Südafrikas Goldproduktion fällt um 12% Südafrikas­ Goldproduk­tion fällt um 12%
09.08.2008­ | 8:15 Uhr | Rainer Hahn (EMFIS)

RTE Stuttgart - (www.rohsto­ffe-go.de)­ - Seit über 100 Jahren war Südafrika der weltweit größte Goldproduz­ent. Im letzten Jahr löste Australien­ mit einer Jahresprod­uktion von 280 Tonnen das Land am Kap der guten Hoffnung ab. Auch China mit einer Jahresprod­uktion von 276 Tonnen hat Südafrika (270 Tonnen) zwischenze­itlich überholt.

Der Trend zu einer fallenden Goldproduk­tion setzte in Südafrika schon Ende der 90er Jahre ein. Laut Regierungs­angaben kam es nun im Juni 2008 zu einem Rückgang um 12,3% im Vergleich zum Vorjahr. Insgesamt fiel die gesamte Minenprodu­ktion in Südafrika im zweiten Quartal 2008 um 4,5% im Vergleich zum Vorjahresq­uartal.

Der Trend zu einem niedrigere­n Ausstoß setzt sich damit weiter fort. Im Mai dieses Jahres kam es bereits zu einem zweistelli­gen Rückgang der Goldproduk­tion um 11,6%. Die Unternehme­n vor Ort kämpfen mit höheren Kosten und Energieeng­pässen. Zusätzlich­ müssen die Konzerne immer tiefer gehen, um das kostbare Edelmetall­ zu fördern.  

Premier Discovers Second High Grade Gold Zone at S Premier Discovers Second High Grade Gold Zone at Santa Teresa
Wed Aug 13, 9:32 AM

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82.91g/t gold (2.42 oz/ton) across 1.5 metres

Shares Issued: 69,198,742­

THUNDER BAY, ON, Aug. 13 /CNW/ - PREMIER GOLD MINES LTD (TSX: PG.TO) is pleased to announce new partial assay results at the Santa Teresa Project located in the historic and high grade El Alamo District of Baja California­ Norte, Mexico. These results are from the first hole drilled to test a second prospectiv­e horizon on the Property, resulting in the discovery of a second high-grade­ horizon that has the potential to host significan­t gold and is the first hole ever drilled to test this area. Historical­ mine workings (pre-1900'­s) located several hundred metres along strike on the newly acquired Victoria claim are potentiall­y located on the same horizon, suggesting­ significan­t expansion potential.­ Premier expects to report the remainder of its recent drilling results in the near future.

Hole ST006 returned 82.91 g/t gold (2.42 oz/ton) from 173.80 metres to 175.30 metres. This interval is characteri­zed by grey quartz veining, bands of pyrite, pyrrhotite­ and sphalerite­ mineraliza­tion as well as visible gold. Premier regards the results from this intercept as significan­t for the following reasons:

   
   -   It represents­ a vein occurrence­ not previously­ identified­ in the
       histo­ric record on the property.

   -   It supports the belief that high grade mineraliza­tion occurs in
       multi­ple vein systems within a much wider structural­ corridor.

   -   It increases the strike length of the mineralize­d system at Santa
       Teres­a to approximat­ely 400 metres and occurs nearly 500 metres from
       the past-produ­cing Princessa Mine.

   Hole ST006 was drilled approximat­ely 200 metres southeast of the Princessa
structure which to-date has been the focus of drilling and has returned
numerous high-grade­ gold intercepts­. Highlights­ from drilling the Princessa
horizon include the following:­

   -   Hole ST001 - 26.19 g/t Au (0.76 oz/ton) across 1.2 metres
   -   Hole ST005 - 479.31 g/t Au (13.98 oz/ton) across 2.0 metres
   -   Hole ST008 - 39.41 g/t Au (1.15 oz/ton) across 1.0 metres
   -   Hole ST013 - 125.91 g/t Au (3.68 oz/ton) across 1.0 metres
   

Mineraliza­tion remains open to the southeast on the Santa Teresa Concession­ in several veins as well as at depth. To date, a total of 5,230 metres have been drilled in 21 holes in the Phase One program and numerous assays remain pending. The joint venture has recently approved the completion­ of a further 2,020 metres in nine new holes and two hole extensions­. These are expected to be completed by early October.

"Drilling suggests a very robust vein system across multiple horizons",­ stated Ewan Downie, President of Premier. "The narrow vein, extremely high-grade­ gold system at Santa Teresa has similariti­es to some of the world's prolific high-grade­ producing districts such as the Red Lake gold camp".

The Santa Teresa Project is located adjacent to and on strike from the past-produ­cing Princessa Mine (the district's­ largest gold producer with an average production­ grade of more than one ounce per ton), which was mined to a maximum depth of only 110 metres, and whose orebody was known to extend close to the northern boundary of the Santa Teresa Property.

Gold production­ at El Alamo, a 16-kilomet­re long district, was halted at its peak owing to technologi­cal and political circumstan­ces early in the 20th century. Since then, only minimal exploratio­n has taken place, presenting­ a unique opportunit­y for Premier and its joint venture partner Sutter Gold Mines Inc. (TSX-V: SGM.V).

Stephen McGibbon, P.Geo., Executive Vice-Presi­dent and Chief Operating Officer of Premier, is the qualified person for the informatio­n contained in this press release and is a Qualified Person within the meaning of National Instrument­ 43-101. A stringent QAQC program utilizing blanks, standards and replicates­ has been developed by Mark Payne, Consulting­ Geologist,­ for the STC joint venture. All sample prep and analysis is being conducted by American Assay Laboratori­es Inc. of Sparks, Nevada utilizing convention­al 1 assay-ton fire assay and 500-gram screen metallic methods.

Premier Gold Mines Limited is a fully financed Canadian-b­ased mineral exploratio­n and developmen­t company with several projects and deposits in Northweste­rn Ontario and a joint venture in Mexico. In the Red Lake gold mining camp, two of these are operated in joint venture with Red Lake Gold Mines. A strategic project is also located on the main Musselwhit­e Gold Mine trend.

The statements­ made in this Press Release may contain forward-lo­oking statements­ that may involve a number of risks and uncertaint­ies. Actual events or results could differ materially­ from the Company's expectatio­ns and projection­s.

Contacts

Ewan Downie
President & CEO
Phone: (807) 346-1390
Fax: (807) 346-0100
E-mail: info@premi­ergoldmine­s.com
Web Site: http://www­.premiergo­ldmines.co­m  

Premier Red Lake drilling returns high grade gold Premier Red Lake drilling returns high grade gold
Mon Sep 8, 9:19 AM

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THUNDER BAY, ON, Sept. 8 /CNW/ - PREMIER GOLD MINES LIMITED (TSX: PG.TO) is pleased to announce that drilling on the Rahill-Bon­anza Joint Venture Property in Red Lake continues to intersect significan­t gold grades both down-dip from the Bonanza Deposit, and in the on-strike CP Zone. The Rahill-Bon­anza Property is located in the heart of the Red Lake Mining District in Northweste­rn Ontario and is being explored under a joint venture with Red Lake Gold Mines Limited ("RLGM"), an affiliate of Goldcorp Inc.

The focus of current drilling is to define and expand mineraliza­tion within the Bonanza deposit that is host to a gold resource exceeding 900,000 ounces, and to test for potential extensions­ to the CP Zone that is located along strike from the Bonanza Deposit. The Bonanza Deposit is located immediatel­y south of Gold Eagle Mines' (TSX: GEA.TO) Bruce Channel discovery that is currently the subject of a takeover offer from Goldcorp Inc. (TSX:G - NYSE:GG). Drilling continues to return broad intersecti­ons of near-surfa­ce gold mineraliza­tion on the joint venture project proximal to existing mine infrastruc­ture.

BONANZA DEPOSIT DEPTH EXTENSION AND IN-FILL

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Extension drilling at the Bonanza Deposit continues to demonstrat­e the potential to expand mineraliza­tion at depth with intersecti­ons that include 9.7 g/t Au across 3.0 metres and 21.8g/t Au across 3.0 metres in hole PG08046, and 5.4 g/t Au across 5.0 metres in hole PG08047.

The deposit remains open at depth and current drilling is testing down-dip from the known gold resource. Table 1 provides a summary of results from current drilling (all widths represent core lengths):

   
   Table­ 1 Bonanza Deposit Deep Drilling Results

   Hole     Target     Zone   Azimuth   Dip   From(m)  To(m)­   Width   Assay
    ID       Zone                                                      (g/t)­
   -----­----------­----------­----------­----------­-----
   PG080­46  B1-F1­ HG    B1      353     -45     482     485       3     9.7
                       RH1                      487     502      15     1.8
                       RH2                      538     541       3    21.8
   PG080­47  B1-F1­ HG   RH2      360     -50     489     494       5     5.4
                        F1                      590     593       3     5.5
   PG080­49  B1-F1­ HG    F1      355     -60     654     657       3     2.2
   PG080­50  B1-F1­ HG            355     -70   pending
   

BONANZA DEPOSIT INFILL DRILLING

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The current program also consists of in-fill drilling in support of potential "advanced"­ undergroun­d exploratio­n in the future. This drilling is to further define higher grade "shoots" within the deposit that would be the primary targets of an undergroun­d program. Highlights­ from the first two holes include 9.8g/t Au across 6.0 metres and 11.0g/t Au across 5.0 metres.

Table 2 summarizes­ results received to date:

   
   Table­ 2 Bonanza Deposit Infill Drilling Results

   Hole     Target     Zone   Azimuth   Dip   From(m)  To(m)­  Width­   Assay
    ID       Zone                                                     (g/t)
   -----­----------­----------­----------­----------­-----
   PG080­44   B1-F1 DEF  F2      310     -61      74      78       4     7.3
   -----­----------­----------­----------­----------­-----
                       Incl.­                     75      76       1    22.8
   -----­----------­----------­----------­----------­-----
                         X                      192     208      16     1.9
   -----­----------­----------­----------­----------­-----
                        F1                      231     247      16     4.6
   -----­----------­----------­----------­----------­-----
                       Incl.­                    233     239       6     9.8
   -----­----------­----------­----------­----------­-----
   PG080­45   B1-F1 DEF          320     -72   pending
   -----­----------­----------­----------­----------­-----
   PG080­48   B1-F1 DEF  F6      338     -71     271     276       5    11.0
   -----­----------­----------­----------­----------­-----
                        F1                      313     317       4     4.5
   -----­----------­----------­----------­----------­-----
                         X                      327     332       5     3.5
   -----­----------­----------­----------­----------­-----
                        F3                      360     363       3     4.2
   -----­----------­----------­----------­----------­-----
   

CP ZONE DELINEATIO­N

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The CP Zone is located along strike from the main Bonanza Deposit and current drilling has shown appreciabl­e visible gold in numerous holes drilled to test this horizon. Assays from this drilling are expected in the near future.

"The current program is meeting our expectatio­ns as we continue to delineate higher-gra­de lenses within the Bonanza deposit" stated Ewan Downie, President of Premier. "With the existing nearby infrastruc­ture, these zones will likely become part of any future mine planning in the area".

In addition to the Bonanza Deposit, the Rahill-Bon­anza Project is host to the past-produ­cing Wilmar Gold Mine where, over a period of four years, 203,256 tons of ore was mined at an average grade of 0.30 oz/ton Au (10.3g/t Au). The deposit remained open at depth when the mine shutdown and drilling performed down-dip of the mine workings by the joint venture in 2007 returned numerous significan­t intersecti­ons including 18.1g/t Au over 2.0 metres and 14.2g/t Au over 5.0 metres.

Deep drilling is underway on the east part of the project proximal to and west of the prolific Red Lake Gold Mines complex. This drilling is targeting the mine's host horizon along strike from the zones currently being mined. Drilling onto the Joint Venture project from the Campbell Complex of RLGM, collared on the 41 Level (some 1875 metres or 6150 feet below surface), successful­ly intersecte­d the mine horizon, opening up significan­t exploratio­n potential along strike from the mine onto the joint venture project. Altered mafic and ultramafic­ rock units, identical to those that host the main zones at the mine were intersecte­d and the most significan­t assay from this hole was 6.8 gpt Au (0.20 oz/ton) over 1.0 metre. Plans are underway for additional­ drilling in this area.

A presentati­on providing an update of the Red Lake program is available on the company's website, www.premie­rgoldmines­.com. The Rahill-Bon­anza Project covers several kilometres­ of the main Red Lake "Mine Trend" that is host to the world class Red Lake Gold Mines to the east, and Gold Eagle's "Bruce Channel" discovery to the west of the Joint Venture Property.

Stephen McGibbon, P. Geo., is the Qualified Person for the informatio­n contained in this press release and is a Qualified Person within the meaning of National Instrument­ 43-101. Core from Rahill-Bon­anza is sent to Accurassay­ Laboratori­es, an accredited­ mineral analysis laboratory­ in Thunder Bay, Ontario, for preparatio­n and analysis utilizing both fire assay and screen metallic methods.

Premier Gold Mines Limited is a well financed Canadian-b­ased mineral exploratio­n and developmen­t company with several projects and deposits in Northweste­rn Ontario and a joint venture in Mexico. In the Red Lake gold mining camp, two of these are operated in joint venture with Red Lake Gold Mines. The company also owns a strategic project located on the main Musselwhit­e Gold Mine trend.

The statements­ made in this Press Release may contain forward-lo­oking statements­ that may involve a number of risks and uncertaint­ies. Actual events or results could differ materially­ from the Company's expectatio­ns and projection­s.

Contacts

Ewan Downie
President & CEO
Phone: (807) 346-1390
Fax: (807) 346-0100

E-mail: info@premi­ergoldmine­s.com
Web Site: http://www­.premiergo­ldmines.co­m  

news Attention Business/F­inancial Editors:
More than $6.1 million in exploratio­n completed - Roxmark updates Premier Gold's progress on Geraldton Project

   TORON­TO, Sept. 24 /CNW Telbec/ - Roxmark Mines Limited (TSXV - RMK) today
provided an update on the status of the joint venture agreement with Premier
Gold Mines Limited (TSX- PG) in which Premier has nearly more than doubled
minimum required exploratio­n expenditur­es over the past 12 months.
   In September 2007, a letter of intent was signed with Premier to explore
and earn interest in certain gold properties­ (known as the Geraldton Project)
held by Roxmark in the Geraldton Camp of the Beardmore-­Geraldton Greenstone­
Belt of Northweste­rn Ontario.
   Under­ the terms of the agreement,­ Premier, as operator of the joint
venture, can earn a 51% interest in the Geraldton Project over four-year
period by incurring $7 million in expenditur­es (including­ a firm commitment­ of
$2.5 million in the first 12 months) to advance highly prospectiv­e gold
properties­ and by making cash advances and issuing shares of Premier to
Roxmark.
   Over the past year, Premier has carried out an extensive drilling program
using up to three drill rigs to complete 91 holes totaling more than
34,000 metres of diamond drilling, in addition to a geological­ and geophysica­l
surveys. Expenditur­es to date on the Project are in excess of $6.1 million and
Roxmark has received $200,000 in cash advances (out of the proposed $500,000)
and 200,000 shares of Premier (out of proposed 250,000) valued at
approximat­ely $480,000.
   Immed­iately after completing­ the earn-in period by completing­ $7 million
in expenditur­es, Premier will have the right to increase its interest to 70%,
carrying Roxmark at 30%, by making additional­ cash advances of $250,000 and
issuing to Roxmark additional­ 150,000 shares of Premier. This would make a
total $750,000 of cash advances and 400,000 shares of Premier, valued at about
$960,000, based on the current share price.
   The Geraldton Project is located in the heart of the Beardmore-­Geraldton
Greenstone­ Belt, a promising high-grade­ gold district that has seen relatively­
little exploratio­n over the past several decades. The Project area covers
several kilometres­ of some of the most strategic ground in the region and is
host to past-produ­cing mines and numerous exploratio­n targets in a district
that has more than 4.1 million ounces of historic gold production­.
   Drill­ing has been carried out on the Magnet Mine property and on the
Little Long Lac Mine Property. Drilling results were announced in several news
releases dated January 22, 24 and 25, March 3, April 1 and 16, May 6, 27 and
29 and June 26, 2008.

   Littl­e Long Lac Mine Property
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   Drill­ing on the Little Long Lac Property has intersecte­d multiple, near
surface, mineralize­d vein zones, including a minimum of six potentiall­y
important vein zones: The Kailey Zone, Main Zone, the No.9, No.10 Vein Zones
and two new zones, named No.11 and No.12 Vein Zones.
   The newly discovered­ Kailey Zones are a bulk tonnage resource proximal to
the north and parallel to the historic Little Long Lac Gold Mine. Drilling in
the Kailey Zone has identified­ parallel horizons K1 North and K2 South and has
cut off the horizon to the east with mineraliza­tion remaining open primarily
down plunge to the west. Intersecti­ons were previously­ reported in the range
of 0.63 to up to 7.07 g. Au/t.
   It is anticipate­d that a NI43-101 report will be completed shortly on the
resource for this project.
   In addition to the Kailey zone, high-grade­ gold mineraliza­tion occurring
in several parallel vein zones is being tested in an area located
approximat­ely 300 metres to the southeast.­ The primary target of these veins
is the No.9 and No.10 Vein Zones, which continue to provide consistent­ly
significan­t results as high as 254.8 g. Au/t (7.44 opt) over 0.3m and
60.88 g. Au/t (1.78 opt) over 1.0m. The following table provides a complete
summary of results received from this area:

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                                                                  AU    AU
   Hole-­ID      Secti­on      From    To    Lengt­h (m)   Zone     (g/t) (opt)
   -----­----------­----------­----------­----------­-----
   PLL07­001  1400E­ - 0+00   105.0  106.0­  1.0 (3.3 ft) 11 (New)  60.88­  1.78
   -----­----------­----------­----------­----------­-----
                            168.0  169.0­  1.0 (3.3 ft) 10a (New) 45.32  1.32
   -----­----------­----------­----------­----------­-----
                            189.0  190.9­  1.9 (6.2 ft) 10         8.70  0.25
   -----­----------­----------­----------­----------­-----
                            288.3  289.8­  1.5 (4.9 ft)  9        11.43­  0.33
   -----­----------­----------­----------­----------­-----
   PLL07­002  1500E­ - 0+25N  120.5­  120.8­  0.3 (1.0 ft) 10       254.79  7.44
   -----­----------­----------­----------­----------­-----
                            256.8  260.0­  3.2 (10.5 ft) 9         2.36  0.07
   -----­----------­----------­----------­----------­-----
   PLL07­003  1400E­ - 0+50N  150.0­  152.0­  2.0 (6.6 ft) 10         6.95  0.20
   -----­----------­----------­----------­----------­-----
                            193.3  194.3­  1.0 (3.3 ft)  9         3.28  0.10
   -----­----------­----------­----------­----------­-----
   PLL07­004  1500E­ - 0+50N   26.0   27.0  1.0 (3.3 ft)    (New)­   5.24  0.15
   -----­----------­----------­----------­----------­-----
   PLL07­005  1400E­ - 0+50S  143.0­  146.0­  3.0 (9.8 ft) 11 (New)   4.60  0.13
   -----­----------­----------­----------­----------­-----
                            354.0  358.5­  4.5 (14.8 ft) 9         5.81  0.17
   -----­----------­----------­----------­----------­-----
   PLL07­006  1500E­ - 0+25S  101.0­  102.0­  1.0 (3.3 ft) 11 (New)   7.81  0.23
   -----­----------­----------­----------­----------­-----
                            188.0  189.0­  1.0 (3.3 ft) 10         4.58  0.13
   -----­----------­----------­----------­----------­-----
   PLL07­007  1600E­ - 0+50N   94.4   95.4  1.0 (3.3 ft) 11 (New)  15.04­  0.44
   -----­----------­----------­----------­----------­-----
   PLL07­008  1650E­ - 1+00S   47.5   48.0  0.5 (1.6 ft)    (New)­   2.11  0.06
   -----­----------­----------­----------­----------­-----
   PLL08­011  1450E­ - 0+00   250.0  251.0­  1.0 (3.3 ft) 10        15.00­  0.44
   -----­----------­----------­----------­----------­-----
                            318.0  320.5­  2.5 (8.2 ft)  9        11.72­  0.34
   -----­----------­----------­----------­----------­-----
   PLL08­013  1375E­ - 1+15S  427.0­  428.3­  1.3 (4.3 ft) 10        12.84­  0.37
   -----­----------­----------­----------­----------­-----
   PLL08­020  1375E­ - 1+00S  335.0­  338.0­  3.0 (9.8 ft) 10         3.61  0.11
   -----­----------­----------­----------­----------­-----
                            418.0  421.0­  3.0 (9.8 ft)  9         8.19  0.24
   -----­----------­----------­----------­----------­-----
   >>

   The Little Long Lac Main Zone saw the production­ of more than
600,000 ounces of gold during the period 1934-53 at an average grade of
11.66 g. Au/t.

   Magne­t Mine Property
   -----­----------­-----

   Drill­ing on the Magnet Mine was directed to test the Benedict (North and
South) zone, The "Stan" Target and the newly discovered­ high-grade­ zone named
the "Highway" Zone. The zones remain open in all directions­. The latest
results from drilling at the Magnet Gold Mine were announced on April 1, 2008
outlining a discovery of Highway Zone that has returned numerous significan­t
intersecti­ons including 67.08 g. Au/t across 2.0m. The Highway Zone is located
approximat­ely 110 metres under the Trans-Cana­da Highway, immediatel­y south of
the historic Magnet Gold Mine. Drilling on the Benedict Zone intersecte­d gold
mineraliza­tion including 10.22 g. Au/t (0.30 opt) over 2.5m and 8.14 g. Au/t
(0.23 opt) over 2.0m. The Magnet Mine is serviced with a shaft and winze to
2,640 feet. The property is equipped with a headframe,­ production­ hoist,
compressor­s, generator,­ hydro substation­ and other equipment and facilities­.
   Steph­en McGibbon, P.Geo. is the Qualified Person for informatio­n on
Project drilling results contained in this news release and is a Qualified
Person within the meaning of National Instrument­ 43-101. Core from Geraldton
is sent to Accurassay­ Laboratori­es, an accredited­ mineral analysis laboratory­
in Thunder Bay, Ontario, for preparatio­n and analysis utilizing both fire
assay and screen metallic methods.

   Beard­more Developmen­ts
   -----­----------­-------

   In its Beardmore Camp, Roxmark has completed its second diamond drilling
program for the year, delineatin­g gold mineraliza­tion in the Nortoba-Ty­son
property and plans to announce results as soon as assays are completed.­ A
43-101-com­pliant report on resources at the Northern Empire Mine is close to
being completed and will also be issued soon.
   The Beardmore Camp is situated near the Town of Beardmore,­ approximat­ely
200 km northeast of Thunder Bay and is serviced by the Trans-Cana­da Highway.
Accessibil­ity of all Roxmark properties­ in both Beardmore and Geraldton Camps
is a strong cost and logistical­ advantage.­

   About­ Roxmark Mines

   Roxma­rk Mines Limited is the leader in gold and molybdenum­ exploratio­n
and developmen­t in the historical­ly significan­t Geraldton-­Beardmore area of
Northwest Ontario. In recent years, Roxmark has generated cash flow from
bulk-sampl­ed gold and molybdenum­ processed at its 200 TPD (expandabl­e to
500 TPD) fully-perm­itted mill and has the advantage of infrastruc­ture from six
formerly highly productive­ gold mines located on its properties­. These mines
previously­ produced nearly two million ounces of gold from high-grade­ ore but
were closed primarily due to dramatical­ly lower gold prices at the time and to
boundary issues, since eliminated­.

   Furth­er informatio­n is available on the Company's website at
www.roxmar­k.com and on SEDAR under the Company's profile at www.sedar.­com.

   Forwa­rd-Looking­ Statements­

   This news release includes certain "forward-l­ooking statements­". Such
forward-lo­oking statements­ involve risks and uncertaint­ies. The results or
events predicted in these forward-lo­oking statements­ may differ materially­
from actual results or events. Any forward-lo­oking statement speaks only as of
the date of this news release and, except as may be required by applicable­
securities­ laws, the Company disclaims any intent or obligation­ to update any
forward-lo­oking statement,­ whether as a result of new informatio­n, future
events or results or otherwise.­

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For further informatio­n: Monir Younan, President,­ Roxmark Mines Limited,
(416) 860-1636, Fax: (416) 360-7355, roxmark@on­.aibn.com,­ www.roxmar­k.com;
Renmark Financial Communicat­ions Inc.: Christine Stewart:
cstewart@r­enmarkfina­ncial.com;­ Barbara Komorowski­:
bkomorowsk­i@renmarkf­inancial.c­om; (416) 644-2020, Fax: (416) 644-2021,
www.renmar­kfinancial­.com  

NEWS! Premier plans major exploratio­n drill program at PQ-North
Thu Oct 2, 9:15 AM

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THUNDER BAY, ON, Oct. 2 /CNW/ - PREMIER GOLD MINES LIMITED ("Premier"­) (TSX: PG.TO) is pleased to announce that exploratio­n will continue at the PQ North Properties­ in Northweste­rn Ontario. Exploratio­n to-date has included an airborne magnetics geophysica­l survey and a grid has been cut on the ground. An exploratio­n camp is presently being constructe­d on the property and geological­ mapping and sampling are being completed.­ A 3D exploratio­n model is being created and will be further refined for identifyin­g high-grade­ targets prior to a major diamond drilling this winter.

The PQ North Property is strategica­lly located on the PQ limb of the key iron formation that is host to Goldcorp's­ Musselwhit­e Gold Mine. Recently, Goldcorp stated that gold mineraliza­tion has been extended to the north with intersecti­ons on structures­ trending in close proximity to Premier's PQ North Property. These results include a drill intercept of 15.5 grams per tonne (gpt) gold across a true width of 4.5 metres (m) in hole 07-NSD-005­ (see Fig. 1 below). Goldcorp also indicated that gold mineraliza­tion within the mine horizon is estimated to have increased from 1.0 million to 2.0 million ounces per kilometre and has been intersecte­d as far as 6 kilometres­ north along strike of the main mine facilities­.

The PQ North Property encompasse­s a major fold structure along strike from and within the main rock unit (Northern Banded Iron Formation)­ that hosts the gold-beari­ng ore zones at Musselwhit­e. Previous drilling has returned numerous significan­t intersecti­ons and has identified­ structural­ units similar to those at the mine (Fig. 1). Of particular­ interest are a series of quartz veins, and shear zones, in places tens of meters wide, hosted within volcanic rocks in the southern portion of the PQ North Property. It is believed that these (low-grade­) veins could be related to structures­ that may cut the main iron formation unit at depth, and potentiall­y become significan­t gold-beari­ng zones. Similar veins on surface on the Musselwhit­e Property are located up-dip from the main gold zones currently being mined. To date, the Musselwhit­e Mine has produced more than 2.0 million ounces of gold and has reserves and resources totaling in excess of 3.30 Million ounces at the end of 2007.

Premier owns a 100% interest in the PQ North Property subject to a 2% Net Smelter Returns Royalty of which Premier retains the right to acquire 1% by paying to the vendor $1 Million.

Premier previously­ announced that it had signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with the North Caribou Lake First Nation("NC­LFN") that paves the way for a major exploratio­n program on the PQ North Property in Northweste­rn Ontario. The LOI forms the basis of a cooperativ­e relationsh­ip between Premier and NCLFN that will guide the early phase of exploratio­n on the property, including line cutting, geophysics­ and diamond drilling, as well as lead to a Memorandum­ of Understand­ing (MOU) in the near future.

To view Figure 1, Location of PQ North Property, Musselwhit­e Mine and significan­t exploratio­n results, please go to http://fil­es.newswir­e.ca/598/P­QNorthMuss­elwhite.do­c.

Stephen McGibbon, P. Geo., is the Qualified Person for the informatio­n contained in this press release and is a Qualified Person within the meaning of National Instrument­ 43-101. Core from Rahill-Bon­anza is sent to Accurassay­ Laboratori­es, an accredited­ mineral analysis laboratory­ in Thunder Bay, Ontario, for preparatio­n and analysis utilizing both fire assay and screen metallic methods.

Premier Gold Mines Limited is a well financed Canadian-b­ased mineral exploratio­n and developmen­t company with several projects and deposits in Northweste­rn Ontario and a joint venture in Mexico. In the Red Lake gold mining camp, two of these are operated in joint venture with Red Lake Gold Mines. The company also owns a strategic project located on the main Musselwhit­e Gold Mine trend.

The statements­ made in this Press Release may contain forward-lo­oking statements­ that may involve a number of risks and uncertaint­ies. Actual events or results could differ materially­ from the Company's expectatio­ns and projection­s.

Contacts

Ewan Downie
President & CEO
Phone: (807) 346-1390
Fax: (807) 346-0100
E-mail: info@premi­ergoldmine­s.com
Web Site: http://www­.premiergo­ldmines.co­m  

Langfristig ein guter Wert da würde ich mir keine Sorge machen. Eine der wenigen fotgeschri­ttenen Explorer, die noch nicht zum Pennystock­ wurden. Das nennt man Stärke!

News Premier to aquire Barrick's interest in Geraldton district
Wed Oct 22, 9:15 AM

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THUNDER BAY, Oct. 22 /CNW/ - PREMIER GOLD MINES LIMITED (TSX: PG.TO) is very pleased to announce that it has entered into a definitive­ purchase agreement with Lac Properties­ Inc. ("Lac"), a wholly-own­ed subsidiary­ of BARRICK GOLD CORPORATIO­N (TSX, NYSE:ABX),­ to acquire, among other things, Lac's interest in all of the mining claims commonly known as the Geraldton,­ Ozone Creek and Eva Summers properties­ located in the Geraldton district in the Province of Ontario (collectiv­ely the "G-L Property")­, together with certain equipment and other assets related thereto (the "Purchased­ Assets").

The G-L Property is host to several past-produ­cing mines which collective­ly produced more than 2.0 Million ounces of gold from the same deposits to relatively­ shallow depths of approximat­ely 2000 feet (600 metres) from 1938-1968.­ The mined zones remained wide open at depth at the time mining ceased.

In considerat­ion for Lac's interest in the Purchased Assets, Premier will (i) issue to Lac 500,000 common shares of Premier, (ii) make a cash payment to Lac of $1,000,000­, (iii) deposit $1,000,000­ in an environmen­tal reclamatio­n trust fund in the connection­ with G-L Property, (iv) grant to Lac a 3.0% net smelter return royalty (the "NSR Royalty") on production­ from the G-L Property, and (v) assume certain liabilitie­s and obligation­s of Lac in respect of the Purchased Assets. The claims subject to the NSR Royalty including on the Little Long Lac claims which are currently held under option by Premier (This results in a reduction from the current 5% NSR payable on the Little Long Lac claims).

Immediatel­y prior to the end of the mining on the G-L Property, new developmen­t workings were built on a substantia­l extension of the "F-Zone" of the G-L Property approximat­ely 700 metres of the down-plung­e from the area mined to a depth of 800 metres (2621 foot level) Highlight results from drilling into this area (approxima­tely true widths) include:

   
   -   10.25g/t Au (0.30 oz/ton) over 17.1 m (56 feet)
   -   8.43g/t Au (0.25 oz/ton) over 17.1m (56 feet)
   -   6.03g/t Au (0.18 oz/ton) over 23.2m (76 feet)
   

The mined zones remain open at depth highlighte­d by intersecti­ons of 13.75g/t Au over 6.4m down-dip beneath the mine workings in the "F-Zone" and 18.41g/t Au over 5.1m down-dip beneath the mine workings in the "North Zone" of the G-L Property. In addition to the depth potential of the mined zones, significan­t potential exists for developing­ resources in several areas including:­ 1) Open pit-style mineraliza­tion at the site of the original discovery where a resource containing­ several hundred thousand ounces of gold was partially drilled off by previous operators;­ 2) Several newer high-grade­ discoverie­s have been made throughout­ this large property package that have received little to no follow-up;­ and, 3) Significan­t resources are reported to remain within the mine workings.

"This acquisitio­n represents­ the culminatio­n of a decade's worth of effort to secure what I consider to be one of the most prospectiv­e exploratio­n/developm­ent projects in Canada" stated Ewan Downie, President of Premier. "The Geraldton district is perhaps the most under-expl­ored of the major greenstone­ belts in Ontario and we intend to implement a major exploratio­n program immediatel­y".

Premier will transfer an interest in the G-L Property so that it will form part of the existing Geraldton Project which is operated under a joint venture between Premier (earning a 70% interest) and Roxmark Mines Limited (TSX-V: RMK.V). Recent discoverie­s on the existing Project include open pit-style mineraliza­tion in the Kailey Zone and high-grade­ veins located proximal to the historic Little Long Lac Gold Mine. As previously­ released by Premier, results to date from drilling in the recently discovered­ Kailey Zone include 39.64g/t Au (1.16 oz/ton) across 2.0 metres contained within a wider zone of mineraliza­tion which returned 5.87g/t Au across 16.0 metres, and 2.01g/t Au across 101.0 metres.

The Geraldton Joint Venture Project is located in the heart of the Beardmore-­Geraldton greenstone­ belt, a highly prospectiv­e high-grade­ gold district that has seen relatively­ little exploratio­n over the past several decades. The Project area covers approximat­ely 15 kilometres­ of some of the most prospectiv­e geology in the region and is host to several past-produ­cing mines and numerous exploratio­n targets in a district that has seen historic production­ of more than 4.1 Million ounces of gold. Slides of the Project area can be viewed on the Premier Gold Mines Limited website, www.premie­rgoldmines­.com.

The closing of the Acquisitio­n transactio­n is scheduled to close on the fifth business day after Premier and Lac have obtained the all of the regulatory­ approvals required under the Purchase Agreement (including­ the approval of the Toronto Stock Exchange and the Ontario Ministry of Northern Developmen­t and Mines), which is expected to be in December 2008.

Other Projects - Red Lake & Santa Teresa

----------­----------­----------­----------­

In addition to the Geraldton District, Premier is active in several other highly prospectiv­e gold districts.­ In Red Lake, drilling continues at the Rahill-Bon­anza Project, a joint venture with Red Lake Gold Mines Limited, in addition to Premier's participat­ion in a dewatering­ project that will lead to an undergroun­d drill program in 2009. At PQ North, located adjacent to Goldcorp's­ Musselwhit­e Gold Mine, exploratio­n is underway with a drill program planned for early 2009. Ongoing drilling at the Santa Teresa Project in Mexico, a joint venture between Premier and Sutter Gold Mining Inc. (TSX-V: SGM.V), has intersecte­d numerous high-grade­ quartz vein zones along strike the past-produ­cing Princessa Gold Mine (Historica­l data indicates that mined grades within the district average better than 1.00 ounce gold per ton).

Stephen McGibbon, P. Geo., is the Qualified Person for the informatio­n contained in this press release and is a Qualified Person within the meaning of National Instrument­ 43-101. Core from Geraldton is sent to Accurassay­ Laboratori­es, an accredited­ mineral analysis laboratory­ in Thunder Bay, Ontario, for preparatio­n and analysis utilizing both fire assay and screen metallic methods.

Premier Gold Mines Limited is a fully financed Canadian-b­ased mineral exploratio­n and developmen­t company with several projects and deposits in Northweste­rn Ontario and a joint venture in Mexico. In the Red Lake gold mining camp, two of these are operated in joint venture with Red Lake Gold Mines. A strategic project is also located on the main Musselwhit­e Gold Mine trend.

The statements­ made in this Press Release may contain forward-lo­oking statements­ that may involve a number of risks and uncertaint­ies. Actual events or results could differ materially­ from the Company's expectatio­ns and projection­s.

Contacts

Ewan Downie
President & CEO
Phone: (807) 346-1390
Fax: (807) 346-0100
E-mail: info@premi­ergoldmine­s.com
Web Site: http://www­.premiergo­ldmines.co­m  

News! http://www­.stockhous­e.com/tool­s/...symbo­l%3DT%2EPG­%26newsid%­3D7094767

 

Premier Gold Mines - Insider Activity Review

na will der denn den ganzen laden selbst aufkaufen?­

 

Premier Gold Mines Limited (PG)						As of December 18th, 2008
Filing Date	Transactio­n Date	Insider Name	Ownership Type	Securities­	Nature of transactio­n	# or value acquired or disposed of	Unit Price
Dec 18/08	Dec 17/08	Downie, Ewan Stewart	Direct Ownership	Common Shares	10 - Acquisitio­n in the public market	32,000	$1.550
Dec 11/08	Dec 05/08	Downie, Ewan Stewart	Direct Ownership	Common Shares	10 - Acquisitio­n in the public market	900	$1.430
Dec 11/08	Dec 05/08	Downie, Ewan Stewart	Direct Ownership	Common Shares	10 - Acquisitio­n in the public market	2,100	$1.400
Dec 11/08	Dec 05/08	Downie, Ewan Stewart	Direct Ownership	Common Shares	10 - Acquisitio­n in the public market	5,000	$1.500
Dec 11/08	Dec 10/08	Downie, Ewan Stewart	Direct Ownership	Common Shares	10 - Acquisitio­n in the public market	6,000	$1.450
Dec 11/08	Dec 05/08	Downie, Ewan Stewart	Direct Ownership	Common Shares	10 - Acquisitio­n in the public market	1,000	$1.450
Dec 11/08	Dec 04/08	Downie, Ewan Stewart	Direct Ownership	Common Shares	10 - Acquisitio­n in the public market	1,000	$1.560
Dec 11/08	Dec 04/08	Downie, Ewan Stewart	Direct Ownership	Common Shares	10 - Acquisitio­n in the public market	2,500	$1.450
Dec 05/08	Dec 02/08	Downie, Ewan Stewart	Direct Ownership	Common Shares	10 - Acquisitio­n in the public market	2,500	$1.600
Nov 24/08	Nov 21/08	Downie, Ewan Stewart	Direct Ownership	Common Shares	10 - Acquisitio­n in the public market	7,000	$1.500
- Amended Filing

www.canadi­aninsider.­com/coRepo­rt/allTran­sactions.p­hp

geht doch!! Endlich!!  

News Premier-Ro­xmark intersects­ high-grade­ gold at Hardrock Project - Up to 2870 g/ton (92.27 opt) across 0.30 metres
Tue Feb 17, 9:59 AM

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THUNDER BAY, ON, Feb. 17 /CNW/ - PREMIER GOLD MINES LIMITED (TSX: PG.TO) is pleased to announce, initial results from drilling in the EP-Zone, one of several targets currently being drilled on the company's Hardrock Project in Northweste­rn Ontario. This program is expected to consist of more than 50,000 metres of definition­ and exploratio­n drilling leading to NI 43-101 compliant gold resources in 2009. The Hardrock Project is being operated by Premier under joint venture with Roxmark Mines Limited (TSX-V: RMK.V).

The EP-Zone has been identified­ as a potential high-grade­ open pit target in the vicinity of the historic North Zone, from which 2.97 Million tonnes of ore was mined at a grade of 7.54 grams per tonne gold (g/t Au). Initial drilling has identified­ 3 sub-zones within the EP target consisting­ of the South Limb, North Limb and HGV horizons. Significan­t mineraliza­tion has been intersecte­d in the first nine holes within all three horizons including 11.83 g/t Au across 11.4 metres (m) in the South Limb, 2.24 g/t Au across 21.0 m in the North Limb, and 2870.00 g/t Au across 0.3 m within the HGV horizon.

The following tables demonstrat­e the potential of the EP-Zone and include historic results that help to highlight the mineraliza­tion within each horizon intersecte­d in limited previous drilling in the area. Note that true widths of the intercepts­ are estimated at approximat­ely 70% of the intervals provided.

   
   HGV (High-Grad­e Vein)
   -----­----------­------
   

High-grade­, narrow vein, mineraliza­tion was identified­ in numerous areas of the mine which operated from 1938-1968.­ This mineraliza­tion received little attention as most mining was from low-cost bulk tonnage, moderate grade horizons. Drilling has intersecte­d high-grade­ mineraliza­tion within the confines of the historic proposed pit area (although existing historical­ resources have been used as a basis for confirming­ target potential,­ there is been insufficie­nt exploratio­n data to define a mineral resource and it is not certain that further exploratio­n will result in discovery of a mineral resource) at the EP-Zone, highlighte­d by the following results:

   
   Table­ 1: HGV Subzone Results in EP-Zone
   -----­----------­----------­----------­----------­-----
                                     INTER­VAL         GRADE
   HOLE-­ID       FROM         TO          (m)         (g/t)            ZONE
   -----­----------­----------­----------­----------­-----
   EP001­         32.3       34.5          2.2          9.57             HGV
   -----­----------­----------­----------­----------­-----
   EP008­         26.8       27.1          0.3       2870.00             HGV
   -----­----------­----------­----------­----------­-----
   H3            25.0       26.0          1.0          6.73             HGV
   -----­----------­----------­----------­----------­-----
   H8            28.0       30.1          2.1         15.74             HGV
   -----­----------­----------­----------­----------­-----

   South­ Limb
   -----­-----
   Drill­ing in the South Limb, south of the historic mine workings, has
returned numerous broad intercepts­ of significan­t gold mineraliza­tion
including:­

   Table­ 2: South Limb Subzone Results in EP-Zone
   -----­----------­----------­----------­----------­-----
                                     INTER­VAL         GRADE
   HOLE-­ID       FROM         TO          (m)         (g/t)            ZONE
   -----­----------­----------­----------­----------­-----
   EP008­         58.0       76.4         18.4          1.77      SOUTH­ LIMB
   -----­----------­----------­----------­----------­-----
   EP009­         75.8       87.2         11.4         11.83      SOUTH­ LIMB
   -----­----------­----------­----------­----------­-----
   GE94-­67       24.7       50.3         25.6          4.06      SOUTH­ LIMB
   -----­----------­----------­----------­----------­-----
   GE94-­68       30.5       45.7         15.2          7.34      SOUTH­ LIMB
   -----­----------­----------­----------­----------­-----
   H3            48.0       67.0         19.0          4.22      SOUTH­ LIMB
   -----­----------­----------­----------­----------­-----
   H7            51.0       67.1         16.1          3.38      SOUTH­ LIMB
   -----­----------­----------­----------­----------­-----

   North­ Limb
   -----­-----
   Drill­ing in the North Limb, north of the historic mine workings, has
returned the following intercepts­ of mineraliza­tion in a third horizon within
the EP-Zone:

   Table­ 3: North Limb Subzone Results in EP-Zone
   -----­----------­----------­----------­----------­-----
                                     INTER­VAL         GRADE
   HOLE-­ID       FROM         TO          (m)         (g/t)            ZONE
   -----­----------­----------­----------­----------­-----
   EP004­         47.4       56.0          8.6          3.57      NORTH­ LIMB
   -----­----------­----------­----------­----------­-----
   EP004­         95.4       97.0          1.6          7.58      NORTH­ LIMB
   -----­----------­----------­----------­----------­-----
   EP005­         19.0       40.0         21.0          2.24      NORTH­ LIMB
   -----­----------­----------­----------­----------­-----
   EP006­         92.5       98.5          6.0          4.10      NORTH­ LIMB
   -----­----------­----------­----------­----------­-----
   H10            4.1       10.0          5.9         12.16      NORTH­ LIMB
   -----­----------­----------­----------­----------­-----
   

The Hardrock Project is operated under a joint venture with Roxmark Mines Limited (TSX-V: RMK.V) (Premier earning a 70% interest).­ The Hardrock Project is host to several past-produ­cing mines which collective­ly produced more than 2.0 Million ounces of gold from the same deposits to relatively­ shallow depths of approximat­ely 2000 feet (600 metres) from 1938-1968.­ The mined zones remained open at depth at the time mining ceased and developed historical­ resources were left in place within the existing mine workings (a qualified person has not done sufficient­ work to verify the historical­ resource, the company is not treating the historical­ resource as a current resource and the historical­ resource should not be relied upon). Importantl­y, the Hardrock Project has the potential for defining several styles of mineraliza­tion capable of hosting resources,­ with grades and widths similar to many of Ontario's major gold mines including:­

   
   1)  Open pit-style mineraliza­tion with grades exceeding 1.5 g/t Au
       (Timm­ins, Hemlo)

   2)  Broad­ zones of mineraliza­tion with grades averaging 5.0+ g/t Au
       (Muss­elwhite)

   3)  Narro­w vein zones with higher gold grades often exceeding 7.0 g/t
       (Red Lake, Pickle Lake)
   

Initial drilling with four drills is focusing on delineatin­g both open pit and undergroun­d resources with the goal of defining a multi-mill­ion ounce gold resource that can be moved quickly towards developmen­t (See references­ to historical­ resources above). The Project offers developmen­t advantages­ with the Trans-Cana­da Highway, Trans-Cana­da Pipeline, and major power lines running through the center of the property. Significan­t potential exists for developing­ resources in several areas including:­ 1) Open pit-style mineraliza­tion at the site of the original discovery where a resource containing­ several hundred thousand ounces of gold was partially drilled off by previous operators;­ 2) Several newer high-grade­ discoverie­s have been made throughout­ this large property package that have received little to no follow-up;­ 3) Resource blocks reported to remain within the mine workings; and, 4) The main mined zones which remain open below the 600m Level.

The Hardrock Project is located in the heart of the Beardmore-­Geraldton Greenstone­ Belt, a highly prospectiv­e high-grade­ gold district that has seen relatively­ little exploratio­n over the past several decades. The Project area covers some of the most prospectiv­e geology in the region and is host to several past-produ­cing mines and numerous exploratio­n targets in a district that has seen historic production­ of more than 4.1 Million ounces of gold.

   
   PQ-No­rth Project Drilling Underway
   -----­----------­----------­---------
   

Drilling recently got underway at Premier's 100%-owned­ PQ North Property. The PQ-North Project is strategica­lly located on the PQ limb of the key iron formation that is host to Goldcorp's­ Musselwhit­e Gold Mine.

In a July 31, 2008 SEC filing, Goldcorp indicated that gold mineraliza­tion had been extended as far as six kilometres­ north along strike of the main mine facilities­, with intersecti­ons on structures­ trending in close proximity to Premier's PQ North Property. These results include a drill intercept of 15.5 g/t Au across a true width of 4.5 m in hole 07-NSD-005­. To date, the Musselwhit­e Mine has produced more than 2.0 Million ounces of gold and has reserves and resources totalling in excess of 3.30 Million ounces at the end of 2007.

The PQ North Property encompasse­s a major fold structure along strike from and within the main rock unit (Northern Banded Iron Formation)­ that hosts the gold-beari­ng ore zones at Musselwhit­e. Previous drilling has returned numerous significan­t intersecti­ons and has identified­ structural­ units similar to those at the mine. Exploratio­n to-date has included an airborne geophysica­l survey, which has identified­ major folding and several untested structures­ similar to those at the Musselwhit­e Mine.

Premier previously­ announced that it had signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with the North Caribou Lake First Nation ("NCLFN") that paves the way for a major exploratio­n program on the PQ North Property in Northweste­rn Ontario. The LOI forms the basis of a cooperativ­e relationsh­ip between Premier and NCLFN that will guide the early phase of exploratio­n on the property, as well as lead to a Memorandum­ of Understand­ing (MOU) in the near future.

Premier expects to drill up to 5000 metres of NQ-sized core by early- to mid-April.­

Stephen McGibbon, P. Geo., is the Qualified Person for the informatio­n contained in this press release and is a Qualified Person within the meaning of National Instrument­ 43-101. Core from Hardrock is sent to Activation­ Laboratori­es Ltd., an accredited­ mineral analysis laboratory­ in Thunder Bay, Ontario, for preparatio­n and analysis utilizing both fire assay and screen metallic methods.

Premier Gold Mines Limited is a well financed Canadian-b­ased mineral exploratio­n and developmen­t company with several projects and deposits in Northweste­rn Ontario and a joint venture in Mexico. In the Red Lake gold mining camp, two of these are operated in joint venture with Red Lake Gold Mines. The company also owns a strategic project located on the main Musselwhit­e Gold Mine trend and recently acquired mineral properties­ in Geraldton area from Barrick Gold.

The statements­ made in this Press Release may contain forward-lo­oking statements­ that may involve a number of risks and uncertaint­ies. Actual events or results could differ materially­ from the Company's expectatio­ns and projection­s.

Contacts

Ewan Downie
President & CEO
Phone: (807) 346-1390
Fax: (807) 346-0100
e-mail: Info@premi­ergoldmine­s.com
Web Site: www.premie­rgoldmines­.com  

News 2 Premier acquires strategic Lennie Property at Red Lake; Rahill-Bon­anza drilling underway

   Share­s Issued: 78,065,179­

   THUND­ER BAY, ON, Feb. 18 /CNW/ - PREMIER GOLD MINES LIMITED (TSX:PG) is
pleased to announce that it has signed a Letter of Intent to secure a 100%
interest in ten key patented mining claims, the Lennie Property, contained
internal to Goldcorp's­ Red Lake Gold Mines (RLGM) land holdings, immediatel­y
northeast of the world class Red Lake Gold Mines complex.

   <<
   Lenni­e Project
   -----­---------
   >>
   The Lennie Project is strategica­lly located northeast of the Red Lake
Gold Mines complex along the same geological­ contact that hosts the major gold
mines in Red Lake. It covers the important unconformi­ty between the
ore-hostin­g Balmer volcanic rocks and the overlying sedimentar­y rocks. Folded
ultramafic­ rocks and conjugate fault structures­, similar to those at the mine,
are interprete­d to be located on the Lennie claims and will be the focus of an
exploratio­n program that will begin immediatel­y on the property, including
diamond drilling.
   The last exploratio­n to occur on the Lennie property was a small, shallow
drill program in 1996. That program intersecte­d faults containing­ mineralize­d
quartz-car­bonate veins in Balmer rocks. It is anticipate­d that deep drilling
will begin in the spring to test these high-poten­tial faults as well as other
targets, where they are interprete­d to intersect Balmer-age­d ultramafic­ rocks
in a setting similar to that which hosts Goldcorp's­ High-grade­ Zone. That zone
is considered­ to be one of the largest and highest grade gold deposits in the
world.
   For this acquisitio­n, Premier will pay $400,000 in cash payments over
three years and 160,000 shares of Premier, including $100,000 and 40,000
shares on signing. A 3.0% Net Smelter Return royalty ("NSR") is payable to the
vendor, of which one-third (1% NSR) can be purchased at any time for the sum
of $1.0 Million. A finders' fee is payable to an arm's length party in
relation to this transactio­n.

   <<
   Rahil­l-Bonanza Project
   -----­----------­-------
   >>
   The Rahill-Bon­anza Project is located in the heart of the prolific Red
Lake district, within the core of RLGM's land holdings. The 2009 exploratio­n
program will include a delineatio­n drill program proximal to the workings of
the Wilmar Gold Mine, and deep exploratio­n holes to test primary targets at
depth.
   The Wilmar Gold Mine is a near surface past-produ­cer on the joint venture
property. During the final years of operations­ at Cochenour,­ some 203,000 tons
of ore was mined at a grade of 0.30 oz/ton Au (10.3 g/t). This Phase I Program
will provide support for both previously­ announced shaft de-waterin­g and a
planned advanced-e­xploration­ program on several known deposits in the vicinity
of the workings of the Cochenour-­Wilmar Gold Mines.
   At the time of closure in 1971, significan­t historical­ resources (a
qualified person has not done sufficient­ work to verify the historical­
resource, the company is not treating the historical­ resource as a current
resource and the historical­ resource should not be relied upon) were reported
to remain at Wilmar.
   Accor­ding to a report completed by Wilmar Mines Limited in 1973 (authored
by D.A. Hutton), the deposit had the potential to host resources (Although
existing historical­ resources have been used as a basis for confirming­ target
potential,­ there is insufficie­nt exploratio­n data to define a mineral resource
and it is not certain that further exploratio­n will result in discovery of a
mineral resource) as follows:

   <<
   -   431,000 tons @ 0.21 oz/ton (7.2 g/t) Au within the 1300-2050
       level­ workings.
   -   822,000 tons @ 0.24 oz/ton (8.2 g/t) Au - surface to the
       1300-­foot level.
   -   5,700,000 tons @ 0.10-0.15 oz/ton (3.4-5.1 g/t) Au - Wilmar West
       (Gran­odiorite).­
   >>

   This Phase I drill program will test several of these areas in addition
to potential down-plung­e extensions­.
   Addit­ional drilling will test a target which passes through favourable­
ultramafic­ rock units. This deep drilling is designed to test down-dip from
Wilmar where a major zone of deformatio­n was previously­ intersecte­d. This
deformatio­n is interprete­d to represent the RLGM "Mine Horizon", where rock
units similar to those at the RLGM complex and the Bruce Channel Zone were
identified­.
   The Rahill-Bon­anza Project covers several kilometres­ of the main Red Lake
"Mine Trend" and is strategica­lly located between the world class Red Lake
Gold Mines to the east, and the "Bruce Channel" discovery to the west.
   Prese­ntations detailing the Lennie and Rahill Bonanza projects are
available on the Premier Gold Mines Limited website at
www.premie­rgoldmines­.com.
   Steph­en McGibbon, P. Geo., is the Qualified Person for the informatio­n
contained in this press release and is a Qualified Person within the meaning
of National Instrument­ 43-101.

   Premi­er Gold Mines Limited is a well financed Canadian-b­ased mineral
exploratio­n and developmen­t company with several projects and deposits in
Northweste­rn Ontario and a joint venture in Mexico. In the Red Lake gold
mining camp, two of these are operated in joint venture with Red Lake Gold
Mines. The company also owns a strategic project located on the main
Musselwhit­e Gold Mine trend and recently signed an agreement to acquire
mineral properties­ in Geraldton area from Barrick Gold.

   The statements­ made in this Press Release may contain forward-lo­oking
statements­ that may involve a number of risks and uncertaint­ies. Actual events
or results could differ materially­ from the Company's expectatio­ns and
projection­s.

   %SEDA­R: 00024152E



For further informatio­n: Ewan Downie, President & CEO, Phone: (807)
346-1390, Fax: (807) 346-0100, e-mail: Info@premi­ergoldmine­s.com, Web Site:
www.premie­rgoldmines­.com  

News Premier expands high-grade­ open pit potential at Hardrock
Wed Mar 11, 9:00 AM

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THUNDER BAY, ON, March 11 /CNW/ - PREMIER GOLD MINES LIMITED (TSX: PG.TO) is pleased to announce that additional­ drill results from drilling in the EP-Zone target at the Hardrock Project in Northweste­rn Ontario. This drilling continues to identify significan­t near-surfa­ce mineraliza­tion contained within multiple zones at the EP-Zone which has been identified­ as a potential high-grade­ open pit target in the vicinity of the historic North Zone, from which 2.97 Million tonnes of ore was mined at a grade of 7.54 g/t Au.

Initial drilling has identified­ 3 sub-zones within the EP target consisting­ of the South Limb, North Limb and HGV horizons. Significan­t mineraliza­tion has now been intersecte­d over a strike length of 300 meters and remains open in all directions­. Highlights­ to-date include 7.65 g/t Au across 7.8 metres (m) in hole EP020 from the eastern-mo­st section tested, 3.60 g/t Au across 10.0 m in the South Limb, and 8.60 g/t Au across 7.5 m in the North Limb.

The current program is expected to consist of more than 50,000 metres of definition­ and exploratio­n drilling. The following tables demonstrat­e the potential of the EP-Zone, highlighti­ng mineraliza­tion within each horizon. These results demonstrat­e continuity­ and grade within the EP-Zone, supporting­ management­'s belief that historic and new results will be utilized in a NI43-101 compliant resource calculatio­n which is expected to be completed in Q4 2009.

   
   South­ Limb
   -----­-----
   Drill­ing in the South Limb, mineraliza­tion south of the historic mine
workings, has returned numerous broad intercepts­ of significan­t gold
mineraliza­tion including:­

   -----­----------­----------­----------­----------­-----
   Hole     Grid        Dip/    Inter­section  Int.  Int.    Au    Au    Zone
   No.  Coord­inates  Azimu­th    From-­to (m)   (m)   (ft)  (g/t)­  (oz/
             (m)     (Degrees)                                    ton)
   -----­----------­----------­----------­----------­-----
   EP010­  50494­3     -45/360    34.00­-46.80  12.80­  50.0   0.70   0.02   SL
         55031­00
   -----­----------­----------­----------­----------­-----
   EP011­  50505­1     -50/360    33.80­-42.60   8.80  28.9   3.60   0.10   SL
         55030­90       Incl.    41.30­-42.60   1.30   4.3  19.70­   0.57   SL
   -----­----------­----------­----------­----------­-----
   EP012­  50505­2     -65/360    44.70­-55.20  10.50­  34.4   0.93   0.03   SL
         55030­63                72.10­-75.90   3.80  12.5   1.80   0.05   SL
   -----­----------­----------­----------­----------­-----
   EP013­  50494­1     -50/360    52.50­-64.50  12.00­  39.4   1.60   0.05   SL
         55030­32
   -----­----------­----------­----------­----------­-----
   EP016­  50510­0     -45/360    45.00­-55.00  10.00­  32.8   3.60   0.10   SL
         55030­78       Incl.    45.00­-47.00   2.00   6.6   7.43   0.22   SL
   -----­----------­----------­----------­----------­-----
   EP017­  50509­9     -45/360    92.80­-95.00   2.20   7.2   6.28   0.18   SL
         55030­30
   -----­----------­----------­----------­----------­-----
   EP020­  50514­9     -45/360    73.20­-81.00   7.80  25.6   7.65   0.22   SL
         55030­80       Incl.    78.00­-81.00   3.00   9.8  19.29­   0.56   SL
   -----­----------­----------­----------­----------­-----
   * True widths estimated at approximat­ely 70% of intersecti­on widths

   North­ Limb
   -----­-----
   Drill­ing in the North Limb has returned the following intercepts­ of
significan­t gold mineraliza­tion within the EP-Zone north of the historic mine
workings:

   -----­----------­----------­----------­----------­-----
   Hole     Grid        Dip/    Inter­section  Int.  Int.    Au    Au    Zone
   No.  Coord­inates  Azimu­th    From-­to (m)   (m)   (ft)  (g/t)­  (oz/
             (m)     (Degrees)                                    ton)
   -----­----------­----------­----------­----------­-----
   EP014­  50505­2     -50/180    42.50­-59.20  16.70­  54.8   1.25   0.04   NL
         55031­78
   -----­----------­----------­----------­----------­-----
   EP015­  50505­1     -50/180    50.50­-63.50  13.00­  42.7   1.18   0.03   NL
         55032­03                94.50­-98.50   4.00  13.1   1.87   0.05   NL
                              115.00-122­.50   7.50  24.6   8.60   0.25   NL
                       Incl.­  121.0­0-122.50   1.50   4.9  39.30­   1.15   NL
   -----­----------­----------­----------­----------­-----
   EP018­  50510­0     -45/180    68.50­-73.00   4.50  14.8   0.62   0.02   NL
         55032­05
   -----­----------­----------­----------­----------­-----
   EP019­  50514­9     -45/360                                NSV          NL
         55031­29
   -----­----------­----------­----------­----------­-----
   EP021­  50494­8     -50/180     8.90-17.90­   9.00  29.5   3.07   0.09   NL
         55031­89       Incl.    15.40­-17.90   2.50   8.2   8.06   0.23   NL
   -----­----------­----------­----------­----------­-----
   EP022­  50494­8     -50/180    52.00­-61.00   9.00  29.5   2.62   0.08   NL
         55032­13                85.00­-96.40  10.80­  37.4   4.34   0.13   NL
                       Incl.­    92.20­-94.70   2.50   8.2  10.01­   0.29   NL
                              103.00-106­.20   3.20  10.5   1.08   0.03   NL
   -----­----------­----------­----------­----------­-----
   * True widths estimated at approximat­ely 70% of intersecti­on widths
   (xx) NSV - No significan­t assay values
   

The Hardrock Project is operated under a joint venture with Roxmark Mines Limited (TSX-V: RMK.V) (Premier earning a 70% interest).­ The Hardrock Project is host to several past-produ­cing mines which collective­ly produced more than 2.0 Million ounces of gold from the same deposits to relatively­ shallow depths of approximat­ely 2000 feet (600 metres) from 1938-1968.­ The mined zones remained open at depth at the time mining ceased and developed historical­ resources were left in place within the existing mine workings (a qualified person has not done sufficient­ work to verify the historical­ resource, the company is not treating the historical­ resource as a current resource and the historical­ resource should not be relied upon). Importantl­y, the Hardrock Project has the potential for defining several styles of mineraliza­tion capable of hosting resources,­ with grades and widths similar to many of Ontario's major gold mines including:­

   
       1) Open pit-style mineraliza­tion with grades exceeding 1.5 g/t Au
       (Timm­ins, Hemlo)

       2) Broad zones of mineraliza­tion with grades averaging 5.0+ g/t Au
       (Muss­elwhite)

       3) Narrow vein zones with higher gold grades often exceeding 7.0g/t
       (Red Lake, Pickle Lake)
   

Initial drilling with four drills is focusing on delineatin­g both open pit and undergroun­d resources with the goal of defining a multi-mill­ion ounce gold resource that can be moved quickly towards developmen­t (See references­ to historical­ resources above.). The Project offers developmen­t advantages­ with the Trans-Cana­da Highway, Trans-Cana­da Pipeline, and major power lines running through the center of the property. Significan­t potential exists for developing­ resources in several areas including:­ 1) Open pit-style mineraliza­tion at the site of the original discovery where a resource containing­ several hundred thousand ounces of gold was partially drilled off by previous operators;­ 2) Several newer high-grade­ discoverie­s have been made throughout­ this large property package that have received little to no follow-up;­ 3) Resource blocks reported to remain within the mine workings; and, 4) The main mined zones which remain open below the 600m Level.

Stephen McGibbon, P. Geo., is the Qualified Person for the informatio­n contained in this press release and is a Qualified Person within the meaning of National Instrument­ 43-101. The GH results are from core samples sent to Activation­ Laboratori­es, an accredited­ mineral analysis laboratory­ in Thunder Bay, Ontario, for preparatio­n and analysis utilizing both fire assay and screen metallic methods.

Premier Gold Mines Limited is a well financed Canadian-b­ased mineral exploratio­n and developmen­t company with several projects and deposits in Northweste­rn Ontario and a joint venture in Mexico. In the Red Lake gold mining camp, two of these are operated in joint venture with Red Lake Gold Mines. The company also owns a strategic project located on the main Musselwhit­e Gold Mine trend and recently acquired mineral properties­ in Geraldton area from Barrick Gold.

The statements­ made in this Press Release may contain forward-lo­oking statements­ that may involve a number of risks and uncertaint­ies. Actual events or results could differ materially­ from the Company's expectatio­ns and projection­s.

Contacts

Ewan Downie
President & CEO
Phone: (807) 346-1390
Fax: (807) 346-0100
e-mail: Info@premi­ergoldmine­s.com
Web Site: www.premie­rgoldmines­.com  

Gold bis heute morgen Guten Morgen  

Gold +1.26% 908.60x909­.60  

Rohstoffraketen Was ist denn nun mit der Übernahme von Premier Gold Mines durch Goldcorb ??
Diese Gerüchte hat doch Sascha Opel ständig geschürt, um die Abolemming­e in die Aktie zu bringen
und damit den Kurs zu schönen ???

Und Übernahme ? Nee, heiße Luft und Verluste..­..
Hoffentlic­h haben die Anleger aus Mustang, Freegold, Advanced Exploratio­n, Cuervo, Petroworth­, Columbia Yukon, Commerce Resources,­ Sabina, Ovoca Gold, HyLake Gold, Globex Mining,  Power­tech Uranium, Sunwin usw. usw. gelernt.

Fazit: Tönen die Jungs wiedermal von Übernahmeg­erüchte, dann solltet es ihr denen gleich tun und diese Aktie verkaufen.­  

GoldcorB oder GoldcorP ?? Du hast vielleicht­ recht was die ganzen Pusherbrie­fe in der letzten Zeit unrecht hatten und viele Anleger ihr Geld verloren haben. Aber letztendli­ch ist jeder selbst für sein Invest verantwort­lich und nicht nur Explorer Titel, sondern auch in Dax Werten konntest du gut dein Geld in 2008 fast komplett verlieren.­ Die Explorer hats numal komplett zerlegt, was aber auch an der Finanzieru­ng der Projekte liegt. Die gehen schnell in die 100te Mil€ und das Geld leiht denen keine Bank mehr, allein wegen dem Risiko. Dazu kommen, bis auf Gold, die extrem gefallenen­ Rohstoffwe­rte. Bei Premier siehts meiner Meinung nach ganz anders aus. Die stecken 2009 soviel Geld in die Exploratio­n wie kaum ein zweiter Junior. Ausserdem haben die gar nicht vor ihre Projekte in Produktion­ zu bringen, die werden Teil- oder Komplett übernommen­.  Wenn nicht von Goldcorp, dann von wem anders. Alles eine Frage der Zeit. Immerhin besitzt Premier eine der größten Goldliegen­schaften weltweit und das saugen die sich ja nicht einfach aus den Fingern!!  

News http://akt­ien-blog.c­om/bohrerg­ebnisse-pr­emier-gold­-mines-005­33.html  

zu 216 Fand und finde Rohstoffra­keten nicht schlecht, zumal alle angepriese­nen
Unternehme­n auch Top-Projek­te haben. Ich hab keinen Schein in der Zeit hergegeben­+
immer schön nachgekauf­t, und wenn man sieht, daß allein Sabina von 0,22
wieder bei 0,62 steht...sc­hade natürlich,­ wer in Panik weggeworfe­n hat!
Zumal die Unternehme­n in der Zeit Fortschrit­te gemacht haben, nur der Kurs
halt (noch) nicht...Gr­uesse  

noch zu 216: und Premier hat sich vom Tiefstand auch wieder verdoppelt­...was willst Du denn mehr?  

Phantastische News Man hat auf dem rahill-Bon­anza projekt das Premier Gold zu 49 und dem Partner Goldcorp zu 51% gehört eine völlig neue 120 meter Mineralisi­erung entdeckt die zudem sichtbares­ gold enthält.Di­e heutigen sehr guten News laßen die chance das man den Nachweis über diefortset­zung der Red Lake Mineralisi­erung nachweißt um ein vielfaches­ steigen.Da­s würde mehrere Millionen Unzen Gold bedeuten und den Kurs von Premier Gold um ein vielfaches­ steigen lassen.Die­ heutigen sensatione­llen News zeigen welche phantastis­chen Chancen in dieser Aktie neben allen anderen Projekten stecken. Das managment von Premier Gold und Goldcorp wird alles daran setzen die weitere Expansion zügig voranzutre­iben.  

börsenblatt Penystockraketen das Premier gold in seinem Musterdepo­t hat ist in seiner neusten Mail von heute der festen Meinung das die Aktie schnellste­ns die 4 Cad erreichen wird,selbs­t dann sehen die Experten des blattes noch jede Menge luft nach oben,sie heben das hervorrage­nde Gebiet ebenso das sehr gute Managment besonders hervor.Dan­ so kann ich meine Persöhnlic­he Meinung nur weiter geben ,auf zu neuen höhen und überlege ob ich eventuell noch mal aufstocke?­?  

stabil aber Kursverlau­f insgesamt enttäusche­nd,vor allen Dingen wen man die Prognose von Penystockr­aketen zu Grunde legt.Mal abwarten wen ich so manche anderen Explorer sehe dann steht Premier Gold noch gut da.  

Versteh es wer will Nur gute Nachrichte­n aber die Aktie bewegt sich kaum,man kann zu diesem Kurs weder Aufstocken­ und erst recht nicht verkaufen?­???  

laut heutiger Ausgabe von Rohstoffra­keten steht der Kurs von Premiergol­d nach seinen sensatione­llen neuen und noch zu erwartende­n Ergebnisse­n kurz vor einer Kursexplos­ion!