09:53 AM EST - Atna Resources Ltd. : reported that it has commenced small scale mining and gold production at its Pinson underground mine near Winnemucca, Nevada. Pinson entered into a contract mining agreement on a risk-sharing basis with Small Mine Development LLC of Boise, Idaho and renewed its prior gold ore purchase and sales agreement with Newmont. The first shipment of ore has been mined and sold to Newmont's Twin Creeks oxide mill. Atna Resources Ltd.
shares T.ATN are trading unchanged at $0.13.
