the program, GCHR298, intersected 10 m of 1.17 g/t gold including an interval of 3 m grading 3.11 g/t gold. Overall the hole intersected 162 m averaging 0.29 g/t gold from 34 m to the end of hole at 196 m. The hole is located in a new zone north of Buckleys Hill and lies outside the 2007 resource estimate area. Property: COPPER HILL(Complete Text of Mar 18, 2010 News Release)
ALLIED GOLD LIMITED and AUSTRALIAN SOLOMONS GOLD LIMITED
Friday, March 19, 2010
Allied Gold Limited announced completion the compulsory acquisition of the remaining shares in Australian Solomons Gold Limited. Accordingly, Australian Solomon Gold is now a wholly-owned subsidiary of Allies Gold. (Complete Text of Mar 4, 2010 News Release)
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