TORONTO, ONTARIO-- - Kirkland Lake Gold Inc. and Queenston Mining Inc. are pleased to announce recently completed drilling within the South Mine Complex on the jointly held South Claims Joint Venture located south of KL Gold's Macassa Mine in Kirkland Lake, Ontario.

Central Sun Mining Inc.(TSX: CSM.WT)(AMEX: SMC) is pleased to provide the final results from its successful 2008 exploration program at the Limon and Orosi Mine areas and the Mestiza-La India project in Nicaragua.

THE PRICE OF GOLD continued to drift lower in early London trade on Tuesday, holding $10 per ounce below last week's close while European stock markets lost another 2% and crude oil fell towards fresh 21-month lows.

Ed Levesque heads into the Wenatchee Mountains every weekend with the same fever that lured his forebears here during the gold rush of the 1870s. "There's lots of gold in this creek," the 63-year-old miner said. "In the old days, you could up come up here and dredge to your heart's content." But these days, the quest that beckoned people west more than a century ago is running ...

The prices of most commodities are likely to increase in the long run and for different reasons. Gold may climb above $1,000 an ounce in 2011 as global mine output drops, mining costs rise and demand increases, Morgan Stanley said.

Kalimantan Gold Corporation Limited(AIM: KLG) has signed an Option Agreement with PT Indobara Pratama to bring the coal deposit on IBP's 100%-owned coal KP into production and acquire up to an 80% interest in IBP.

Houston Lake Mining Inc. (Pinksheets: HLKMF), an advanced exploration company seeking gold, platinum group and rare metal deposits in Ontario, is pleased to announce that a 2000m diamond drill program has commenced on the Dubenski Shaft Zone historic gold resource.

VIPR Industries Inc. announces that its recently announced exclusive LOI for the possible acquisition of 2 gold prospecting properties, located 20 km from the very lucrative Geita Gold Mine has been granted PML's from the ministry of energy and mines as per section 95 of the mining act of 1998.

The federal Bureau of Land Management has approved an environmental impact statement for the big Cortez Hills open-pit gold mining project in Nevada -- an action sought for several years by Barrick Gold Corp.

Houston Lake Mining Inc. (Pinksheets: HLKMF), an advanced exploration company seeking gold, platinum group and rare metal deposits in Ontario, is pleased to announce that a 2000m diamond drill program has commenced on the Dubenski Shaft Zone historic gold resource.

VIPR Industries Inc. announces that its recently announced exclusive LOI for the possible acquisition of 2 gold prospecting properties, located 20 km from the very lucrative Geita Gold Mine has been granted PML's from the ministry of energy and mines as per section 95 of the mining act of 1998.

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) - The federal Bureau of Land Management has approved an environmental impact statement for the big Cortez Hills open-pit gold mining project in Nevada - an action sought for several years by Barrick Gold Corp.

Constitution Mining Corp. announces the company has paid US$750,000 and issued 2,000,000 shares of common stock to exercise the initial option to acquire a 25% interest in the Mineral Rights for 382 km2 of mining properties in the developing Gold Sands district of northeastern Peru.

Houston Lake Mining Inc. (Pinksheets: HLKMF), an advanced exploration company seeking gold, platinum group and rare metal deposits in Ontario, is pleased to announce that a 2000m diamond drill program has commenced on the Dubenski Shaft Zone historic gold resource.

ZNext Mining Industries, Inc. with Stock Symbols: announces that ZNXPP will be the new symbol for ZNext Mining Preferred Stocks after the 1,000:1 Reverse Split.

ITOGON, PHILIPPINES: Three gold miners were found dead in an underground tunnel in the mountainous northern Philippines on Sunday (9 Nov) after they apparently ran out of oxygen, officials said.

The historic significance of an Otago site at which a gold rush was sparked nearly 150 years ago is in line to get heritage recognition from the Historic Places Trust.

Three gold miners were found dead in an underground tunnel in the mountainous northern Philippines on Sunday after they apparently ran out of oxygen, officials said.

Merit Mining Corp. announces it is reducing the scale of its operations at its Greenwood Gold Mine, including the termination of approximately 45 personnel.