2007/06/07 Largo Maracas Preliminary Assessment

Largo Resources Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:LGO) is pleased to report that a Preliminary Assessment (Scoping Study) has been completed on its Maracas Vanadium-PGM property located 250 kilometres west of Salvador, Bahia, Brazil by Micon International Limited (Micon) of Toronto, Ontario. Micon concludes that the Maracas vanadium deposit could form the basis on which to build a viable ferro-vanadium production operation....

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Micon anounces new office

Micon is pleased to announce the opening of a new representative office in Christchurch, New Zealand. We continue to offer our professional services with the assistance of our Associate Consultants for assignments in the Pacific Rim and Asia.
For further details please call the office at 64 (0) 3 968 0213
Contact personnel are:
Dave Stone: dstone@xtra.co.nz
Chris Robins: chris.robins@xtra.co.nz
Paul Foote: paul.foote@xtra.co.nz
Harry Burgess and Ian Ward of MICON
hburgess@micon-international.com
iward@micon-international.com
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2008/05/12 Colombia Goldfields announces Inferred Resource

Colombia Goldfields Ltd. announces an initial NI 43-101 inferred resource estimate prepared by Micon International Limited, of 2.6 million ounces of gold for the Zona Alta (Upper Zone) at Marmato....

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2008/05/09 Rusoro awards Scoping Study to Micon

Rusoro Mining Ltd. reports that the Company has awarded the contract to conduct a scoping study for the Choco 10 Mine and surrounding deposits in the El Callao region to Micon International Limited...

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2008/05/08 Mustang Minerals Corp

Mustang Minerals Corp. today announced positive results from the prefeasibility study completed for the Company's Maskwa nickel-copper-platinum group metals project located near Lac du Bonnet Manitoba. The study was compiled by Micon International Limited with Met-Chem Canada Inc. Wardrop Engineering Inc and Golder Associates Ltd....

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2008/05/08 Fortune Mineral Updated Feasibility

Fortune Minerals Limited (TSX-FT) announces improved economics for its 100% owned NICO cobalt-gold-bismuth deposit in the Northwest Territories, pursuant to a report prepared by Micon International Limited that provides an update to their 2007 full feasibility study....

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2008/05/07 North American Palladium

North American Palladium has received received the results of a Preliminary Assessment study, prepared by Micon International Limited. The study concluded that for an initial capital cost of $37 million the Offset zone can be mined using a series of conveyors and access ramps and longhole stoping....

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2008/04/22 Aquiline Updated Resource Estimate

Aquiline Resources Inc. (TSX:AQI) reports that Micon International Limited has completed a revised independent mineral resource estimate on the Calcatreu Gold Project located in Rio Negro Province, Argentina...

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2008/03/31 Polyus Gold - Chertovo Koryto Audit

OJSC Polyus Gold (RTS, MICEX and LSE - PLZL), announced the completion of the exploration programme and international reserves audit at the Chertovo Koryto deposit in Irkutsk region. The international audit in accordance with JORC standards was done by Micon International Ltd. Proved and probable reserves at Chertovo Koryto are estimated to be 43.61 Mt at 1.83 g/t, and 79.96 tonnes (2.6 Moz) of gold. Measured and indicated resources amount to 50.49 Mt at 1.84 g/t, and 92.95 tonnes (3 Moz) gold. In addition to that, inferred resources amounted to 2.09 Mt at 1.64 g/t, or 3.4 tonnes (109 koz) of gold....

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2008/03/27 Highbank retains Micon for EAA

Highbank Resources Ltd. announces the preparation of an Environmental Assessment application ("EAA") and a Mine Permit application ("MPA") to the B.C. Government in anticipation of the start up of aggregate production operations. Micon International Limited ("Micon") of Vancouver, B.C has been retained to compile the EAA and assist with the Environment Assessment process, and has submitted a draft project proposal and begun discussions with the BC Environmental Assessment Office....

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2007/08/27 Normabec confirms measured resource

Normabec Mining Resources Ltd. (TSX VENTURE: NMB)(FRANKFURT: N6M), through its wholly owned Mexican subsidiary Minera Real Bonanza S.A. de C.V. ("MRB"), announces that Micon International Ltd of Toronto has provided an updated NI 43-101 technical report and a tailing resource estimate for the Real de Catorce property located in the San Luis Potosi State, northern central Mexico, containing 4.1 million ounces of silver in 1.40 million tonnes averaging 90.33 g/t Ag....

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2007/08/20 Aurora selects Micon International

Aurora Energy Resources Inc. (Toronto:AXU.TO) announced that it has advanced its Michelin Project to the pre-feasibility stage, and apointed Micon International to conduct engineering pre-feasibility studies for the mine and process facilities....

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2007/03/26 Reservoir intercepts 22.01 g/t gold over 4.7 metres at Brestovac

Reservoir Capital Corp. (TSX-V:REO) reports drilling results from its Brestovac property in Serbia. Five diamond drill holes for a total of 559.1 meters have been completed on the Brestovac target, as recommended in the Company's 43-101 F1 "Technical Report on the Exploration Potential of the Zlot-Brestovac Mineral Property, Serbia" prepared by Jonathan Steedman and Stanley Bartlett of Micon International Ltd., dated January 5, 2007, which is available for review under Reservoir's profile at www.sedar.com. ...

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2007/03/16 Silvermex Penasco Quemado Resource Estimate

Silvermex Resources Ltd. has filed an independent Technical Report to support the Mineral Resource estimate for the Penasco Quemado Property, Sonora, Mexico disclosed by the Company on January 30, 2007. The Report was prepared by William J. Lewis, B.Sc., P.Geo. of Micon International Limited of Toronto, and James A. McCrea, B.Sc., P.Geo., of Vancouver, B.C., both independent Qualified Persons. ...

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2007/03/13 Royal Roads metallurgical test program

Royal Roads Corp. (RRO - TSX-V) announced that it has engaged Micon International Limited to design and supervise a metallurgical testing program for the Daniels Pond Zinc-Silver-Lead deposit in Newfoundland, Canada....

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2007/03/08 Endeavour triples Silver resource at Guanacevi Mines Project, Durango, Mexico

Endeavour Silver Corp. (TSX: EDR, AMEX: EXK, DBFrankfurt: EJD) announces tripled silver reserves and resources at its producing Guanacevi Mines Project in Durango, Mexico. William Lewis, P.Geo. of Micon International Ltd. has completed an audit of the silver reserves and resources at the Project, and is the author of a NI 43-101 report which will be filed on SEDAR within 45 days....

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2007/02/21 Apogee announces mineral resource for Paca Project

Apogee Minerals Ltd. (TSX Venture Exchange: APE) has received an initial Inferred Mineral Resource Estimate for the Paca deposit of 18.42 million tonnes at a grade of 43g/t silver, 1.16% zinc and 0.68% lead. The mineral resource estimate, prepared by Micon International Limited, included a preliminary Lerches-Grossman open pit shell, which shows that much of the silver, zinc and lead mineralization outlined in the resource model has the potential to be extracted at a profit....

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2007/02/07 Highbank engages Micon for Environmental Assessment

Highbank Resources Ltd (TSX-V:HBK)(FWB:V7O) has announced that Micon International Ltd. has been commissioned to assist in obtaining the Environmental Assessment Certificate for its Swamp Point North Aggregate Project. The scope of work includes defining the project, identifying and meeting with key consultants and agencies to determine the required environmental assessment route and to determine whether and how the project can be fast tracked and conducting the associated First Nations participation, key to developing any mining project in British Columbia. ...

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2007/02/05 Marathon appoints Micon to lead F/S team

Marathon PGM Corporation has announced the appointment of Micon International Ltd to manage the Definitive Feasibility Study on the Marathon PGM-Cu Project, located about 10km north of Marathon, Ontario in the Hemlo gold district. Micon, together with Met-Chem Canada Inc., Golder Assoc. and P&E Mining Consultants Inc., will begin the Definitive Feasibility Study immediately. All these firms have previously worked with Micon on similar studies....

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2007/01/23 Mustang Minerals - Maskwa Preleminary Assessment

Mustang Minerals Corp. has received the results of preliminary economic assessment for the Maskwa property, prepared by Micon International Ltd. The project's economic character was deemed robust by Micon and Mustang has subsequently initiated work geared toward completion of a feasibility study....

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2007/01/16 Fortune Minerals - NICO Feasibility

Fortune Minerals Limited (TSX-FT) announced the positive results of its full, bankable feasibility study (BFS) assessing the Company's 90% owned NICO gold-cobalt-bismuth project in the Northwest Territories. The NICO BFS was led by Micon International Limited and Met-Chem Canada Inc. with a number of additional engineering companies retained to work on specific parts of the project. The study was based on the assessment of a combined open pit and underground mine processing 4,000 tonnes of ore per day (1,460,000 tonnes per annum) in a plant constructed at the site to produce gold dore, cobalt cathode and a high-grade bismuth concentrate....

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2007/01/12 Vannessa Ventures

Vannessa Ventures Ltd. ('Vannessa') announced the results from the Feasibility Study on the Crucitas gold project in northern Costa Rica. The study was conducted by Micon International Limited and others, under contract to Vannessa's wholly owned subsidiary, Industrias Infinito S.A....

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2007/01/02 Micon appointment

Geraint Harris, Senior Mining Engineer, has joined Micon's team in our Norwich, UK office. Details of Geraint's qualifications and experience are available on the People page of this website....

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2006/12/05 Aurelian Resources

Micon's Terry Hennessey, P.Geo., has been retained as the independent QP to oversee preparation of an NI 43-101 compliant mineral resource estimate at Aurelian's Fruta del Norte (FDN) property in Ecuador...

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2006/11/28 ECU Silver

ECU Silver Mining Inc. announced it had engaged Micon International to update the NI-43 101 compliant technical report to reflect some of the discoveries made in 2006 and do a scoping study for possible bulk mining and the corresponding mill expansion....

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2006/11/24 Rusoro Mining

Rusoro Mining has engaged Micon International Limited to conduct scoping studies on the Increible 6 project as well as the San Rafael/El Placer project and surrounding satellite deposits...

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2006/11/20 GlobeStar

GlobeStar appoints Micon to assist on metallurgical issues...

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2006/11/14 Colombia Goldfields

Colombia Goldfields Receives Micon's 43-101 Technical Report on the Marmato and Caramanta Projects...

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2006/11/09 Polyus Gold

OJSC Polyus Gold, Russia's leading gold producer, announced that as part of the preparation for its listing on the London Stock Exchange, Micon International has produced an independent expert report that assesses Polyus Gold's proved and probable gold reserves at 50.8 million ounces....

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2006/11/07 Apogee Minerals

Apogee intersects 42m @ 405 g/t Ag and PACA - Micon International commences resource estimate...

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2006/06/28 Kimber Resources

Kimber Resources announces completion of block model resource estimate by Micon International Ltd....

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2006/06/21 High River Gold / Buryanzoloto

High River Gold Mines Ltd, through its 85%-owned Russian subsidiary OJSC Buryatzoloto, has agreed to acquire a 50% equity interest in the high grade Prognoz Silver Project after a review of the property by Micon International Ltd senior geologist Bill Lewis....

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2006/06/09 Global Hunter Corp

Micon completes a resource study on the Las Posadas shear zone...

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2006/05/10 URSA Major Minerals

Micon appointed to conduct the scoping study on the Shining Tree Nickel Deposit, Ontario...

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2006/02/14 Norilsk Nickel

Micon audits JORC platinum and palladium reserve estimates at MMC Norilsk Nickel...

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2006/01/30 International Minerals

International Minerals Reports Results of Feasibility Study at Rio Blanco Gold-Silver Project, Ecuador...

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Newsletter - Fall 2003

The mining industry is enjoying improved metal prices, at least in US dollar terms. This short review attempts to place the recent changes in a longer term perspective....

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Newsletter - Winter 2004/2005

Chris Jacobs prepared his research report on this topic as part of his MBA at the University of Pretoria, Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) November, 2003. This overview of his analysis examins the ability of a group of South African platinum producers ito expand with the market and, at the same time, add value for their shareholders....

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Newsletter - Spring 2006

Russia's improving economic and investment climate have contributed to an increased pace in Micon's consulting assignments in Russia. Ten years ago, the interest of Western mining companies was focused almost exclusively on gold and most of Micon's work was related to independent due diligence on their behalf. ...

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