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ST. JOHN'S, NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR--(Marketwire - March 18, 2010) - Altius (TSX:ALS) reports that its Board of Directors has accepted a letter of resignation from Roland Butler, Director, Vice-President and COO from all Altius positions so that he can pursue other interests.

Roland Butler is a co-founder of Altius and has been integral to its mineral exploration and project generation strategy development and implementation as well as commercial and community relationships at the Company since it was listed in 1997.

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SUDBURY, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - March 18, 2010) - Manitou Gold Inc. (TSX VENTURE:MTU)  is pleased to announce that it has commenced a comprehensive geophysical survey on its extensive portfolio of properties in the Gold Rock Mining Camp, located in the Kenora Mining District, Northwestern Ontario.

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - March 18, 2010) - Randsburg International Gold Corp. (TSX VENTURE:RGZ) announced today (the "Company" or "Randsburg") has received an updated Technical Report on its 20% owned Titan-Vanadium-Iron-Titanium Property (the "Property") located at Flett and Angus Townships, 120 kilometres northeast of Sudbury, Ontario. The property is jointly owned with Prophecy Resource Corp. (TSX VENTURE:PCY).

The Property is estimated to contain an inferred resource of 49.0 million tonnes at 0.24% vanadium (0.43% vanadium pentoxide), 14.82% titanium dioxide, and 48.09% iron oxide. The estimate uses a 40% Fe2O3 cutoff grade. The results of the independent resource estimate are summarized in the following Table:

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - March 18, 2010) - Crocodile Gold Corp. (TSX:CRK)(OTCQX:CROCF)(FRANKFURT:XGC) ("Crocodile Gold" or the "Company") today announces that it will hold a conference call and audio webcast on Monday, March 22, 2010 at 4:00 p.m. ET to introduce Mr. David Keough, Crocodile Gold's new Chief Operating Officer. The Company is pleased that Crocodile Gold's President and CEO, Mike Hoffman, and current COO, Grant Davey, will also be available on the call to make comments and answer questions. Mr. Keough will join the Company effective April 19, 2010 following a transition of responsibilities from Grant Davey. The conference call will be followed by a question and answer session. The call will also provide an opportunity for Mike Hoffman to outline the company's exciting operating outlook for 2010.

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - March 18, 2010) - Duran Ventures Inc. (TSX VENTURE:DRV) is pleased to announce that it has entered into a mineral property option agreement with LeBoldus Capital Inc. (TSXV:LEB.P) whereby LeBoldus can acquire a 50% interest in Duran Ventures' Corongo Project located in the Department of Ancash in the Republic of Peru.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - March 18, 2010) - Artha Resources Corporation (TSX VENTURE:AHC) -

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - March 18, 2010) - Salares Lithium Inc. (the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:LIT) is pleased to report the results of the transient electromagnetic survey ("TEM") completed on Salar de las Parinas. This salar is part of the Company's Salares 7 project in Region III, Chile (the "Project"). The TEM survey was carried out by Geodatos SAIC ("Geodatos") of Santiago, Chile, and was designed to define the size and extent of the brine pool within the salar. The majority of the world's lithium production comes from salars, or salt lakes, where prospective lithium mineralization is generally hosted in brine horizons.

MONTREAL, QUEBEC--(Marketwire - 18 mars 2010) - Consolidated Thompson Iron Mines Ltée (TSX:CLM) (« CLM », la « Société » ou « Consolidated Thompson ») désire corriger les coordonnées de l'appel conférence cédulée suite à l'annonce de l'avancement de sa production commerciale et du dépôt de son rapport de fin d'exercice. L'appel conférence aura lieu aujourd'hui jeudi le 18 mars 2010.

MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA--(Marketwire - March 18, 2010) - DIOS EXPLORATION INC. (TSX VENTURE:DOS) reports values of up to 9.9 and 7.7 grams per ton gold in outcropping rocks on its new wholly owned diamond-gold U33 exploration project, James Bay, Quebec.

THUNDER BAY, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - March 18, 2010) - Benton Resources Corp. (TSX VENTURE:BTC) ("Benton" or "the Company") is pleased to announce that the third phase of diamond drilling on the Copper Hill Block A property optioned from Golden Harp Resources Inc. ("Golden Harp") has been initiated. The drill program is designed to test beneath the surface mineralization of the Crocker zone as well as the low grade bulk tonnage potential of the MC zone. The Crocker zone was discovered by Benton in the fall of 2009 and is hosted within brecciated felsic (syenite fragmental) and lesser ultramafic volcanic rocks. The showing is defined by a distinct B-horizon soil anomaly of >50 ppb Au (with individual soil samples up to 6,840 ppb Au) and surface grab samples grading up to 9.65 gpt gold. Work to date suggests mineralization associated with the Crocker zone is controlled by a NNW trending structure splaying o

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VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - March 18, 2010) - Lions Gate Metals Inc. (TSX VENTURE:LGM) ("Lions Gate" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that the Filing Statement concerning the business combination transaction (the "Transaction") with AusNiCo Limited ("AusNiCo"), announced in the news release of Lions Gate on December 18, 2009, has been posted on the SEDAR website (www.sedar.com) and filed with the TSX Venture Exchange.

MONTREAL, QUEBEC--(Marketwire - March 18, 2010) - SearchGold Resources Inc. ("SearchGold") (TSX VENTURE:RSG) (FRANKFURT:S1O) is pleased to announce the results of its recent RC drilling program realized in partnership with Swala Resources plc ("Swala") on the Arae-Gassel Gold Property ("Arae-Gassel") located in northern Burkina Faso, West Africa.

MONTRÉAL, QUÉBEC--(Marketwire - 18 mars 2010) - Ressources SearchGold Inc. («SearchGold») (TSX CROISANCE:RSG) (FRANCFORT:S1O) a le plaisir d'annoncer les résultats de son récent programme de forage RC exécuté en partenariat avec Swala Resources plc («Swala») sur la propriété aurifère de Araé-Gassel («Arae-Gassel») localisée dans le nord du Burkina Faso en Afrique de l'Ouest.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - March 18, 2010) - New Global Ventures International Ltd. (the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:NNG) is pleased to announce that it has closed the first tranche of its previously announced private placement of units. An aggregate of 6,775,000 units was issued for gross proceeds of $1,016,250. Each unit comprises of one common share and one-half of one common share purchase warrant of the Company, and each whole warrant is exercisable at $0.33 per common share for two years. Asty Capital AG was granted 250,000 finder's warrants in connection with the closing, exercisable at $0.20 per common share for one year.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - March 18, 2010) - Red Hill Energy Inc. ("Red Hill") (TSX VENTURE:RH) and Prophecy Resource Corp. ("Prophecy")(TSX VENTURE:PCY)(OTCBB:PCYRF)(FRANKFURT:3P1) are pleased to provide an update on recent activities underway to expedite production from Red Hill's 100% owned Ulaan Ovoo thermal coal project ("the Project") in northern Mongolia. The preparations are being conducted by Red Hill with the full support of Prophecy, Red Hill's proposed merger partner (Please see joint Prophecy and Red Hill March 4, 2010 news).

STEWART, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - March 18, 2010) - Mountain Boy Minerals Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:MTB) reports assay results for another 12 drill holes completed during the 2008 exploration program on the BA property in northwest British Columbia have been received. An additional 10 holes drilled during the 2008 field season remain to be assayed.

EDMONTON, ALBERTA--(Marketwire - March 18, 2010) - Athabasca Minerals Inc. ("Athabasca" or the "Corporation") (TSX VENTURE:ABM) today announced aggregate delivery of 342,990 tonnes for the month of February 2010 which is virtually on pace with February 2009's record high deliverys of 345,149 tonnes and a 70.6% increase over 2008's February delivery number.

MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA--(Marketwire - March 18, 2010) - Amex Exploration Inc. ("Amex") (TSX VENTURE:AMX) is pleased to announce that it has signed the final purchase agreement pursuant to which Amex acquire from a subsidiary of Blue Note Mining Inc. (TSX VENTURE:BNT) all of the outstanding shares of X-Ore International Inc., the subsidiary that holds through Minerales X-Ore S.A. de CV three properties that covers more than 40,000 hectares in the prolific Sierra Madre Gold-Silver Belt of Mexico.

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TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - March 18, 2010) - Takara Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE:TKK) ("Takara") is pleased to announce that SRK Consulting (Canada) Inc. ("SRK") has readdressed to Takara the National Instrument 43-101 ("NI 43-101") Mineral Resource Estimation technical report for the Tassawini and Sonne Gold Deposits located on the Tassawini property in Guyana.

The mineral resource evaluation, previously reported in June 2008, integrated 440 diamond drill holes and 1,187 reverse circulation holes for a total of 58,390 metres (m) and 43,284 m of drilling, respectively. The Tassawini and Sonne Deposits are composed of five and four distinct auriferous zones respectively. The Sonne deposit is located at surface and is a flat-lying zone of gold mineralization entirely located in the saprolite profile. Mineral Resources are reported using 0.5 grams of gold per

MOUNT PEARL, NEWFOUNDLAND--(Marketwire - March 18, 2010) - Cornerstone Capital Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE:CGP) (FRANKFURT:GWN) (BERLIN:GWN) (PINK SHEETS:CTNXF) through its Ecuador subsidiary, Cornerstone Ecuador, S.A. ("CESA"), continues to advance through the permitting process required under the new Mining and Environment Laws to re-initiate exploration activities. Last fall CESA received approval of its Preliminary Environmental Impact Studies ("EPIA's") for all its concessions as well as approval of the more comprehensive Environmental Impact Study ("EIA") for the Gama project within the Shyri property (see NR10-01 for further information on Shyri), which is required for the planned diamond drilling program. This month CESA also received the pre-approval for a key water usage permit related to the Gama project from SENAGUA, the new water control ag

SPOKANE VALLEY, WASHINGTON--(Marketwire - March 18, 2010) - Revett Minerals Inc. (TSX:RVM)(OTCBB:RVMIF) ("Revett" or "the Company") is pleased to announce that during a recent status conference regarding legal challenges to the Rock Creek Record of Decision and Biological Opinion, Judge Molloy in the Federal District Court of Montana indicated that a decision is under active deliberation; and a ruling is likely to occur within the next several weeks. 

SASKATOON, SASKATCHEWAN--(Marketwire - March 18, 2010) - Athabasca Potash Inc. (TSX:API) -

LA PRAIRIE, QUEBEC--(Marketwire - March 18, 2010) - The management of Vantex Resources Ltd (TSX VENTURE:VAX) is pleased to announce that it has applied to acquire by map designation a 100% interest in 18 cells located in the western portion the Urban-Barry greenstone belt where Eagle Hill Exploration Corporation recently announced a gold discovery. Registration of the cell titles is pending with Quebec's Ministry of Natural Resources and Wildlife.

LA PRAIRIE, QUEBEC--(Marketwire - 18 mars 2010) - La direction de Ressources Minières Vanstar Inc (TSX CROISSANCE:VSR) (Vanstar) est heureuse d'annoncer qu'elle a effectué une demande pour l`acquisition par désignation sur carte d`un intérêt de 100% dans 20 cellules situées dans la partie ouest de la ceinture volcanique de Urban-Barry dans laquelle Eagle Hill Exploration Corporation a récemment annoncé une découverte aurifère. L'enregistrement des titres est en cours au Ministère des Ressources naturelles et de la Faune du Québec.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - March 18, 2010) - Formation Metals Inc. (TSX:FCO) -

LA PRAIRIE, QUEBEC--(Marketwire - 18 mars 2010) - La direction de Ressources Vantex Ltée (TSX CROISSANCE:VAX) est heureuse d'annoncer qu'elle a effectué une demande pour l`acquisition par désignation sur carte d`un intérêt de 100% dans 18 cellules situées dans la partie ouest de la ceinture volcanique de Urban-Barry dans laquelle Eagle Hill Exploration Corporation a récemment annoncé une découverte aurifère. L'enregistrement des titres est en cours au Ministère des Ressources naturelles et de la Faune du Québec.

LA PRAIRIE, QUEBEC--(Marketwire - March 18, 2010) - The management of Vanstar Mining Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE:VSR) (Vanstar) is pleased to announce that it has applied to acquire by map designation a 100% interest in 20 cells located in the western portion the Urban-Barry greenstone belt where Eagle Hill Exploration Corporation recently announced a gold discovery. Registration of the cell titles is pending with Quebec's Ministry of Natural Resources and Wildlife.

MONTREAL, QUEBEC--(Marketwire - March 18, 2010) - Consolidated Thompson Iron Mines Ltd. (TSX:CLM) ("CLM" or the "Corporation", or "Consolidated Thompson") is pleased to announce the following highlights from its audited annual consolidated financial statements and MD&A for the year ended December 31, 2009 that were filed on our web site at www.consolidatedthompson.com and on SEDAR:

MONTRÉAL, QUÉBEC--(Marketwire - 18 mars 2010) - Consolidated Thompson Iron Mines Ltée (TSX:CLM) (« CLM », la « Société » ou « Consolidated Thompson ») a le plaisir d'annoncer les faits saillants suivants, qui sont tirés de ses états financiers consolidés annuels vérifiés et de son rapport de gestion pour l'exercice terminé le 31 décembre 2009, qui ont été déposés sur notre site internet à l'adresse www.consolidatedthompson.com et sur SEDAR :

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - March 18, 2010) - RockBridge Energy Inc. (RockBridge) (TSX VENTURE:RBE) is proceeding with its planned 2010 operations for its Cross Hills Rare Metals and Rare Earths Property in southern Newfoundland. The Cross Hills property consists of 100% ownership of 27 claims covering an area of approx. 675 hectares north of Fortune Bay in southern Newfoundland. The area is generally ice-free year round and is readily accessible by paved road from the coastal community of Grand Le Pierre. The operations are to commence in April and are to include mapping, sampling and a proposed diamond drilling program.

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - March 18, 2010) - Canadian Orebodies Inc. (TSX VENTURE:CO) ("Orebodies") is pleased to announce assay results from the channel sampling program which has demonstrated rich, wide spread zones of lithium/rare metals on Orebodies Falcon Property, located approximately 60km NE of Armstrong, Ontario. The Falcon Property consists of 60 claim units and is owned 100% by Orebodies (subject to a 2% NSR, 50% of which can be purchased by Orebodies for $1,000,000).

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - March 17, 2010) - Orient Venture Capital Inc. (TSX VENTURE:OVC.P) (the "Company") announced that it has received conditional acceptance from the TSX Venture Exchange (the "Exchange") of its proposed qualifying transaction (the "Qualifying Transaction") to become an investment issuer.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - March 17, 2010) - Rainy River Resources Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:RR) (the "Company" or "Rainy") announces results of the Company's Annual General Meeting held on March 16, 2010 in Vancouver, Canada. Stu Averill, Nelson Baker, Leo Berezan, Dale Peniuk, Raymond Threlkeld and Gerald Shields were re-elected to the Board.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - March 17, 2010) - Starcore International Mines Ltd. (TSX:SAM) (the "Company") has filed the results for the second quarter ended January 31, 2010 for the Company and its mining operations from the San Martin Mine. Starcore had revenues from metal sales of $4.6 million, earnings from mining operations of $1.5 million, and net income of $77,000 for the quarter ended January 31, 2010. Over the six month period ended January 31, 2010, the Company reports revenues of $9.2 million, earnings from mining operations of $3.1 million and a net income of $0.6 million. The basic and diluted income per share for the quarter ended January 31, 2010 was $0.00, and $0.01 per share for the six months ended January 31, 2010.

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - March 17, 2010) - Field ID, the world's easiest to use inspection and safety compliance platform, just got a whole lot easier. By launching the Field ID University, customers will have access to weekly classroom style webinars. The topics will include training for both Field ID's Online and Mobile offerings, covering topics from conducting basic day-to-day safety inspections, to more advanced account customization.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - March 17, 2010) - Almaden Minerals Ltd. (TSX:AMM)(NYSE Amex:AAU) (the "Company") announces that it has closed a Private Placement of 350,000 Units at a price of $1.00 per Unit. Each Unit consists of one flow-through common share and one half of a non-flow-through common share purchase warrant with each whole warrant entitling the holder to purchase one additional non-flow-through common share at a price of $1.25 per share for a period of 1 year from the Closing. The hold period on the securities expires on July 17, 2010.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - March 17, 2010) - BioteQ Environmental Technologies Inc. (TSX:BQE), a leader in the treatment of industrial waste water, today reported financial results for the year ended December 31, 2009. All figures are in Canadian dollars and are in accordance with Canadian GAAP, unless otherwise noted.

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - March 17, 2010) - Conquest Resources Limited (TSX VENTURE:CQR) wishes to clarify that it has not acquired any interest in the Detour Lake Gold Project being developed by Detour Gold Corp. Conquest has been exploring its own Detour Lake Area properties (Aurora and Sunday Lake) since 2002 through an option/joint venture agreement with Prism Resources Inc. and Boliden Westmin (Canada) Limited (subsequently acquired by Breakwater Resources). 

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - March 17, 2010) - Mesa Uranium Corp. (TSX VENTURE:MSA) ("Mesa" or "Company") announces the addition of new claims extending over a potentially high grade brine target at the Green Energy lithium project in Utah. 1,740 acres of new claims have been staked bringing the total acreage under Mesa control to 7,850, or approximately 12 square miles. The project is wholly owned by Mesa.

CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwire - March 17, 2010) - Golconda Resources Ltd. (the "Corporation" or "Golconda") is pleased to announce that is has entered into a non-binding letter of intent (the "Letter of Intent") on March 11, 2010 with CorePro Drilling Inc. ("CorePro") and its associated company, Greenearth Group of Companies Inc. ("Greenearth"), private Saskatchewan companies with offices in Tisdale, Saskatchewan, wherein the Corporation would acquire all the issued and outstanding shares of CorePro (the "CorePro Shares") and all the issued and outstanding shares of Greenearth (the "Greenearth Shares") by way of a share purchase agreement or other similar form of transaction (the "Proposed Transaction").

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - March 17, 2010) - Abington Resources Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:ABL)(PINK SHEETS:ABIZF) is pleased to announce the staking of additional claims relating to our recently announced Arizona gold property acquisition, the close of one private placement, and the arrangement of a new private placement.

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - March 17, 2010) - Alturas Minerals Corp. (the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:ALT)(BVLAC:ALT) today announced that it has agreed with Equinox Minerals Ltd. ("Equinox") to settle US$143,999 of the US$ 375,000 debt owed by the Company to Equinox in consideration for the issuance of securities of the Company. 

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - March 17, 2010) - American Bonanza Gold Corp. (TSX:BZA)(OTCBB:ABGFF)(FRANKFURT:AB2) ("Bonanza") is pleased to announce its National Instrument ("NI") 43-101 compliant 2010 Feasibility Study (the "Study") for its 100% owned Copperstone Gold Mine in Arizona is now available on SEDAR (www.sedar.com).

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - March 17, 2010) - Taku Gold Corp. (the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:TAK) is pleased to announce the closing of its non-brokered private placement totalling $497,500. These funds were raised through the issuance of 4,975,000 units at a price of $0.10 per unit, each unit consisting of one common share and one-half of one share purchase warrant entitling the holder thereof to acquire one additional common share of the Company for a period of two years at a price of $0.15. The shares issued pursuant to the private placement, and any shares to be issued on exercise of the share purchase warrants, are subject to a hold period expiring July 17, 2010.

OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - March 17, 2010) - Beaufield Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE:BFD) is pleased to announce that it has expanded its claim holdings, located 40 kilometres northwest of Schefferville Quebec, from an initial 139 claims to 237 claims or to 11,893 hectares. The claims were originally acquired to cover several highly anomalous lake sediment zinc samples taken by Ressources Naturelles et Faunes, Quebec in the late 1980's. Several of these samples exceed 5000 parts per million zinc and could be indicative of SEDEX zinc deposits. SEDEX are the world's most important source for zinc and lead of which the world's largest is the Red Dog in Alaska (Ref NR 26-11-2009). The claims adjoin those of New Millennium Capital Corp. and others exploring for and developing new world class iron deposits. The Beaufield claims also have iron potential which will be explored concurrently with the zinc

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TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - March 17, 2010) - Minera Andes Inc. ("Minera Andes") (TSX:MAI)(OTCBB:MNEAF) received this morning a Summons and Complaint in connection with a lawsuit commenced by affiliates of Hochschild Mining plc ("Hochschild") against Minera Andes (and a subsidiary) in the State of New York.

The lawsuit pertains to the project finance loans made by Hochschild to Minera Santa Cruz S.A., the company operating the San José Mine and jointly owned by subsidiaries of Minera Andes (49%) and Hochschild (51%).

MONTREAL, QUEBEC--(Marketwire - March 17, 2010) - Niocan Inc. (TSX:NIO) has received a detailed report from KPMG which reviews and updates the Socio-Economic Impacts Study of November 2000, taking into account development since then, and new information and work done by the Company during this period. The considerations include new information related to update the project construction costs, operating costs, additional requests by the Ministry of Sustainable Development, Environment and Parks (MSDEP), BAPE 167, BAPE 208 contents, Golder's hydrogeological study in 2005 and new inputs from Quebec and Canada statistical data banks.

MONTREAL, QUEBEC--(Marketwire - 17 mars 2010) - Niocan Inc. (TSX:NIO) a reçu le rapport commandé à KPMG qui a mis à date et révisé l'étude originale de novembre 2000 sur les retombées socio-économiques en prenant compte de nouvelles données provenant d'une revue interne sur les mises à date des coûts de construction et de production ainsi que des requêtes additionnelles du Ministère du Développement Durable, de l'Environnement et des Parcs (MDDEP) découlant des recommandations des BAPE 167, BAPE 208, de l'étude hydrogéologique de Golder en 2005 ainsi que les statistiques récentes du Québec et du Canada.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - March 17, 2010) - Adroit Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE:ADT)(FRANKFURT:A7V)(BERLIN:A7V) -

Private Placements. Management is pleased to announce that the Company has completed it's non-brokered private placement of 4,038,000 common shares at the price of C$0.10 per common share to raise gross proceeds of C$403,800. The private placement has increased by 10,000 shares since it was first announced on February 24^th, 2010.

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - March 17, 2010) - Greencastle Resources Ltd. ("Greencastle," or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:VGN) reports that the operator, Centaur Resources Ltd., has now completed testing of the Shaunavon and Success reservoirs in the two wells recently drilled in the Cabri area of Southwestern Saskatchewan.

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CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwire - March 17, 2010) - Rio Alto Mining Limited ("Rio Alto") (TSX VENTURE:RIO)(BVLAC:RIO)(DBFrankfurt:MS2) announces that it has applied to the TSX Venture Exchange (the "Exchange") to extend the expiry date of certain of its outstanding common share purchase warrants. The application has been made to extend the term of 6,420,750 warrants with an exercise price of $1.30 per common share and due to expire on May 30, 2010 to December 31, 2010. The extension of the term of the warrants is subject to the acceptance of the Exchange. For further information on the original issuance of the warrants and a subsequent amendment, please refer to the press releases of Rio Alto dated July 3, 2007 and January 6, 2009 filed on SEDAR.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - March 17, 2010) - Gold-Ore Resources Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:GOZ) is pleased to provide operational highlights for the first quarter of 2010 (three month period ending February 28, 2010) at the 100%-owned Bjorkdal Gold Mine in Sweden. During the period a total of 10,065 ounces of gold were recovered and this marks the second consecutive quarter with greater than 10,000 ounces recovered. Financial results from the first quarter will be released within 45 days.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - March 17, 2010) - Aura Minerals Inc. ("Aura Minerals" or the "Company") (TSX:ORA) announced earlier today that the Company will be added to the S&P/TSX Composite Index, effective Monday, March 22, 2010. Aura Minerals has not been included in the S&P/TSX Composite Index, but will be added to the S&P/TSX Global Mining and the S&P/TSX Global Base Metals indices, effective March 22, 2010 at market open. Aura Minerals is also part of the S&P/TSX SmallCap Index and the S&P BMI Canada Index.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - March 17, 2010) - Eagle Hill Exploration Corporation ("Eagle Hill" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:EAG) is pleased to announce that it has received the final assay results from drill hole EAG-10-196 from the Company's first drill program at the Windfall Lake Property.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - March 17, 2010) - Northern Lion Gold Corp. (the "Company" or "Northern Lion") (TSX VENTURE:NL)(FRANKFURT:N3E) wishes to provide this update on the 2010 exploration programs commencing on the permits in Cyprus.

DENVER, COLORADO--(Marketwire - March 17, 2010) - Ur-Energy Inc. (TSX:URE)(NYSE Amex:URG) is pleased to announce that the 2009/2010 delineation drilling program at Ur-Energy's Lost Creek in-situ uranium project in Wyoming has exceeded expectations. More than sufficient uranium resource has been identified to ensure continuous production after start up.

EDMONTON, ALBERTA--(Marketwire - March 17, 2010) - Shear Minerals Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:SRM) today announced the signing of a final Option and Joint Venture Agreement with Rio Tinto Exploration Canada Inc. ("RTECI") to explore and advance the Chesterfield Inlet Diamond Project, Nunavut (the "Project"). In the fall of 2009 a prospecting program was completed at the Project and budgets are currently being finalized for the 2010 summer season.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA and ORLEANS, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - March 17, 2010) - Diamond International Exploration Inc. (the "Company")(TSX VENTURE:DIX) is pleased to announce that it has obtained a judicial consent for immediate transfer of six diamond exploration concessions located in the Juína, MT area of Brazil to Mineração C.D.J. Limitada ("CDJ") (see February 4, 2010 news release). Registration is expected to take follow over the next 4-6 weeks and will increase the Company's total holdings in the Juína area to over 67,360 ha. Particulars are set out below: 

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - March 17, 2010) - Mesa Uranium Corp. (TSX VENTURE:MSA) ("Mesa" or "Company") announces the addition of new claims extending over a potentially high grade brine target at the Green Energy lithium project in Utah. 1,740 acres of new claims have been staked bringing the total acreage under Mesa control to 7,850, or approximately 12 square miles. The project is wholly owned by Mesa.

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - March 17, 2010) - Centamin Egypt Limited ("Centamin" or "the Company") (TSX:CEE)(LSE:CEY) -

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - March 17, 2010) - Fortress Minerals Corp. (TSX VENTURE:FST) ("Fortress") is pleased to announce initial assay results from the phase 1 drilling program at its 74-square kilometre Malmyzh Project in eastern Russia. The phase 1 drill program, which is planned to include 5,200 metres of drilling in 26 holes, will test ten large geophysical and geochemical targets.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - March 17, 2010) - Endeavour Silver Corp. (TSX:EDR)(TSX:EDR.WT)(NYSE Amex:EXK)(DBFrankfurt:EJD) plans to release its fourth quarter financial results on Wednesday, March 24, 2010, before market hours. A conference call to discuss the results will be held at 11:00 AM Pacific Time (2:00 PM Eastern Time) the following business day, Thursday, March 25, 2010. To participate in the conference call, please dial the following:

ST PETER PORT, GUERNSEY--(Marketwire - March 17, 2010) - Tethys Petroleum Limited ("Tethys" or the "Company")(TSX:TPL) today updated on its oil production activities at the North Urtabulak field in Uzbekistan and the Beshtentak field in Tajikistan.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - March 17, 2010) - Kiska Metals Corporation, (TSX VENTURE:KSK) ("Kiska") announces that it has reached an agreement with Azure Minerals Limited to dissolve the Kiska-Azure Joint Venture covering nine exploration projects in Sonora, Durango and Sinaloa states, Mexico. A milestone in allowing this transaction to take place was receipt of a waiver from Kennecott Exploration Company releasing its back in rights to the Mexican projects. Kiska now owns 100% of nine quality Mexican exploration projects with Kennecott retaining a 2% NSR royalty.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - March 17, 2010) - Universal Uranium Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:UUL) (the "Company") announced that the B.C. Supreme Court has handed down a judgment granting the Company's application for an injunction ordering the release from escrow of shares and warrants of Crosshair Exploration & Mining Corp. ("Crosshair") due to the Company under an escrow agreement between the Company and Crosshair.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - March 17, 2010) - Aldrin Resource Corp. ("Aldrin") (TSX VENTURE:ALN) announces that further to its news release dated March 11, 2010, Aldrin is increasing its private placement offering from $5 million to $7 million. The private placement will consist of up to 14,000,000 units at $0.50 per unit (the "Offering"). Each unit will be comprised of one common share and one half of a common share purchase warrant. Each full warrant is exercisable into one additional Aldrin common share at $0.75 per share for a period of 18 months from closing. Exercise of the warrants will be accelerated in the event Aldrin's common shares trade at a price of $1.50 or greater during the exercise term. Proceeds of $6 million will be used for exploration drilling on Aldrin's properties in the Yukon Territory. The balance of the proceeds will be used for future acquisitions and wor

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VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - March 17, 2010) - Robert Pease, President and CEO of Terrane Metals Corp. ("Terrane" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:TRX), is very pleased to announce that the McLeod Lake Indian Band ("MLIB") has confirmed that it will fully support the ongoing development of the Mt. Milligan copper-gold Project (the "Project") located 150 km northwest of Prince George, British Columbia.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - March 17, 2010) - Jinshan Gold Mines Inc. (TSX:JIN) announces that it has re-stated its previously issued interim financial statements for the nine month period ended September 30, 2009 to reflect a change in accounting treatment of interest on certain loans so that those charges are capitalized instead of being expensed.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - March 17, 2010) - Quantum Rare Earth Developments Corp. (TSX VENTURE:QRE)(FRANKFURT:BR3) ("Quantum", the "Company") is pleased to announce that is has commenced trading on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange ("FWB" - Frankfurter Wertpapierboerse) in Germany under the trading symbol "BR3".

ROUYN-NORANDA, QUEBEC--(Marketwire - March 17, 2010) - GLOBEX MINING ENTERPRISES INC. (TSX:GMX)(FRANKFURT:G1M)(PINK SHEETS:GLBXF) is pleased to inform shareholders that it has increased its ownership in its Timmins talc-magnesite project from 75% to 90 %.

ROUYN-NORANDA, QUEBEC--(Marketwire - 17 mars 2010) - ENTREPRISES MINIÈRES GLOBEX INC. (TSX:GMX)(FRANCFORT:G1M)(PINK SHEETS:GLBXF) désire informer ses actionnaires qu'elle a augmenté de 75% à 90% sa participation dans son projet de talc-magnésite à Timmins, Ontario.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - March 17, 2010) - NovaGold Resources Inc. (TSX:NG)(NYSE Amex:NG) today announced that it has been reintroduced to the Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX Composite Index, effective at market open on March 22, 2010. The Composite is TSX's headline index, tracking the largest TSX-listed companies based on market capitalization. NovaGold has also been added to the S&P/TSX Gold and S&P/TSX Global Mining indices.

ST. JOHN'S, NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR--(Marketwire - March 17, 2010) - Altius Minerals Corporation (TSX:ALS)("Altius", "the Corporation") reported a net loss of $102,000 for the 3 months ended January 31, 2010 compared to net earnings of $31,624,000 or $1.11 per share for the same period last year. The prior year's earnings included a $38,180,000 gain on the settlement of the equity forward agreement on the Corporation's remaining 2,500,000 Aurora Energy Resources Inc. shares and income tax expense of $6,679,000.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - March 17, 2010) - Orex Minerals Inc. (TSX VENTURE:REX) is pleased to present a third progress report on the geological program at the Coneto gold-silver mining camp in Durango State, Mexico.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - March 17, 2010) - Douglas Lake Minerals Inc. (the "Company") (OTCBB:DLKM) (FRANKFURT:D60) is pleased announce that it has received $250,000 from Ruby Creek Resources, Inc. as part of a series of payments due to the Company with respect to the Joint Venture Agreement on the Mkuvia Alluvial Gold Project (see the news release dated November 09, 2009 and related filings for full details of the Agreement).

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - March 17, 2010) - Crosshair Exploration & Mining Corp. (TSX:CXX)(NYSE Amex:CXZ) ("Crosshair") is pleased to announce further results from the ongoing vanadium program on the Central Mineral Belt (CMB) Project in Labrador. Vanadium has now been intersected along strike for approximately 1,000 metres (m) at the C Zone.

PERTH, WESTERN AUSTRALIA--(Marketwire - March 17, 2010) - Troy Resources NL ("Troy") (TSX:TRY)(ASX:TRY) -

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TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - March 17, 2010) - MBAC Fertilizer Corp. ("MBAC" or the "Company") (TSX:MBC) is pleased to report the findings for its concept validation study for its potash project (the "Coastal Potash Project") conducted by its consultant, AMEC Americas Ltd. ("AMEC").

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VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - March 17, 2010) - Megastar Development Corporation ("Megastar" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:MDV)(FRANKFURT:M5Q) is pleased to report that Rio Grande Mining Corp. ("Rio Grande") commenced trading March 15^th, 2010, under the symbol RGV, on the TSX Venture Exchange. Rio Grande has an option to earn up to 60% interest in the Company's 100% owned SEDEX zinc-lead-silver property (the "Property"), which is located in the Omineca Mining Division, approximately 280 kilometers north-northwest of Mackenzie, BC, Canada.

VAL-D'OR, QUÉBEC--(Marketwire - 17 mars 2010) - Ressources Cartier Inc. (TSX CROISSANCE:ECR) («Cartier») a le plaisir d'annoncer que le Ministère des Ressources naturelles et de la Faune («MRNF») a confirmé le potentiel en Cu-Ni de sa propriété Rivière Doré par la publication d'un traitement de données de géochimie de fond de lac des levés régionaux du MRNF (MRNF, EP 2010-01). L'étude a identifié que les anomalies de Doré se situent au-dessus du 99ème centile de plus de 90 000 échantillons similaires disponibles pour toute la province du Québec.

VAL-D'OR, QUEBEC--(Marketwire - March 17, 2010) - Cartier Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE:ECR) ("Cartier") is pleased to announce that the Ministère des Ressources naturelles et de la Faune ("MRNF") has confirmed the potential for Cu-Ni on its Rivière Doré property through a new mineral potential assessment study carried out using lake bottom sediment geochemical data from MRNF regional surveys (MRNF, EP 2010-01). The assessment study identified that the Doré anomalies are above the 99th percentile of over 90,000 similar samples available for all the province of Quebec.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - March 17, 2010) - Tinka Resources Limited (the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:TK)(PINK SHEETS:TKRFF)(FRANKFURT:TLD) - The Company is pleased to provide an exploration update on its exploration projects in Peru.

SPOKANE, WASHINGTON--(Marketwire - March 17, 2010) - Franconia Minerals Corporation ("Franconia") (TSX:FRA) is pleased to announce that it will be presenting at the John Tumazos Very Independent Research, LLC Metals and Mining Conference in New York at the New York Helmsley Hotel on Thursday, March 25, 2010. Brian Gavin, Franconia's President and CEO, will present the Company's business strategy and exploration results at 8:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - March 17, 2010) - Zincore Metals Inc. (TSX:ZNC) ("Zincore" or the "Company") is pleased to report that on Friday, March 12, 2010 the Company filed its Management's Discussion and Analysis, Consolidated Financial Statements and Annual Information Form for the year ended December 31, 2009. All documents are available online at the Company's website (www.zincoremetals.com) and SEDAR (www.sedar.com).

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VAL-D'OR, QUEBEC--(Marketwire - March 17, 2010) - Canada: Metanor Resources Inc. ("Metanor ") (TSX VENTURE:MTO) is pleased to announce that it has completed its Bachelor Lake mill expansion. Its capacity increased from 800 to 1,200 metric tonnes per day.

VAL-D'OR, QUEBEC--(Marketwire - 17 mars 2010) - Ressources Métanor (TSX CROISSANCE:MTO) est heureuse d'annoncer qu'elle a terminé l'expansion de son usine de traitement du Lac Bachelor. Sa capacité est passée de 800 à 1 200 tonnes métriques par jour.

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - March 17, 2010) - Takara Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE:TKK) ("Takara") announces that the Filing Statement setting out information relevant to the acquisition (the "Acquisition") from Victoria Gold Corp. ("Victoria Gold") of StrataGold Guyana Inc. has been electronically filed with regulators and is available for viewing on www.sedar.com and on our website at www.takararesources.com. StrataGold Guyana Inc. is a private Guyanese company that holds title to the Guyana Gold Projects, namely: (i) the Tassawini Gold Project; and (ii) the BRL Venture, as summarized in Takara's news release dated March 5, 2010, and all as more particularly described in the Filing Statement.

MALARTIC, QUEBEC--(Marketwire - 17 mars 2010) - Corporation Minière Osisko («Osisko») (TSX:OSK)(FRANCFORT:EWX) a accueilli la population de l'Abitibi-Témiscamingue dimanche le 14 mars à son complexe minier présentement en construction à Malartic. Plus de 1 400 personnes ont visité le chantier et y ont vu les installations dont l'usine de traitement, le garage d'entretien ainsi que les camions de halage de mine CAT 793F (227 tonnes) et l'une des deux pelles hydrauliques Terex RH340. Le chantier, qui a débuté à la fin août, progresse rapidement. 

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - March 17, 2010) - Energizer Resources Inc., (formerly Uranium Star Corp.)(OTCBB:URST)(FRANKFURT:YE5) ("Energizer" or the "Company") announces the closing of a brokered and non-brokered financing consisting of 21,666,667 units issued at US$0.30 per unit ("Unit") for total proceeds of US$6,500,000 (the "Offering").

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - March 17, 2010) - Aura Minerals Inc. ("Aura Minerals" or the "Company") (TSX:ORA) today announced the Company will be added to the S&P/TSX Composite Index, effective Monday, March 22, 2010 at market open. As part of this inclusion, Aura Minerals will also be added to the S&P/TSX Global Mining and the S&P/TSX Global Base Metals sub-indices. The S&P/TSX Composite Index serves as an indicator of market activity for Canadian equity markets.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - March 17, 2010) - Reservoir Capital Corp. (TSX VENTURE:REO)(FRANKFURT:ROC)(BERLIN:ROC) ("Reservoir" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has signed a Framework Letter of Intent ("the Agreement") with Milan-based Torno Global Contracting S.p.A. ("Torno") to support the development of its Brodarevo 1 and 2 hydropower projects in Serbia ("the Projects") and to jointly develop other energy and infrastructure business in the region.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - March 17, 2010) - Kalimantan Gold Corporation Limited (TSX VENTURE:KLG)(AIM:KLG) ("KLG" or the "Company") is pleased to provide an update on its activities.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - March 16, 2010) - Mr. Ian Rozier, President and CEO of Eastern Platinum Limited ("Eastplats") (TSX:ELR)(AIM:ELR)(JSE:EPS) is pleased to report that Standard and Poor's Canadian Index Operations will be including Eastplats in the S&P/TSX Global Mining Index at market open on Monday, March 22, 2010.

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - March 16, 2010) - Philex Gold Inc. (TSX VENTURE:PGI) ("PGI" or "Company") announced today that it has obtained an interim order from the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (Commercial List) with respect to the Company's previously announced Plan of Arrangement with Philex Mining Corporation ("PMC") and PMC's wholly-owned subsidiary, Philex Gold Holdings Inc. ("PGHI") (see press release dated February 25, 2010).

CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwire - March 16, 2010) - Trio Gold Corp. (TSX VENTURE:TGK) (PINK SHEETS:TROOF) (Trio) advises that the US $5.5 million Exploration Agreement between Trio and the private corporation (Carlin Gold Resources, Inc.) as announced in its February 9, 2010 press release relating to the Rodeo Creek property, has been assigned to Amarok Resources Inc. (Amarok). Amarok is a public company trading on the OTCBB.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - March 16, 2010) - Soldi Ventures Inc. (TSX VENTURE:SOV) (the "Company") announces that, effective March 15, 2010, the Company has completed its qualifying transaction (the "Transaction"). The Company received the final exchange bulletin for the Transaction from the TSX Venture Exchange on March 15, 2010. Peter Dickie has been appointed to the Company's board of directors. Zahara Kanji-Aquino has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer and Doug McFaul has been appointed Corporate Secretary.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - March 16, 2010) - Crosshair Exploration & Mining Corp. (TSX:CXX)(NYSE Amex:CXZ) ("Crosshair") announced on April 28, 2009 that it commenced an action in British Columbia Supreme Court against Universal Uranium Ltd. ("Universal") alleging that Universal had knowledge of trades that artificially inflated the market price of shares of Universal at the time that Crosshair agreed to purchase property and securities of Universal. The action relates to certain agreements Crosshair entered into with Universal to acquire all of Universal's interest in its project in the Central Mineral Belt of Labrador and to purchase securities of Universal by way of a private placement. Universal filed a Statement of Defence and Counterclaim in the British Columbia Supreme Court on May 13, 2009. Crosshair filed a Statement of Defence to the counterclaim made by Universal on May 26, 2009.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - March 16, 2010) - Dobhai Ventures Inc. (TSX VENTURE:DOB.P) (the "Company") announced today the following updates relating to its proposed transaction (the "Transaction") with Produced Water Solutions Inc. ("PWS") and concurrent financing (the "Financing") first announced on August 26, 2009. It is intended that the Transaction, if completed, will constitute the "Qualifying Transaction" of the Company within the meaning of TSX Venture Exchange Policy 2.4 - "Capital Pool Companies".

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - March 16, 2010) - Timminco Limited ("Timminco" or the "Company")(TSX:TIM) today reported its financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2009 (all figures are in Canadian dollars unless otherwise stated).

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TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - March 16, 2010) - Red Pine Exploration Inc. ("Red Pine" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:RPX) announces that it has executed several agreements to acquire an interest in a series of high-potential gold properties located in the Dore, Swayze, Coppell, Newton, and Dale Townships of the Porcupine Mining Division, southwest of Timmins, Ontario in the south-central Swayze Greenstone Belt. 

Increased Stake in Mortimer Claims

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - March 16, 2010) - ALEXIS MINERALS CORPORATION (TSX:AMC)(OTCQX:AXSMF) (the "Company" or "Alexis") is pleased to report on the progress of the Lac Pelletier underground bulk sample program. A second milling campaign of a 12,794 tonnes bulk sample was completed on March 10^th generating 1,924 ounces gold (Au) at a recovery of 96.5%. The sample consisted of 4,573 tonnes grading 9.03 g/t Au (undiluted) excavated from high grade stopes in areas of Zone 4-2 and 4-3 with additional tonnage from low grade development in these areas. The bulk sample confirms that Zone 4-2 and 4-3 reserve grades can be achieved through stoping.

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - 16 mars 2010) - CORPORATION MINIÈRE ALEXIS (TSX:AMC)(OTCQX:AXSMF) (la « Société » ou « Alexis ») a le plaisir d'émettre une mise à jour des progrès réalisés dans le cadre du programme souterrain d'échantillonnage en vrac au Lac Pelletier. Une deuxième campagne d'usinage d'un échantillon en vrac de 12 794 tonnes a été complétée le 10 mars dernier, générant 1 924 onces d'or (Au) à un taux de récupération de 96,5 %. L'échantillon comportait 4 573 tonnes à une teneur de 9,03 g/t Au (avant dilution) extraites des chantiers à haute teneur dans le secteur des zones 4-2 et 4-3, ainsi que du tonnage supplémentaire provenant du développement à faible

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - March 16, 2010) - Cavan Ventures Inc. (TSX VENTURE:CVN), a public mineral exploration company based in Vancouver, British Columbia, is pleased to announce plans for the company's 2010 exploration program on the KM Property located approx. 30km north of Smithers, B.C.

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VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - March 16, 2010) - BonTerra Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE:BTR) (FRANKFURT:9BR) (the "Company" or "BTR") is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Casey Forward to the company's board of directors and to act as the company's CFO. Mr. Forward is a professional accountant with over 25 years of experience and has been employed as an officer and director of several public companies involved in mining and business development. Mr. Forward has an extensive knowledge of the regulatory filing processes involved both in Canada and the U.S. fMr. Forward replaces Mr. Jerry Mini who has tendered his resignation as director and Chief Financial Officer as of today's date.

QUEBEC, CANADA--(Marketwire - March 16, 2010) - (TSX VENTURE:NMX) - NEMASKA EXPLORATION INC. ("Nemaska" or the "Corporation") is pleased to announce that it has entered into a financial public relations service agreement (the "Agreement") with MI3 Communications Financières Inc. ("MI3") whereby MI3 will act as Nemaska's financial public relation advisor. MI3 will target private, retail and institutional investors interested in investing in Nemaska's securities and will work so as to increase the visibility of Nemaska's projects with the financial community and answer questions from various private and institutional investors as well as from news media.

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BROSSARD, QUEBEC--(Marketwire - 16 mars 2010) - DIAGNOS inc. (« DIAGNOS » ou la « Société ») (TSX CROISSANCE:ADK), un leader dans l'extraction de données et en intelligence artificielle, et Ora, Inc. (« Ora »), un leader dans le développement de produits ophtalmiques, annoncent aujourd'hui la signature d'un accord de consultation pour faciliter le processus d'homologation de l'application CARA (Computer Assisted Retinal Analysis) auprès de la FDA américaine dans le but de commercialiser les services issus de l'utilisation de CARA aux États-Unis dans les mois à venir.

BROSSARD, QUEBEC--(Marketwire - March 16, 2010) - DIAGNOS inc. ("DIAGNOS" or "the Corporation") (TSX VENTURE:ADK), a leader in the use of artificial intelligence and advanced knowledge extraction techniques, and Ora, Inc. ("Ora"), a leader in ophthalmic product development, announced today that they have signed a consulting agreement for the U.S. FDA registration process for CARA (Computer Assisted Retinal Analysis) application with the intention of commercializing services derived from CARA in the United States in the coming months.

CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwire - March 16, 2010) - Torch River Resources Ltd. ("Torch" or the "Corporation") is pleased to announce an additional 2,000,000 non flow through units (the "Units") to its non-brokered private placement of March 12, 2010.

SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH--(Marketwire - March 16, 2010) - Palladon Ventures Ltd. ("Palladon" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:PLL)(FRANKFURT:PV-1). Palladon announces today the full equitization of the Luxor Loans which amounted to US$40,557,000 including principal and interest. This negotiated equitization comes as a result of Luxor Capital Partners, LP ("Luxor") realizing on its security interest and provides for the full extinguishment of Palladon debt owed to Luxor. Given the inability of the Company to make payments of the foregoing amount when due, and in order to avoid enforcement or foreclosure which could have resulted in the transfer of ownership of all the Palladon Iron Corp. capital stock to Luxor, Luxor has agreed to accept a 78.3% interest, in full satisfaction of all amounts due under the loan agreements. Palladon Ventures Ltd. will now own 21.7% of Palladon Iron Corporation.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - March 16, 2010) - International Tower Hill Mines Ltd. ("ITH" or the "Company") (TSX:ITH)(NYSE Amex:THM)(FRANKFURT:IW9) is pleased to announce a proposed non-brokered financing of up to 5,000,000 common shares of the Company at a price of CAD 6.00 per common share (the "Offering") in the United States and Canada. The Company will pay a 6% finder's fee payable in cash and/or common shares on a portion of the Offering.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - March 16, 2010) - Bravo Gold Corp. (TSX VENTURE:BVG)(FRANKFURT:B6I) reported today the status of the 2009 drilling program and plans for the 2010 exploration program at its Homestake Ridge Project, a gold/silver-rich 2761ha property located in NW British Columbia.

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - March 16, 2010) - MagIndustries Corp. ("Mag" or the "Company")(TSX:MAA) has received a Statement of Claim filed by Willy Verbrugghe, a former employee, in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, made against the Company and its wholly owned subsidiary MagMinerals Potash Corp. The claim relates to the alleged wrongful dismissal of Mr. Verbrugghe by Mag and MagMinerals Potash Corp. The damages claimed total Cdn$2 million, plus interest and costs.

LAVAL, QUEBEC--(Marketwire - 16 mars 2010) - Exploration First Gold inc. (TSX CROISSANCE:EFG) (FRANCFORT:F12) est heureuse d'annoncer que deux nouveaux forages ont été complétés sur sa propriété Lac Pivert/Rose. Les deux forages complétés jusqu'à maintenant permettent d'étendre la zone sur un autre 30 mètres vers le sud. De plus, l'équipe de terrain à identifier une zone minéralisée en spodumène et lépidolite environ 90 mètres au sud du forage LR-09-10. Le forage LR-10-11 a été implanté sur le même emplacement que le trou LR-09-10 et foré verticalement afin de valider l'interprétation structurale de la zone. Le forage LR-10-11 confirme que la zone minéralisée est horizontale. L'équipe de géologie est présentement à finaliser la description des carottes de fo

LAVAL, QUEBEC--(Marketwire - March 16, 2010) - First Gold Exploration Inc. (TSX VENTURE:EFG) (FRANKFURT:F12) is pleased to report that two new drill holes have been completed on its Lac Pivert/Rose property. The two holes drilled to date have extended the zone another 30 metres south. The ground crew has also identified a zone mineralized in spudomene and lepidolite about 80 metres south of Hole LR-09-10. Hole LR-10-11 was drilled vertically at the same location as Hole LR-09-10 to test the structural interpretation. Hole LR-10-11 confirmed that the mineralized zone is horizontal. The team of geologists is in the process of logging the core and sampling the mineralized zone. The samples will be sent to the ALS Chemex laboratory in the coming days. The drilling crew continues to work at the rate of 1 to 2 holes per day. A map showing the location of the initial 25 drill holes planned and the two holes drilled to date is posted

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TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - March 16, 2010) - Conquest Resources Limited (TSX VENTURE:CQR) confirms that it has been exploring its own Detour Lake Area properties (Aurora and Sunday Lake) since 2002 through an option/joint venture agreement with Prism Resources Inc. and Boliden Westmin (Canada) Limited (subsequently acquired by Breakwater Resources). Although Conquest's Aurora and Sunday Lake properties are adjacent to the current mine development project being operated by Detour Gold Corporation., Conquest does not hold and has not acquired an interest in such project.

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VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - March 16, 2010) - BONAVENTURE ENTERPRISES INC. ("Bonaventure" or "the Company") (TSX VENTURE:BVT)(FRANKFURT:YQG) announces that Mr. Herb Duerr was elected as a director at the Company's Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held on March 15th, 2010. Mr. Duerr is a self-employed consulting geologist, and is a director of two other companies listed on the TSX Venture Exchange (the "Exchange"). The Company welcomes Mr. Duerr to the Board.

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VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - March 16, 2010) - Riverside Resources Inc. ("Riverside" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:RRI) is pleased to announce results from the Libertad Gold-Silver Project in Sonora, Mexico as reported by Geologix Explorations Inc. ("Geologix") (TSX VENTURE:GIX). The property is currently under option by Geologix, and as operator, Geologix completed the Phase One geochemical rock sampling and hand trenching program on the 160 km2 property. The program identified a large gold-silver anomaly on surface with a strike length of 1.25 km. Geologix's exploration work discovered significant gold and silver results ranging up to 9.91 grams per tonne (g/t) gold and 230.3 g/t silver over 3.50 metres (m). Highlights also include 2.23 g/t gold and 52.5 g/t silver over 13.10 m, and 1.27 g/t and 42.4 g/t silver over 11.70 m in different trenches that cross the northwest trending mineralized structure. Recent m

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - March 16, 2010) - FIRST BAUXITE CORPORATION ("First Bauxite" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:FBX)(FRANKFURT:FBI)(BERLIN:FBI) is pleased to announce that Passport Materials Master Fund LP ("Passport Materials") has exercised an aggregate of 1,500,000 warrants of the Company, resulting in gross proceeds of $1,350,000 to the Company.

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MONTREAL, QUEBEC--(Marketwire - 16 mars 2010) - Stellar Pacific Ventures Inc. (TSX CROISSANCE:SPX) (« Stellar » ou « la société ») annonce le début d'un programme de géophysique et d'échantillonnage qui sera suivi du forage des meilleures cibles sur sa propriété «LAC URBAN», dans le Canton Urban, situé à 100 km à l'est de la ville de Lebel sur Quévillon, au Nord-Ouest du Québec.

MONTREAL, QUEBEC--(Marketwire - March 16, 2010) - Stellar Pacific Ventures Inc. (TSX VENTURE:SPX)("Stellar" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the beginning of geophysical and geological evaluation of the Lake Urban property located in Urban Township, 100 km East of the Town of Lebel Sur Quevillon, Quebec. This program will be followed up with a plan to drill the best targets in spring 2010.

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - March 16, 2010) - Strategic Resource Acquisition Corporation ("SRA" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:SRZ.H) has noted an error in its form of proxy delivered to shareholders in connection with its Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders scheduled for March 30, 2010. This error also extended through to the Voting Instruction Forms ("VIF's") sent by Intermediaries to Beneficial Shareholders. SRA advises that all proxies and VIF's marked to "withhold" from voting on the matters related to (i) fixing the number of directors of the Company, (ii) approving the stock option plan of the Company, and (iii) approving an amendment to the articles of the Company to provide for the consolidation of its common shares on a twelve-for-one basis (i.e. items 1, 4 and 5 on the proxy form) will be counted as a vote "against" such matters. Votes in favour of each matter will continue to count as before.

EDMONTON, ALBERTA--(Marketwire - March 16, 2010) - Mindoro Resources Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:MIO); (FRANKFURT:WKN 906167) today announced that incentive stock options have been granted to directors and officers of the Company to purchase 1,450,000 common shares at an exercise price of $0.19 per share for a five year term. The grant of incentive stock options provides long term incentive to the Company's key personnel and further ensures that the interests of the Company's personnel are aligned with the interests of the Company's shareholders. All grants are subject to regulatory approval.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - March 16, 2010) - Riverstone Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE:RVS)(FRANKFURT:3RV) is pleased to announce the results from the sampling of the waste dumps at the Nami artisanal site in Burkina Faso, West Africa. The waste dumps comprise material left behind by the artisanal miners after high grading the quartz veins, and they are considered by them to carry no gold grade. The size of the mineralized footprint, as defined by the 0.3 gpt contour, is 500 metres by 300 metres. The zone is open for extension to the northwest, southwest and southeast. The average of all samples greater than 0.3 g/t is 1.36 g/t with a high of 8.6 g/t (Link to map: http://www.riverstoneresources.com/i/maps/Rambo_NASDS.jpg).

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - March 16, 2010) - CROWFLIGHT MINERALS INC. ("Crowflight" or the "Company") (TSX:CML) has been advised by the Toronto Stock Exchange that it has extended its review of the eligibility of the common shares of the Company for 30 days. Crowflight reminds its shareholders that the delisting review was initially launched in July 2009 in connection with the then-announced equity financing and is standard procedure relating to an application to use the financial distress exemption (see press release of July 7, 2009).

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - March 16, 2010) - Geologix Explorations Inc. (the "Company") (TSX:GIX)(FRANKFURT:GF6)(BERLIN:GF6)(STUTTGART:GF6)(MUNICH:GF6) is pleased to announce the completion of Phase I geochemical rock sampling and hand trenching on the Libertad property in Sonora State, Mexico. Assay results have outlined significant gold and silver mineralization, including results of 2.23 grams per tonne (g/t) gold and 52.5 g/t silver over 13.10 metres (m) and 9.91 g/t gold and 230.3 g/t silver over 3.50 metres.

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - March 16, 2010) - Goldeye Explorations Limited ("Goldeye" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:GGY) is pleased to announce that it has arranged for an additional diamond drill for its Tyrrell Township gold exploration in the Shining Tree area of northeastern Ontario. This drill will be used to expand the original program from 4,000 metres to 6,000 metres. The work will provide a more comprehensive testing of the gold-bearing Big Dome and Hydro Creek area targets which have been identified along and adjacent to the Tyrrell shear zone, a structure which is analogous to the Larder Lake - Cadillac Break, source of significant production of the Kirkland Lake - Larder Lake area in Ontario. Goldeye claims in Tyrrell Township cover a portion of the southwestern Abitibi greenstone belt that is underexplored due to the Land Caution in effect from 1973-1990.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - March 16, 2010) - International Montoro Resources Inc. ("IMT") (TSX VENTURE:IMT)(PINK SHEETS:IMTFF)(FRANKFURT:O4T) has reviewed a 2009 summary of field work published by the Ontario Geological Survey ("OGS") on and around its 1,840 ha Serpent River Property located approx. 13 km. east of the town of Elliot Lake, Ontario. The "Open File Report #6240 - Project Unit 09-004 Compilation Mapping, Pecors-Whiskey Lake Area, Southern and Superior Provinces" by R.M. Easton (pages 10-1 to 10-21 inclusive) shines additional light on a strong geophysical anomaly on our Serpent River Property located in Joubin and Gaiashk townships, Ontario.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - March 16, 2010) - ASHBURTON VENTURES INC. (TSX VENTURE:ABR) ("Ashburton" or the "Company") has received positive results for its first phase of geologic mapping and sampling at the Deep Creek property, which encompasses 324 hectares (800 acres) located approximately 112 kilometers north of Elko, Nevada and 56 kilometers northeast of the Newmont-owned Midas mine in the Independence segment of the prolific Carlin gold trend.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - March 16, 2010) - ATAC Resources Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:ATC) is pleased to announce that Douglas O. Goss, Q.C. has been appointed to the position of Chairman of the Board for the Company, effective March 15, 2010.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - March 16, 2010) - LOMIKO METALS INC. (TSX VENTURE:LMR)(PINK SHEETS:LMRMF)(Europe: ISIN: CA54163Q1028, WKN: A0Q9W7) ("Lomiko" or "the Company") is pleased to announce the launch of its new website www.lomiko.com which includes a research page on lithium supply and demand, a key issue in the industry.

VAL-D'OR, QUEBEC--(Marketwire - March 16, 2010) - Hinterland Metals Inc. (TSX VENTURE:HMI) is pleased to announce that it has reached an arms-length agreement to acquire the 37-claim (2089 hectare) "Lac Fecteau" gold property located some 120km southwest of Chibougamau, Quebec. The property is located within the Barry-Urban Greenstone Belt approximately 20km east of Eagle Hill's Windfall Lake Project and 30km northeast of Metanor Resources' Barry open pit gold mine.

LAVAL, QUEBEC--(Marketwire - March 16, 2010) - TYPHOON EXPLORATION INC. (TSX VENTURE:TYP) announces that it has identified a metallogenic context favourable to the existence of porphyry-type gold mineralization on the Fayolle property (23.23 km²), owned 100% by Typhoon. 

LAVAL, QUEBEC--(Marketwire - 16 mars 2010) - Exploration Typhon Inc annonce qu'elle reconnaît un contexte métallogénique favorable à la mise en place de minéralisation de type porphyre aurifère sur la propriété Fayolle (23,23 km²), détenue à 100 % par Typhon.

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA--(Marketwire - March 16, 2010) - Daulton Capital Corp. (OTCBB:DUCP) is pleased to announce a 10 day extension of the first option payment of $25,000 pending completion of final negotiations to acquire an additional 38 claims of the Balarat Project, more than doubling the total claims to 86.

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - March 16, 2010) - Nautilus Minerals Inc. (TSX:NUS)(AIM:NUS) (the "Company" or "Nautilus") announces the release of its audited consolidated financial statements for the year ending December 31, 2009, reported under Canadian GAAP, together with Management's
 Discussion and Analysis, its Annual Information Form and an updated Technical Report.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - March 16, 2010) - Astral Mining Corporation (TSX VENTURE:AA)(TSX VENTURE:AA.WT)(PINK SHEETS:AAMJF) ("Astral" or "the Company") is pleased to provide an exploration update in preparation for the upcoming 2010 field season. Applications have now been submitted for an aggressive exploration campaign at Jumping Josephine including; step-out diamond drilling at the JJ Main trend and other advanced showings, trenching over many showings on the property and a 10,000t bulk sample permit for extraction of a metallurgical parcel from the core JJ Main showing. Recently completed work includes data collection for an infill AeroTEM geophysical survey covering the greater Jumping Josephine property (details below) and preliminary metallurgical testwork (see Feb 2nd, 2010 news release). An updated independent 43-101 compliant technical report on the Jumping Josephine property is und

MONTRÉAL, QUEBEC--(Marketwire - 16 mars 2010) - Exploration Midland inc. (« Midland ») (TSX CROISSANCE:MD), en partenariat avec la Corporation Minière Osisko («Osisko »), a le plaisir d'annoncer le début d'une importante campagne de forage totalisant 2000 mètres sur la propriété Dunn. Ce programme aura comme objectif de tester plusieurs nouvelles cibles aurifères identifiées lors du récent levé de polarisation provoquée (« PP ») dans le domaine de la fréquence. Le projet Dunn est situé à environ 35 kilomètres au nord-est de la ville de Rouyn-Noranda en Abitibi, Québec. 

CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwire - March 16, 2010) - The Small-Cap Conference (www.smallcapconference.ca) is pleased to report that it will be hosting its Bi-Annual Calgary Small-Cap Conference on March 23, 2010 from 6:00pm to 9:00pm at the Coast Plaza Hotel and Conference Centre. Investors, analysts, brokers, and media correspondents, can register free of charge at www.smallcapconference.ca/register.php.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - March 16, 2010) - Red Hill Energy Inc. ("Red Hill") (TSX VENTURE:RH) and Prophecy Resource Corp. ("Prophecy") (TSX VENTURE:PCY)(OTCBB:PCYRF)(FRANKFURT:3P1) are pleased to announce the mailing of their joint management information circular dated March 15, 2010 (the "Information Circular"), with respect to the plan of arrangement involving Red Hill, Prophecy and their respective securityholders (the "Arrangement") as described in their news releases dated January 21, 2010 and March 3, 2010, is expected to be mailed March 22, 2010. Meetings of the shareholders of each of Prophecy and Red Hill to approve the Arrangement are scheduled for April 12, 2010 (collectively, the "Meetings"). The Information Circular contains detailed information regarding the business combination of Red Hill and Prophecy and the proposed spin-out

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - March 16, 2010) - CAPELLA RESOURCES LTD. (TSX VENTURE:KPS)(PINK SHEETS:CPSJF) ("Capella" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that drilling on its 100% owned Lajitas Project in Chile has encountered continuous gold mineralization to the north, west and south of the Santa Fe gold zone.

MONTREAL, QUEBEC--(Marketwire - March 16, 2010) - Midland Exploration Inc. ("Midland") (TSX VENTURE:MD), in partnership with Osisko Mining Corporation ("Osisko"), is pleased to announce the start of an important drilling program totalling 2,000 metres on the Dunn property. The program is designed to test several new gold targets identified during a recent frequency-domain induced polarization ("IP") survey. The Dunn project is located about 35 kilometres northeast of Rouyn-Noranda in the Abitibi region of Quebec.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - March 16, 2010) - Cream Minerals Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:CMA)(OTCBB:CRMXF)(FRANKFURT:DFL) ("Cream" or the "Company") is pleased announce that it has received additional assay results from Roca Mines Inc. ("Roca") concerning two additional drill holes of a five hole program on the Nuevo Milenio epithermal silver-gold project. The program continues to demonstrate high silver and gold grades with significant intervals over sizeable distances. Please refer to the Cream news release of March 2, 2010 for a project description and details of the first two drill holes.

CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwire - March 16, 2010) - Kirrin Resources Inc. (the 'Corporation' or 'Kirrin') (TSX VENTURE:KYM) is pleased to announce that it has raised gross proceeds of $200,000 pursuant to its previously announced non-brokered private placement of 1,666,667 units at an issue price of $0.12 per unit, each unit consisting of one common share and one warrant of the Corporation ('Private Placement'). Each warrant is exercisable into one common share at a price of $0.14 per common share for 18 months from the date of issuance, subject to earlier expiry in certain circumstances. The Private Placement is subject to all necessary regulatory approvals including the approval of the TSX Venture Exchange. The securities issued pursuant to the Private Placement are subject to a four month hold period under applicable securities laws.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - March 16, 2010) - Pacific Rim Mining Corp. ("Pacific Rim" or "the Company") (TSX:PMU)(NYSE Amex:PMU) reports its financial and operating results for the three months and nine months ended January 31, 2010. Details of the Company's financial results are provided in its interim consolidated financial statements and Management's Discussion and Analysis ("MD&A") that will be mailed to shareholders shortly. All monetary amounts are expressed in United States ("US") dollars unless otherwise stated.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - March 16, 2010) - Eaglecrest Explorations Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:EEL)(FRANKFURT:EAT) ("Eaglecrest"; the "Company") announced today a non-brokered private placement of up to 12,000,000 units at a price of C$0.50 per unit for a gross proceeds of up to C$6,000,000.00.

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - March 16, 2010) - Denison Mines Corp. (TSX:DML) (NYSE Amex:DNN) ("Denison" or the "Company") is pleased to report that the initial drill results of the 2010 winter drill program at Wheeler River have significantly expanded the high-grade uranium mineralization at the Phoenix deposit.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - March 16, 2009) - Creston Moly Corp. ("Creston" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:CMS) is pleased to announce the results of Holes EC10-71, 72 and 74 from its initial 5,000 metre drill program being completed at its El Creston molybdenum project located in Sonora, Mexico.

COMO, WESTERN AUSTRALIA--(Marketwire - March 16, 2010) - Medusa Mining Limited (TSX:MLL)(ASX:MML)(AIM:MML) ("Medusa" or the "Company"), is pleased to advise that the commissioning of the Co-O mill expansion is progressing well and the Company is set to meet its targeted production of 25,000 ounces of gold this quarter.

Geoff Davis, Managing Director of Medusa, commented:

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - March 16, 2010) - Crocodile Gold Corp. (TSX:CRK) (OTCQX:CROCF) (Frankfurt:XGC) ("Crocodile Gold" or the "Company") today announces that Mr. David Keough has been appointed the Chief Operating Officer of Crocodile Gold effective April 19, 2010. Mr. Keough will succeed Mr. Grant Davey who has resigned for personal reasons.

Mike Hoffman, President and CEO, commented, "We welcome David to the Crocodile Gold team and look forward to working with him as we continue to develop our projects and expand production at our operations in Australia. David has held senior management positions with several mid to large cap gold mining companies and has extensive experience in both open pit and underground operations. We are confident that he will transition into his new role quickly and will be a great asset to our management te

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VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - March 16, 2010) - First Quantum Minerals Ltd. ("First Quantum" or the "Company") (TSX:FM)(LSE:FQM) will pay a final dividend of Cdn $0.512 per share in respect of the financial year ended December 31, 2009. The dividend will be paid on May 6, 2010 to shareholders of record on April 15, 2010. The ex-dividend date is April 13, 2010.

PERTH, WESTERN AUSTRALIA--(Marketwire - March 16, 2010) -

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - March 16, 2010) - Underworld Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE:UW) announced today that, further to Underworld's press release dated March 11, 2010, it has entered into a support agreement with Kinross Gold Corporation ("Kinross") (TSX:K). Pursuant to the agreement, Kinross will offer to acquire 100% of the outstanding common shares of Underworld (the "Common Shares"), other than the 8.5% of the Common Shares already owned by Kinross (on a fully-diluted basis), by way of a friendly take-over bid on the basis of 0.141 of a Kinross common share plus $0.01 in cash per Common Share, and Underworld has agreed to support the offer. In addition, Underworld's directors and senior management have entered into lock-up agreements with Kinross pursuant to which they have agreed to tender their Common Shares to the offer.

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - March 16, 2010) - Kinross Gold Corporation (TSX:K)(NYSE:KGC) announced today that, further to Kinross' press release dated March 11, 2010, it has entered into a support agreement with Underworld Resources Inc. ("Underworld") (TSX VENTURE:UW). Pursuant to the agreement, Kinross will offer to acquire 100% of the outstanding common shares of Underworld (the "Common Shares"), other than the 8.5% of the Common Shares already owned by Kinross (on a fully-diluted basis), by way of a friendly take-over bid on the basis of 0.141 of a Kinross common share plus $0.01 in cash per Common Share, and Underworld has agreed to support the offer. In addition, Underworld's directors and senior management have entered into lock-up agreements with Kinross pursuant to which they have agreed to tender their Common Shares to the offer.

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TORONTO, CANADA--(Marketwire - March 15, 2010) - Inmet Mining Corporation (Inmet) (TSX:IMN) announced today that LS-Nikko, through its wholly owned subsidiary, Korea Panama Mining Corporation (KPMC), has decided to keep its option to acquire an equity interest in Minera Panama, S.A. (MPSA), owner of the Cobre Panama project, at the current 20 percent level. The option agreement previously announced on October 28, 2009, as amended, provided KPMC with the ability to elect to increase its option interest in the project to 30 percent prior to March 15, 2010 to allow for an additional Korean investor in KPMC. While the results of the technical and business due diligence were positive, KPMC was not able to settle on a satisfactory governance structure within the election deadline to accommodate an additional investor within KPMC. In light of other financing alternatives available, Inmet decided not to provide a further extension to

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - March 15, 2010) - Quantum Rare Earth Developments Corp. (TSX VENTURE:QRE) ("Quantum", the "Company") is pleased to announce the addition of Erin Chutter to the Board of Directors.

WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA and OUAGADOUGOU, BURKINA FASO--(Marketwire - March 15, 2010) - IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, today agreed to invest 4 million Canadian dollars in Volta Resources to support a gold exploration project expected to provide jobs and government revenues to Burkina Faso once a mine is developed.

IFC's investment will be used by Volta, a Canadian-based mining company focused on gold exploration, to advance the Kiaka Gold Project in southern Burkina Faso and for general corporate working capital, including exploration in Mali and Ghana. IFC also will work with Volta to ensure that exploration and any subsequent mine development is done in an environmentally and socially sustainable manner.

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - March 15, 2010) - Macusani Yellowcake Inc. (TSX VENTURE:YEL)(FRANKFURT:QG1) ("Macusani") announced today that it has engaged the services of Mr. Klaus Eckhof to provide advice and counsel to the company on geological, technical and strategic matters.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - March 15, 2010) - Goldrush Resources Ltd. ("Goldrush" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:GOD) is pleased to announce that it has closed its previously announced non-brokered private placement of 10,000,000 units of its securities at a price of $0.10 per unit for gross proceeds of $1,000,000. Each unit is comprised of one common share and one common share purchase warrant entitling the holder to purchase one additional share at a price of $0.20 until March 11, 2012. All securities issued pursuant to the financing are subject to a 4 month statutory hold period which expires on July 12, 2010. Following completion of the placement Goldrush has a total of 73,060,352 common shares issued and outstanding. The private placement was fully subscribed.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - March 15, 2010) - High Desert Gold Corporation (TSX VENTURE:HDG)("HDG" or the "Company") is pleased to report that it has closed the first tranche of a private placement financing for gross proceeds of $292,400 (the "Financing") through the issuance of 1,827,500 common shares of the Company (each a "Common Share") at a price of $0.16 per Common Share. The Common Shares issued today are subject to a statutory hold period expiring July 16, 2010. All amounts are in CAD$. 

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - March 15, 2010) - Minefinders Corporation Ltd. (TSX:MFL)(NYSE Amex:MFN) is pleased to report that Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations has announced that Minefinders will be included in the S&P/TSX Global Gold Index and Global Mining Index effective at the market open on Monday, March 22, 2010. The S&P/TSX Global Gold Index and Global Mining Index are leading benchmarks of the global gold and mining industry sectors.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - March 15, 2010) - TNR Gold Corp. (TSX VENTURE:TNR) ("TNR" or the "Company") and wholly-owned International Lithium Corp. ("ILC") are pleased to announce the Company has entered into a letter agreement dated March 11, 2010 (the "Agreement") with Cricket Capital Corp. ("Cricket"), a capital pool company ("CPC"), on the Company's 100% owned Forgan Lake property ("Property") located 125 km northeast of Thunder Bay, Ontario.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - March 15, 2010) - THEMAC Resources Group Limited ("THEMAC" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:MAC.H) is pleased to announce that it has signed a binding Heads of Agreement with Mercator Gold plc ("Mercator"), whose registered office is at Peek House, 20 Eastcheap, London EC3M 1EB, United Kingdom (the "Agreement"). Pursuant to the Agreement, the Company will acquire 100% of Mercator's interest in New Mexico Copper Company ("NMCC"), a private New Mexico incorporated company which holds an option to acquire 100% of a project known as Copper Flat, subject only to a 3.25% net smelter return royalty.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - March 15, 2010) - Red Back Mining Inc. (the "Company" or "Red Back") (TSX:RBI) advises that Harry Michael has resigned as a Director of the Company effective immediately to accept the position of Chief Executive Officer of Centamin Egypt Limited, a company with which he has had a long standing relationship.

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - March 15, 2010) - Vaaldiam Resources Ltd. (TSX:VAA) ("Vaaldiam") is pleased to report that the previously announced acquisition of all of the outstanding shares in Vaaldiam by Tiomin Resources Inc. (TSX:TIO) ("Tiomin"), pursuant to a plan of arrangement under the Canadian Business Corporations Act, has been overwhelmingly approved by Vaaldiam shareholders. The transaction was approved by a vote of over 99% in favour at a special meeting of Vaaldiam shareholders held today.

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - March 15, 2010) - Tiomin Resources Inc. ('Tiomin' or the 'Company') (TSX:TIO) shareholders today voted to issue approximately 215 million pre-consolidation common shares of Tiomin to acquire Vaaldiam Resources Ltd. ('Vaaldiam Resources') (TSX:VAA). Vaaldiam Resources shareholders will receive 0.8 of a pre-consolidation Tiomin common share for each Vaaldiam Resources share owned. Shareholders of Tiomin also approved a change of name from Tiomin Resources Inc. to Vaaldiam Mining Inc. ('new Vaaldiam') (TSX:VAA), and to consolidate the outstanding shares on the basis of one new Vaaldiam share for every 10 old Tiomin shares. The new Vaaldiam will have approximately 70 million common shares outstanding following the consolidation and completion of the acquisition. The transaction remains subject to final regulatory and court approval and should be completed by March 31.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - March 15, 2010) - Petaquilla Minerals Ltd. (the "Company") (TSX:PTQ)(OTCBB:PTQMF)(FRANKFURT:P7Z) is pleased to announce that, subject to all applicable regulatory approvals, it has negotiated a non-brokered private placement of 19,750,000 Units at a price of Canadian $0.60 per Unit for gross proceeds of Canadian $11,850,000.

Each Unit will consist of one common share and one-half of one common share purchase warrant, whereby each full warrant shall entitle the holder to purchase one additional common share of the Company for a period of two years from closing at an exercise price of Canadian $0.85 per share.

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - March 15, 2010) - Further to its press release of March 5, 2010, Seafield Resources Ltd. ("Seafield" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:SFF) is providing additional information on one of the properties assigned to Seafield as part of its agreement with Caribbean Copper and Gold Corp. (CCGC). In this regard, CCGC has assigned all rights, title and interest in two mining concession contracts and one concession contract proposal, as well as its interest in an optioned package of 22 additional permits consisting of 8 mining concession contracts and 14 concession contract proposals. The total land package consists of twenty five concessions and covers an area of 6,283 hectares. Total consideration is 1.5 million shares of Seafield and US$75,000 to CCGC and the assumption of option payments to underlying claim holders totalling US$750,000 over 2 years.

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - March 15, 2010) - North American Palladium Ltd. ("NAP" or "the Company") (TSX:PDL)(NYSE Amex:PAL) is pleased to announce that the Company has been added to the S&P/TSX Global Mining Index, effective at the open of markets on Monday, March 22, 2010.

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - March 15, 2010) - Waseco Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE:WRI)(FRANKFURT:WSE) has received and reviewed a Technical Report entitled "The Evaluation of the Uranium Potential of the Waseco Properties- Block IV (Lac Fenster) and Block V (Lac Pons) in the Labrador Trough, Quebec, Canada".

Waseco and Areva Quebec Inc. are exploring four separate claim blocks comprised of the DuPortage Property (Blocks I & II), Lac Drumlin (Block III), Lac Fenster (Block IV) and Lac Pons (Block V). This Report is on Blocks IV & V. 

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - March 15, 2010) - Garrison International Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:GAU) ("Garrison") is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Andrew Millen in the role of Construction Manager for the Tovshiir Project.

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - March 15, 2010) - Avalon Rare Metals Inc. (TSX:AVL)(OTCQX:AVARF) ("Avalon" or the "Company") is proud to announce that at this year's annual convention of the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada ("PDAC"), Avalon received the 2010 Environmental & Social Responsibility Award in recognition of the Company's community engagement efforts during the exploration of  its Nechalacho rare earth elements deposit, Thor Lake, NWT.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - March 15, 2010) - Fortress Minerals Corp. ("Fortress") (TSX VENTURE:FST) is pleased to announce that mobilization to the Svetloye Gold Project in the Russian far east has been completed. A total of 400 tonnes of diesel fuel and 200 tonnes of supplies were shipped via the 310-kilometre winter road to support the planned 6,000-metre drill and 3,000-metre trenching program for 2010. Drilling is scheduled to begin on May 1, 2010.

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - March 15, 2010) - Mukuba Resources Limited (TSX VENTURE:MKU) ("Mukuba" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the commencement of an independent structural interpretation from newly acquired airborne magnetic and radiometric surveys which cover their entire license area in Central Zambia. The surveys, completed in December 2009 by New Resolution Geophysics from South Africa, total 24,505 line kilometres within the Northcore Project's prospecting license area.

THUNDER BAY, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - March 15, 2010) - Rare Earth Metals Inc ("Rare Earth Metals" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:RA) is pleased to announce the analytical results from the first drill hole completed on the Clay-Howells Prospect in northern Ontario. The initial hole was drilled on the northeast extension of the prospect to ensure the mineralization extended out this far. A 144.5 meter wide zone of carbonatite/magnetite was intersected with widespread anomalous REEs and Niobium. 

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VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA and LIMA, PERU--(Marketwire - March 15, 2010) - Rio Cristal Resources Corporation (TSX VENTURE:RCZ) ("Rio Cristal" or the "Company") announces assay results from a campaign of bulk sampling on a mineralized quartzite bed known as Bench 5 within Zone 2 at its Condor gold property ("Condor") in southwest Peru.

Thomas Findley, President and CEO of Rio Cristal, said, "we are pleased to announce excellent results from our recently completed bulk sampling program at our Condor project. The gold assays from five bulk samples range from 1.12 to 6.82 grams per tonne ("g/t") and averages 3.25 g/t. Each bulk sample weighed between 57.5 kg and 68.5 kg and each was divided into 6 subsamples. The range of assays, as shown in Table 1, confirms the strong presence of surface gold mineralization within the Zone 2 prospect at Condor."

DENVER, COLORADO--(Marketwire - March 15, 2010) - Ur-Energy Inc. (TSX:URE)(NYSE Amex:URG) ("Ur-Energy" or the "Company") announces it has filed the Company's Annual Report on Form 20-F (Annual Information Form), Audited Consolidated Financial Statements, and Management's Discussion & Analysis, all for the year ended December 31, 2009, with Canadian securities authorities on SEDAR www.sedar.com and with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission at www.sec.gov. These filings may also be accessed on the Company's website at www.ur-energy.com. Shareholders of the Company may receive a hard copy of the audited financial statements, free of charge, upon request to the Company.

CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwire - March 15, 2010) - Rio Alto Mining Limited ("Rio Alto") (TSX VENTURE:RIO)(BVLAC:RIO)(DBFrankfurt:MS2) is pleased to announce the appointment of Drago Kisic Wagner to its Board of Directors to serve until the Company's next Annual General Meeting. Mr. Kisic specializes in investment banking, finance and macroeconomics. He holds a B.S. from Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru and a Masters degree (B-Phil) from Oxford University.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - March 15, 2010) - Far West Mining Ltd. (TSX:FWM) has received assays from eleven reverse circulation (RC) drill holes at Santo Domingo. The drill holes were designed to tighten (infill) the drill spacing in the initial five year pit envelope as defined in the 2008 scoping study. The assay results confirm the copper, iron and gold grades in the area of the five year pit design.

HOYT LAKES, MINNESOTA--(Marketwire - March 15, 2010) - PolyMet Mining Corp. (TSX:POM)(NYSE Amex:PLM) ("PolyMet" or the "Company") announced today that the state and federal Agencies responsible for review of PolyMet's project are working diligently to analyze public comments and recommendations in order determine the best way to complete the environmental review process.

In October 2009 the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and the US Army Corps. of Engineers (USACE), the Lead Agencies, completed the draft EIS reviewing PolyMet's project. The project includes the Erie Plant and the nearby development-stage NorthMet copper-nickel-precious metals ore-body, located near Hoyt Lakes in the established mining district of the Mesabi Iron Range in northeastern Minnesota.

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CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwire - March 15, 2010) - Gold Exploration Inc. (formerly Nano Capital Corp.) ("Z-Gold" or the "Corporation") is pleased to announce that it has closed the acquisition of certain mineral leases and claims in south central Munro Township in Ontario from 1527805 Ontario Inc., and completed its previously announced (February 26, 2010) concurrent financing, as its Qualifying Transaction. The Corporation is also pleased to announce that this Qualifying Transaction has been conditionally accepted by the TSX Venture Exchange (the "Exchange"), subject to fulfilling certain conditions of the Exchange and filing certain final documents with the Exchange.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - March 15, 2010) - East Asia Minerals Corporation (TSX VENTURE:EAS) announces that drilling continues to demonstrate the robustness of the Miwah Main Zone in Aceh Province, Northern Sumatra, Indonesia. EMD021 encountered 1.36 g/t gold over 157 metres including 2.15 g/t gold over 59.1 metres, and ended in mineralization. East Asia has validated the 1.2 kilometre east-west width of the shallow, laterally extensive Main Miwah Gold Zone, and has encountered gold mineralization in all of its holes. The Main Miwah Gold Zone remains open in all directions with the Moon River area expanding the north-south potential from 400 metres to more than 600 metres, whilst remaining open further to the north towards Sipopok.

KELOWNA, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - March 15, 2010) - FISSION ENERGY CORP. ("Fission" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:FIS) and its joint venture partner, the KEPCO Consortium, are pleased to announce that drill hole WAT10-071, a 10m vertical step-out south of the high grade mineralization encountered in hole WAT10-070B (17m grading 3.99% U₃0₈ including 7m grading 7.48%; see press release dated March 4, 2010), intersected 6m of 14.70% U₃0₈ at the unconformity (199m-205m). This interval includes 4m grading 21.20% U₃0₈, with a maximum grade of 50.6% across 0.50m. These intervals represent some of the best overall composite assays received to date for the J-Zone. In addition, hole WAT10-072C, a vertical step-out

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HONG KONG, CHINA--(Marketwire - March 15, 2010) - SouthGobi Energy Resources Ltd. (TSX:SGQ)(PINK SHEETS:SGQRF)(SEHK:1878) will release its fourth quarter and fiscal 2009 financial results on Monday, March 22, 2010, after the close of trading on the TSX.

TORONTO, CANADA--(Marketwire - March 15, 2010) - Seabridge Gold Inc. (TSX:SEA)(NYSE Amex:SA) -

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VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - March 15, 2010) - Bard Ventures Ltd. ("Bard") (TSX VENTURE:CBS) and Beatrix Ventures Inc. ("Beatrix") (CNSX:BXV) announce that further to the news releases of Bard dated October 9, 2009 and March 9, 2010, the Plan of Arrangement, which resulted in the Opikeigen Gold Property and $250,000 cash being transferred from Bard to Beatrix, closed on March 15, 2010, the effective date of the Arrangement. Beatrix begins trading today, March 15, 2010, on the CNSX under the symbol BXV.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - March 15, 2010) - Timmins Gold Corp. (TSX VENTURE:TMM) is pleased to announce that an extension to gold mineralization at its San Francisco Mine has been confirmed by recent drilling. The recent drill program consisted of an 85 hole program totaling 6,750 meters of systematic surface reverse circulation drilling which was completed in January of 2010. The San Francisco Mine, which is 100 percent owned by Timmins Gold, is located in the northern Mexican State of Sonora. The purpose of the drill program was to confirm whether in-pit mineralization continues along the strike of a major gold-hosting structure outside of the confines of the currently planned pit limits.

KIRKLAND LAKE, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - March 15, 2010) - Kirkland Lake Gold Inc. ('Kirkland Lake Gold' or the 'Company') (TSX:KGI)(AIM:KGI), an operating and exploration gold mining company located in Ontario, Canada, has announced an operations update and its third quarter 2010 fiscal results for the three months ended January 31, 2010. 

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM--(Marketwire - March 15, 2010) - Mwana Africa PLC ("Mwana") (AIM:MWA) today announced that it has applied to the securities regulatory authorities in each of the provinces of British Columbia, Québec, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Newfoundland and Labrador (collectively, the "Jurisdictions") for a decision that Mwana is deemed to have ceased to be a reporting issuer in the Jurisdictions.

PERTH, WESTERN AUSTRALIA--(Marketwire - March 15, 2010) - Crescent Gold Limited (TSX:CRA)(ASX:CRE)(FRANKFURT:CRE5) -

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - March 12, 2010) - Platinex Inc. (TSX VENTURE:PTX) -

WINNIPEG, MANITOBA--(Marketwire - March 12, 2010) -

QUEBEC, QUEBEC--(Marketwire - 12 mars 2010) - Ressources Conway inc. (TSX CROISSANCE:CWY) est heureuse d'annoncer qu'elle a complété un placement privé pour un montant total de 199 000 $ en contrepartie de l'émission de 2 274 286 actions accréditives au prix de 0,07 $ l'action et de 568 571 actions ordinaires au prix de 0,07 $ l'action. Chaque action sera accompagnée d'un bon de souscription permettant au porteur de souscrire une action ordinaire additionnelle de la Société au prix de 0,12 $ pendant une période de 12 mois suivant la clôture du placement.

QUEBEC CITY, QUEBEC--(Marketwire - March 12, 2010) - Conway Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE:CWY) is pleased to announce that it has completed a private placement for a total of $199,000 for which it has issued 2,274,286 flow-through shares at $0.07 per share and 568,571 common shares at $0.07 per share. Each share will be accompanied by a full warrant. Each warrant will entitle its holder to subscribe for one additional common share of the Company at a price of $0.12 for a 12-month period following the closing date of the private placement.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - March 12, 2010) - Mr. Michael Murphy (the "Offeror"), Suite 1028 - 550 Burrard Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6C 2B5, announces that he acquired ownership and control of 1,000,000 units (the "Acquired Units") of Rhyolite Resources Ltd. (the "Company") on March 10, 2010, each such Acquired Unit consisting of one common share of the Company (each, an "Acquired Share") and one share purchase warrant of the Company (each, an "Acquired Warrant"), representing approximately 10.9% of the issued and outstanding common shares of the Company (or approximately 19.6% on a partially diluted basis, assuming exercise of the Acquired Warrants only) immediately following the acquisition.

MONTRÉAL, QUÉBEC--(Marketwire - March 12, 2010) - Midland Exploration Inc. ("Midland" or "Company") (TSX VENTURE:MD) announced that it has granted 225,000 stock options to its directors, officers and employees. Each stock option entitles its holder to subscribe one common share of the Company at a price of $1.48 per share for a period of five years. The options are subject to the terms of the company's stock option plan and vest over a period of 18 months.

MONTREAL, QUEBEC--(Marketwire - 12 mars 2010) - Exploration Midland inc. (« Midland » ou « Société ») (TSX CROISSANCE:MD) annonce qu'elle a procédé à l'octroi d'options pour l'achat de 225 000 actions en faveur de ses administrateurs, dirigeants et employés. Chaque option d'achat d'actions permet à son détenteur de souscrire une action ordinaire de la Société au prix de 1,48 $ l'action, pendant une période de cinq ans. Les options sont assujetties au régime d'options d'achat d'actions de la Société et sont acquises sur une période de 18 mois.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - March 12, 2010) - Kent Exploration Inc. (the "Company" or "Kent") (TSX VENTURE:KEX) reports that it has given notice of its Annual and Special General Meeting of the Company to be held in Vancouver at 10:00AM Vancouver time, on April 30, 2010.

MONTREAL, QUEBEC--(Marketwire - March 12, 2010) - Cancor Mines Inc. (CNSX:KCR) - David Crevier acquired 3,200,000 common shares of Cancor Mines Inc, and 3,200,000 common share purchase warrants pursuant to the private placement of 10,000,000 units at a price of $0.05 per unit recently completed by the Company for gross proceeds of $500,000. The common shares acquired by Mr. Crevier represent approximately 5.5% of the outstanding shares of Cancor after taking into account the issuance of shares under the private placement and Mr. Crevier presently holds 7,081,891 common shares representing approximately 12.3% of the outstanding shares of Cancor.

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VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - March 12, 2010) - Rockhaven Resources Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:RK) (the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has engaged Lance Mayers, of Osoyoos, British Columbia on a month-to-month basis to provide investor relations related services to the Company, including the dissemination of approved communications to shareholders or potential shareholders.

MONTREAL, QUEBEC--(Marketwire - March 12, 2010) - In perspective of the improvement of the rare earth market, Niocan Inc. (TSX:NIO) had mandated in year 2000 J.R. Goode and Associates, Metallurgical Consulting to prepare a conceptual study on Niobium Refinery and Rare Earth Recovery Project for its niobium property in Oka. The study considered the processing of unleached pyrochlore concentrate to produce a high grade niobium product (about 99% pure), an intermediate grade tantalum product (about 80% grade), a semi-refined cerium oxide (95% grade) and a mixed rare earths product (about 80% total rare earths). In 2000 the market for rare earths was almost completely under the control of China and the project was not followed up.

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - March 12, 2010) - EPM Mining Ventures Inc. (formerly Westhope Capital Corp.) ("EPM") (Canada - OTC) is pleased to announce today that it (i) completed the consolidation of its 5,844,258 issued and outstanding common shares on a ten (10) old shares for one (1) new share basis resulting in there being 584,426 issued and outstanding shares following the completion of the share consolidation; (ii) changed its name to "EPM Mining Ventures Inc."; (iii) closed a private placement financing pursuant to which it raised $680,000 through the sale of 6,800,000 shares of EPM at a price of $0.10 per share; (iv) terminated the existing management and consulting agreements in exchange for a payment of $510,000; and (v) sold all of its oil and gas interests that it owns in Southwestern Ontario to Harper Capital Inc. in consideration for a payment of $160,000 (collectively, the "Transactions