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CALGARY, ALBERTA–(CCNMatthews - Feb. 27, 2007) - TVI Pacific Inc. (TSX:TVI) (or the “Company”) announced today that its Philippine affiliate, TVI Resource Development (Phils) Inc. (”TVIRD”) has moved to infill drilling at 25-metre spacing on the Tinago-Miswi-Lalab veins at its Balabag Property - located in the Zamboanga Peninsula in Southern Philippines - to delineate the […]

CALGARY, ALBERTA–(CCNMatthews - Feb. 22, 2007) - TVI Pacific Inc. (TSX:TVI) (”TVI” or the “Company) announced today that the Company’s Drilling Segment produced strong operations results in 2006, drilling 58,946 metres for exploration contractors in the Philippines and China, representing a 204% increase in production compared with 19,370 metres drilled in 2005.
Certain information set out […]

LONDON (Mineweb.com) –TVI Pacific Inc. is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange with ticker symbol TVI and current market capitalisation of C$62 million or US$53 million and is exploring and developing polymetallic mineral deposits in China and the Philippines.
The company has reported what it calls a banner year in 2006, with production at its Canatuan […]

MANILA, Philippines — Some 800 environmentalists from 27 countries have signed a petition urging major financiers to withdraw their investments from Lafayette’s newly reopened mining project on Rapu-Rapu island in Albay, a militant group of fishermen said Friday.
The Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) said the environmental leaders and activists from the United […]

CALGARY, ALBERTA–(CCNMatthews - Feb. 15, 2007) - TVI Pacific Inc. (TSX:TVI) (”TVI” or the “Company”) today announced that its affiliate, TVI Resource Development (Phils.), Inc. (”TVIRD”), has identified occurrences of Gold (Au), Silver (Ag) and Copper (Cu) mineralization at two sites, Matigdao and Palalian, which are located approximately 15 kilometres northeast of the Canatuan Mine, […]

Adelaide, Feb 15, 2007 (ACN Newswire) - A maiden JORC resource of 33 million tonnes of nickel laterite grading 0.95% nickel and 0.07% cobalt has been announced for the Acoje project in the Philippines being developed by Australia’s Rusina Mining Limited (ASX: RML)(AIM: RMLA).
The resource represents 315,000 tonnes of contained nickel and includes both Indicated […]

CALGARY, ALBERTA–(CCNMatthews - Feb. 13, 2007) - TVI Pacific Inc. (”TVI” or the “Company”) (TSX:TVI) today announced that its affiliate, TVI Resource Development (Phils.), Inc. (”TVIRD”), has identified a new copper-gold prospect near its producing mine at Canatuan, Siocon, Zamboanga del Norte on the southern island of Mindanao. The prospect, called Tabingan, is located approximately […]

 The parish priest of St Florentina on Rapu Rapu island in the central Philippines has condemned the re-opening of an Australian-owned mine on the island after the government lifted a 15-month suspension of operations owing to earlier tailing spills.
Environmentalists and church leaders in Bicol will launch a three day protest against the government for […]

Manila - The Philippine government on Thursday allowed an Australian mining firm to continue with its operations in the country after being suspended for two tailing spills in 2005.
Environment Secretary Angelo Reyes said his department has lifted the cease-and-desist order against Lafayette Mining Ltd, which was issued in October.

Rapu-Rapu, Albay: Environmentalists and church leaders in Bicol will launch yet another protest—this time for three days—against the government for allowing Lafayette Philippines Inc. to resume its operation.Felino Bogaoisan, parish priest of Santa Florentina Parish, told The Manila Times that the people of Rapu-Rapu, including the Sagip Isla Movement and church leaders, will conduct a […]