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VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Feb. 6, 2012) - Standard Graphite Corp. (TSX VENTURE:SGH) (the "Company) is pleased to announce that it has completed a strategic staking program of approximately 14,500 ha surrounding the company's existing properties in Quebec.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Feb. 6, 2012) - Tigray Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE:TIG) ("Tigray" or the "Company") is pleased to report diamond drill results for four holes at the Terakimti copper-gold prospect on the Company's 70%-owned Harvest project in northern Ethiopia.

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Feb. 6, 2012) - Midlands Minerals Corp. ("Midlands" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:MEX)(OTCQX:MDLXF) announces new drill results from its Kaniago West target on its Kaniago gold project in Ghana. The Kaniago project straddles the "Esaase-Kaniago West Shear Zone" which also hosts Keegan Resources' Esaase gold deposit (4.9M oz) and PMI Gold Corporation's Abore gold deposit (560,000 oz). Significant new intercepts drilled at Kaniago West include:

LONDON, ENGLAND and BAIE VERTE, NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR--(Marketwire - Feb. 6, 2012) - Rambler Metals and Mining plc (TSX VENTURE:RAB)(AIM:RMM) ('Rambler' or the 'Company') announces that it issued and allotted 180,000 Ordinary Shares following the exercising of options by one current director and three former directors/ officers of the Company. The Company has made application for the 180,000 Ordinary Shares of 1 penny each to be admitted to trading on AIM. Admission is expected to occur on 9 February 2012.

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Feb. 6, 2012) - Himalayan Capital Corp. ("Himalayan" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:HIM) is pleased to announce that, through its 100% owned subsidiary, Mineral Azul Ventures Limitada ("Azul"), it has signed an option agreement to acquire a 100% interest in the Caballo Blanco copper-iron project, which is located close to the Company's La Higuera copper-gold project in Chile. The Caballo Blanco copper-iron project covers an area of 2,550 hectares and straddles the Panamerican Highway (see the map below).

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Feb. 6, 2012) - Guerrero Exploration Inc. ("Guerrero" or the "Corporation") (TSX VENTURE:GEX)(FRANKFURT:2GU) is pleased to announce that Ms. Michelle Robinson has joined its Advisory Board. Ms. Robinson is a Geological Engineer, University of British Columbia (B.A.Sc. 1992, M.A.Sc. 1994), and has 21 years of exploration experience in Canada and Latin America. Prior to moving to Mexico, Ms. Robinson authored technical papers on volcanogenic massive sulfide deposits and was the recipient of several awards in the mining industry.

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Feb 6, 2012) - Treasury Metals Inc. (« Treasury Metals » ou la « Société ») (TSX : TML), société de développement et d'exploration aurifères basée à Toronto, et cotée à la Bourse de Toronto sous le symbole TML, débutera une tournée marketing européenne qui visitera six villes à partir du 14 février 2012. L'équipe de direction exécutive donnera une présentation relative aux actualités de l'entreprise adressée aux actionnaires existants comme potentiels. Celle-ci se concentrera en particulier sur les projets d'exploration et de développement de la Société pour 2012 relatifs à son Projet aurifère Goliath en phase avancée, détenu à 100 %, situé dans le district minier de Kenora dans le Nord-Ouest de l'Ontario, au Canada. Le dépôt de ce projet à haute teneur en or compte plus d'1,7 million d'onces d'or (respectant la norme NI 43-101). Les présentations traiteront aussi des stratégies de croissance de la Société.

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Feb 6, 2012) - Treasury Metals Inc. ("Treasury Metals" oder das "Unternehmen") (TSX: TML), ein Unternehmen für Gold-Exploration und -Entwicklung mit Sitz in Toronto und Notierung an der Toronto Stock Exchange unter dem Handelssymbol TML, beginnt am 14. Februar 2012 eine Marketingtour durch sechs europäische Städte. Die Geschäftsleitung des Unternehmens bietet dabei bestehenden und potenziellen Aktionären eine Präsentation über die aktuelle Lage des Unternehmens. Der Schwerpunkt wird auf der Explorations- und Entwicklungsplanung 2012 für das Goliath Gold-Projekt im Bergbaugebiet Kenora im Nordwesten Ontarios (Kanada) liegen, das dem Unternehmen zu 100% gehört. Die Projektlagerstätte mit hohem Goldgehalt enthält über 1,7 Mio. Unzen Gold (konform mit NI 43-101). Außerdem wird die Präsentation die Wachstumsstrategien des Unternehmens herausstellen.

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Feb. 6, 2012) - Treasury Metals Inc. ("Treasury Metals" or the "Company") (TSX:TML), a gold exploration and development company based in Toronto, and listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the trading symbol TML, will commence a six city European marketing tour on February 14, 2012. The executive management team will provide a corporate update presentation to both existing and potential shareholders. The focus will be on its 2012 exploration and development plans of its 100% owned advanced-stage Goliath Gold Project, located in the Kenora Mining District in Northwestern Ontario, Canada. This high-grade gold project deposit contains more than 1.7 million ounces of gold (NI 43-101 complaint). The presentations will also highlight the Company's growth strategies.

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TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Feb. 3, 2012) - Avion Gold Corporation (TSX:AVR)(OTCQX:AVGCF) ("Avion" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that a technical report in respect of its updated mineral resource estimate at the Houndé Project in Burkina Faso, as announced on December 21, 2011 has been filed on SEDAR in compliance with National Instrument 43-101 - Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects ("NI 43-101") requirements.

RENO, NEVADA--(Marketwire - Feb. 3, 2012) - NuLegacy Gold Corporation (TSX VENTURE:NUG) -

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Feb. 3, 2012) - Salazar Resources Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:SRL)(FRANKFURT:CCG) announces the granting of stock options to its directors, consultants and employees to purchase up to 612,000 common shares of the Company at a price of $0.66 per share for a period of three years.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Feb. 3, 2012) - Huldra Silver Inc. (TSX VENTURE:HDA) (the "Company" or "Huldra") announces amendments to the terms of the Craigmont acquisition agreements.

The Company announces that it has entered into an agreement dated January 31, 2012 (the "Amending Agreement") that amends the terms of the Strategic Acquisition Agreement dated March 30, 2011 (the "Original Agreement") pursuant to which the Company agreed to acquire all of the issued and outstanding shares of Craigmont Holdings Ltd. (now Huldra Properties Inc. ("HP")) (the "Shares"). Pursuant to the terms of the Amending Agreement, the parties agreed to revise the time in which the Shareholders may recover magnetite from the Company's milling property and to extend and amend certain payment terms related to payment for the Shares.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Feb. 3, 2012) - Netco Silver Inc. (TSX VENTURE:NEI) ("Netco" or the "Company") is pleased to announce a non-brokered private placement financing of up to 5,000,000 units at a price of $0.125 per unit for minimum gross proceeds of up to $625,000. Each unit will consist of one common share of the Company and one half of one common share purchase warrant. Each warrant will entitle the holder to purchase an additional common share at $0.22 per share for a period of 24 months from the closing of the financing. Proceeds of the financing will be used to fund exploration work commitments on the Company's properties and for general working capital requirements.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Feb. 3, 2012) - Minco Gold Corporation (the "Company" or "Minco Gold") (TSX:MMM)(NYSE Amex:MGH)(FRANKFURT:MI5) provides the following update on the Tugurige Gold Project. On January 13, 2011, Minco Gold announced that it had, through its wholly owned subsidiary, Minco Mining (China) Co., Ltd. ("Minco China"), entered into a Joint Venture Agreement as amended (the "JV Agreement") with the 208 Exploration Team (the "208 Team"), a subsidiary of China National Nuclear Corporation, to acquire a 51% interest in the Tugurige Gold Project located in Inner Mongolia, China.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Feb. 3, 2012) - Zone Resources Inc. (Zone) (TSX VENTURE:ZNR)(FRANKFURT:7ZR) announces that pursuant to its stock option plan, the Company has granted incentive stock options to its directors, officers, consultants, and employees to purchase in the total of 75,000 common shares in the capital stock of the company, subject to regulatory approval, exercisable for a period of five years, at a price of $0.135 per share.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Feb. 3, 2012) - The Board of Directors of Altan Nevada Minerals Limited, (TSX VENTURE:ANE) ("Altan Nevada" or "the Company") has authorized the Company to grant 1,837,100 stock options ("Options") to certain directors, officers and consultants of the Company. The Options will: (i) vest over an 18 month period for directors with 33.3% vesting every 6 months and over a 12 month period for officers and consultants with 25% vesting every 3 months; (ii) be exercisable to acquire one common share of Altan Nevada at CA$0.40 per share; and (iii) expire February 1^st, 2017.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Feb. 3, 2012) - The Board of Directors of Altan Rio Minerals Limited, (TSX VENTURE:AMO) ("Altan Rio" or "the Company") has authorized the Company to grant 1,992,400 stock options ("Options") to certain directors, officers and consultants of the Company. The Options will: (i) vest over an 18 month period for directors with 33.3% vesting every 6 months and over a 12 month period for officers and consultants with 25% vesting every 3 months; (ii) be exercisable to acquire one common share of Altan Rio at CA$0.53 per share; and (iii) expire February 1^st, 2017.

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MONTRÉAL, QUÉBEC--(Marketwire - 3 fév. 2012) - CORPORATION TOMAGOLD (TSX CROISSANCE:LOT) (« TomaGold » ou la « Compagnie ») - est heureuse d'annoncer qu'elle a débuté un programme de forage totalisant 3 000 mètres et 21 sondages sur sa propriété Monster Lake détenue à 100% par la Compagnie et localisée au sud-ouest des districts miniers de Chibougamau-Chapais.

MONTREAL, QUEBEC--(Marketwire - Feb. 3, 2012) - TOMAGOLD CORPORATION (TSX VENTURE:LOT) ("TomaGold" or the "Company") - is pleased to announce the beginning of a 3,000 metres, 21 holes, drill program on the 100% owned Monster Lake Property located to the southwest of the Chapais-Chibougamau mining districts.

The Monster lake property was recently acquired by TomaGold, along with two other gold projects (Urban and Vassan), from Stellar Pacific Ventures inc. Over the past two years, Stellar drilled 46 diamond drill holes (5,235 m) on gold bearing structures defined along a 4 km long NNE striking mineralized corridor. The mineralization is related to dark quartz-sulphide veins within an altered shear zone ranging from 3 to 10 metres in width in basaltic units.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Feb. 3, 2012) - Lincoln Mining Corporation (TSX VENTURE:LMG) ("Lincoln" or the "Company") announces that further to its news release of January 30, 2012, the Company plans to increase its non-brokered private placement to up to 4,666,667 units at a price of $0.075 per unit ("Units") for total proceeds of up to $350,000. Each Unit will be comprised of one common share of the Company and one half of one non-transferable common share purchase warrant. Each whole purchase warrant will entitle the holder to acquire one additional common share of the Company at a price of $0.10 per share for a period of one year from closing.

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Feb. 3, 2012) - Greencastle Resources Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:VGN) ("Greencastle" or the "Company"), today announces that a total of 825,000 stock options to purchase Greencastle common shares were granted to directors, officers and a consultant of the Company at an exercise price of $0.12 per share, expiring on February 3rd, 2017.

The grant of options is subject to Exchange approval.

ST. JOHN'S, NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR--(Marketwire - Feb. 3, 2012) - Vulcan Minerals Inc. ("the Company")(TSX VENTURE:VUL) is pleased to announce a transaction with Investcan Energy Corporation ("Investcan") regarding the Bay St. George petroleum project onshore western Newfoundland. Vulcan and Investcan each own a 50% working interest in the project with Vulcan as the operator. Pursuant to a term sheet agreement Investcan agrees to purchase Vulcan's 50% working interest for a $2.5 million cash payment and Vulcan retains a 2% gross overriding royalty on all three permits comprising the property (03-106, 03-107, 96-105). The agreement is subject to standard terms and conditions for fulfillment on closing, including approval of the TSX Venture Exchange.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Feb. 3, 2012) - Adroit Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE:ADT)(FRANKFURT:A7V)(BERLIN:A7V) -

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VAL-D'OR, QUÉBEC--(Marketwire - Feb. 3, 2012) - Golden Valley Mines Ltd. ("Golden Valley" or the "Company")(TSX VENTURE:GZZ) announces that it has retained S.D.N.L Financial Communications ("SDNL") to provide investor relations services to three of the Company's subsidiaries, namely Abitibi Royalties Inc., Nunavik Nickel Mines Ltd., and Uranium Valley Mines Ltd. (the "Subsidiaries"). Golden Valley has an obligation to provide investor relations services, amongst other services, to the Subsidiaries pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of those certain management services agreements (the "Management Agreements") entered into between the Company and the Subsidiaries on October 1, 2010 in exchange for a monthly fee of CND$8,000 from each of the Subsidiaries.

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Feb. 3, 2012) - Northern Gold Mining Inc. ("Northern Gold" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:NGM) announces that since issue 25,074,270 warrants have been exercised for gross proceeds of $3,862,700.

The warrants exercised relate to a private placement financing for aggregate gross proceeds of $2,500,500 which closed on July 5, 2010 pursuant to which Flow-Through Units and Hard Dollar Units were sold. The warrants issued in connection with this private placement expired on January 16, 2012 and January 20, 2012. The funds received have been used to supplement general corporate working capital. The Company now has 155,947,210 shares issued and outstanding.

ROAD TOWN, TORTOLA, BRITISH VIRGIN ISLES--(Marketwire - Feb. 3, 2012) - White Tiger Gold ("White Tiger" or the "Company") (TSX:WTG) is pleased to announce that it is starting Long Hole ore production from the mines North Wall.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Feb. 3, 2012) - ATAC Resources Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:ATC) is unaware of any material change within the Company to substantiate the increase in recent market activity.

CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwire - Feb. 3, 2012) - Alhambra Resources Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:ALH) ("Alhambra" or the "Corporation"), an international gold explorer and producer, announces it has submitted a request for regulatory body approval to further extend the expiry date of certain share purchase warrants of the Corporation having an exercise price of US$0.72 per common share (the "Warrants"). A total of 9,302,325 Warrants were issued to purchase up to 9,302,325 common shares of the Corporation as partial consideration for a private placement announced by Alhambra in July 2010.

TORONTO--(Marketwire - Feb 3, 2012) - Ring of Fire Resources Inc. (the "Company") (TSX VENTURE: ROF), (FRANKFURT: RG5), (PINKSHEETS: HWKPF) is pleased to announce that it has closed off its non brokered private placement of flow-through units (the "FT Units") and common share units ("CS Units") following receipt of additional subscription agreements for a total of 454,545 additional FT Units at a cost of $49,999,95, and a total of 1,900,000 additional CS Units at a cost of $209,000. No further subscriptions agreements will be accepted under the terms of this offering, and the closings for these subscriptions are scheduled to be completed by February 6, 2012.

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Feb. 3, 2012) - Solid Gold Resources Corp. ("Solid Gold") (TSX VENTURE:SLD) reports that it has successfully obtained an Order from the Mining and Lands Commissioner of the Province of Ontario that, effective November 16, 2011, Solid Gold's mining claims at Lake Abitibi will remain in good standing as long as the proceeding with the First Nations is ongoing.

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BOUCHERVILLE, QUEBEC--(Marketwire - Feb. 3, 2012) - Strateco Resources Inc. ("Strateco") (TSX:RSC)(FRANKFURT:RF9) is pleased to announce that the federal Minister of the Environment, the Honourable Peter Kent, and the federal administrator of the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement (the "federal administrator"), Mrs. Elaine Feldman, have both rendered positive decisions for the Matoush uranium exploration project, located in the Otish Mountains of northern Quebec, about 275 km from Chibougamau and 210 km from the Cree Nation of Mistissini.

BOUCHERVILLE, QUÉBEC--(Marketwire - 3 fév. 2012) - Ressources Strateco inc. (« Strateco ») (TSX:RSC)(FRANCFORT:RF9) est heureuse d'annoncer que le ministre fédéral de l'Environnement, l'honorable Peter Kent, ainsi que l'administrateur fédéral de la Convention de la Baie-James et du Nord québécois (« administrateur fédéral »), madame Elaine Feldman, ont chacun rendu une décision favorable au projet d'exploration uranifère Matoush, situé dans les monts Otish, à environ 275 km de Chibougamau et 210 km de la Nation crie de Mistissini, au Nord-du-Québec.

OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Feb. 3, 2012) - Orezone Gold Corporation (TSX:ORE) ("Orezone" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has signed a definitive agreement with Cluff Gold plc (Cluff) for the sale and transfer of the Sega Project in Burkina Faso to Cluff for a total consideration of approximately US$29.6M. Under the terms of the agreement, Cluff will acquire the Tiba and Namassa exploration permits, covering an area of approximately 313km², from Orezone's wholly owned subsidiary Orezone Inc. (BVI), in exchange for US$15M in cash and 11M new common shares of Cluff (the "Transaction"). This will result in Orezone Inc. (BVI) owning approximately 7.7% of Cluff's issued and outstanding common shares. The Transaction is subject to a number of conditions, including approval from the Government of Burkina Faso for the transfer of the exploration permits. The Company anticipates closing the Transaction by the end of Q1 2012.

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM--(Marketwire - Feb. 3, 2012) - Cluff Gold ("Cluff Gold" or the "Company") (AIM:CLF)(TSX:CFG), the dual AIM/TSX-listed West African focused gold mining company, is pleased to announce that it has entered into a legally binding, conditional sale and purchase agreement (the "Agreement") with Orezone Gold Corporation ("Orezone") for the acquisition of the licences and associated property comprising Orezone's Sega Gold Project ("Sega"), located approximately 20km by road from Cluff Gold's Kalsaka project in Burkina Faso (the "Acquisition").

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Feb. 3, 2012) - Midlands Minerals Corp. ("Midlands" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:MEX)(OTCQX:MDLXF) announces that it has agreed on the terms of a full settlement and mutual release with Euro Pacific Canada Inc. relating to the claims that were disclosed in the Company's news release dated October 19, 2011. The settlement with Euro Pacific Canada Inc. removes a liability issue and will allow management to focus on the future growth of the Company. Mr. Craig Pearman, President and CEO of Midlands commented: "The Euro Pacific settlement is another stepping stone in the rebuilding of Midlands. With this issue behind us, the Board and management team is looking forward to reenergizing our exploration programs in Ghana and Tanzania, and getting back to the business of building a successful Africa-focused exploration and mine development company."

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Feb. 3, 2012) - Macusani Yellowcake Inc. (TSX VENTURE:YEL)(FRANKFURT:QG1) ("Macusani") and Southern Andes Energy Inc. (TSX VENTURE:SUR) ("Southern Andes") are pleased to announce that they have entered into a merger agreement pursuant to which Macusani will acquire all of the outstanding common shares of Southern Andes. The merged company will control approximately 900 km² of uranium exploration ground in the highly prospective Macusani Plateau uranium district in south-eastern Peru.

VANCOUVER, COLOMBIE-BRITANNIQUE--(Marketwire - 3 fév. 2012) - Stornoway Diamond Corporation (TSX:SWY) est heureuse d'annoncer que les activités de construction du prolongement de la route 167 ont commencé; ce projet routier procurera un accès routier permanent au projet diamantifère Renard, propriété exclusive de Stornoway, par les collectivités de Mistissini et de Chibougamau. Le début de la construction du prolongement de la route 167 suit la délivrance du certificat d'autorisation de la route par le ministère du Développement durable, de l'Environnement et des Parcs du Québec en décembre dernier (communiqué de presse du 7 décembre 2011 de Stornoway).

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Feb. 3, 2012) - Stornoway Diamond Corporation (TSX:SWY) is pleased to announce that construction activities have commenced on the Route 167 Extension, the road development project that will provide year round road access to Stornoway's 100% owned Renard Diamond Project by way of the communities of Mistissini and Chibougamau. The commencement of construction on the Route 167 Extension follows the release of the road's Certificate of Authorization by the Québec ministère du Développement durable, de l'Environnement et des Parcs in December (Stornoway press release dated December 7, 2011).

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Feb. 3, 2012) - WOLVERINE MINERALS CORP. (the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:WLV)(FRANKFURT:4LP) is pleased to announce the appointment of J. Douglas Blanchflower, P.Geo., as a Director and VP of Exploration of the Company. Mr. Blanchflower will be responsible for overseeing all of the Company's exploration activities. His main focus will be on the Yukon, where Wolverine has optioned 25 gold properties from Strategic Metals Ltd. The Company is also pleased to announce the appointment of Doug Eaton, B.A., B.Sc. Geology, as Technical Advisor.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Feb. 3, 2012) - Regal Resources Inc. (the "Company" or "Regal") (CNSX:RGR), is pleased to announce the signing of a definitive agreement (the "Purchase Agreement") with Minquest Inc. ("Minquest") of Reno Nevada to acquire all of the claims comprising the Patagonia (Sunnyside) project (the "Property"). Under the terms of the Purchase Agreement, in consideration for the Property, Regal will pay to Minquest the sum of US$800,000, of which US$100,000 will be forwarded as a non-refundable deposit within 3 business days of signing the Purchase Agreement. The Property is currently the subject of an option agreement between Regal and Minquest, which will be terminated upon completion of the transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement, thereby eliminating work commitments of more than $US25,000,000 and payments of nearly 2,000,000 shares of Regal's shares. The Purchase Agreement also provides that Minquest will retain a 1.5% royalty on the Net Smelter Returns from the Property (which is a reduction from the 3% royalty reserved for Minquest under the current option agreement) which can be converted at Minquest's election into shares of Regal in certain circumstances. Further, the Purchase Agreement provides that Minquest will assign its rights and obligations under an agreement among Minquest, Russell Corn and Brian Corn pertaining to certain claims (the "Corn Claims") which form part of the Property. Minquest has also agreed to assist Regal in negotiating the purchase of the Corn Claims, for which Regal will be responsible for $100,000 of the purchase price. If such purchase is successful within 90 days of the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement, Minquest shall also receive a 1.5% royalty on the Net Smelter Returns from the Corn Claims.

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA--(Marketwire - Feb. 3, 2012) - North Springs Resources Corp. (OTCBB:NSRS)(PINKSHEETS:NSRS) (the "Company" or "North Springs") is pleased to announce the release of the third in a series of four anticipated videos detailing exploration and drilling at the Company's 20% owned Goldstar/One Arm Joe Gold Project (the "Goldstar Property" or "Goldstar") in Arizona. The new video can be viewed at the Company's website at www.northspringsresources.com.

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PERTH, WESTERN AUSTRALIA--(Marketwire - Feb. 3, 2012) - Magma Metals Limited (TSX:MMW)(ASX:MMW) ("Magma" or the "Company") notes that Panoramic Resources Limited ("Panoramic") (ASX:PAN) has today announced its intention to make a conditional offer to acquire all of the Magma shares it does not currently own (the "Offer").

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Feb. 3, 2012) - The Board of Directors of Gryphon Gold Corporation (TSX:GGN)(OTCBB:GYPH) announces the termination of employment by mutual agreement of John L. Key, Chief Executive Officer, who has also resigned as a director. The Board of Directors also announces the termination of employment by mutual agreement of John K. Key, General Manager of Borealis Mining Company, our wholly-owned subsidiary. Both of these terminations are effective immediately.

CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwire - Feb. 3, 2012) - Alhambra Resources Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:ALH) ("Alhambra" or the "Corporation"), an international gold explorer and producer, is pleased to announce the completion of 1,360 square kilometres ("km²") (Phase one) of ground gravity and magnetic surveys and a remote sensing survey over the Dombraly-Shirotnaia gold trend located in the southeastern portion (see News Release dated September 27, 2011) of its 100% owned, 9,800 km² Uzboy Project area ("Uzboy Project") (see Figure 1). It is anticipated that Phase two, potentially covering the remainder of the Corporation's license area, will commence in 2012.

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Feb. 3, 2012) - Bold Ventures Inc. (TSX VENTURE:BOL) ("Bold") and Rencore Resources Ltd. (CNSX:RNC) ("Rencore") wish to advise shareholders that the shareholder meetings called to approve the proposed business combination of Bold and Rencore (the "Merger") will be held on Monday, February 13, 2012 (collectively, the "Meetings"). Pursuant to the Merger, each outstanding common share of Rencore will be exchanged for one common share of Bold. Completion of the Merger and final acceptance from the TSX Venture Exchange ("TSXV") is subject to a number of conditions and approvals, including fulfilling all filing requirements pursuant to the policies of the TSXV. The Merger also requires the approval of a majority of not less than two-thirds of the votes cast in respect of the resolution to approve the Merger by shareholders of Rencore and approval of a majority of disinterested shareholders of Rencore entitled to vote at the Meetings and approval of a majority of disinterested shareholders of Bold entitled to vote at the Meetings.

GENTOFTE, DENMARK--(Marketwire - Feb 3, 2012) - LiqTech International, Inc. (OTCQX: LIQT) (OTCBB: LIQT) announced today that the Company is now trading on the OTC market's highest tier, OTCQX^®. OTC Markets Group Inc. (OTCQX: OTCM) operates the world's largest electronic marketplace for broker-dealers to trade unlisted stocks.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Feb. 3, 2012) - Terraco Gold Corp. (TSX VENTURE:TEN) (the "Company") is pleased to announce that, further to its news release dated June 13, 2011, the Company and its wholly-owned Nevada subsidiary, TGC Holdings Ltd. (collectively with the Company, "Terraco"), have executed a definitive agreement (the "Agreement") with Seymork Investments Ltd. ("Seymork"), a British Columbia company, for the acquisition of a significant land package (the "Core Property") and the option (the "Option") to acquire an additional 2,287 acres of net surface rights and 6,187 acres of net mineral rights (collectively with the Core Property, the "Seymork Properties"), at and in the area of Terraco's "Moonlight Property" in Pershing County, Nevada (the "Transaction"). Terraco presently leases or owns fractional interests in certain parcels of the Core Property. The Transaction provides Terraco with 100% ownership of a larger strategic land package and a better overall exploration opportunity for its Moonlight Property. All terms of the Agreement are stated in the Company's news release dated June 13, 2011, which may be viewed on www.sedar.com and www.terracogold.com.

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Feb. 3, 2012) - Kilo Goldmines Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:KGL)(FRANKFURT:02K) ("Kilo" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that registration of the exploitation licenses comprising the Somituri Property has now been completed. The registration had been pending and the exploitation licenses are now officially registered in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in the name of Kilo's 75% owned subsidiary, KGL Somituri SPRL. The exploitation licenses are valid until 2039.

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Feb. 3, 2012) - Alder Resources Ltd. ("Alder" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:ALR) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. John Spurney to the position of Vice President, Exploration, effective immediately.

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Feb. 3, 2012) - Apogee Silver Limited ("Apogee" or "the Company") (TSX VENTURE:APE) is pleased to announce that its shareholders have approved all of the resolutions presented at its annual and special meeting of shareholders (the "Meeting") held on January 27, 2012, including the election of the Company's proposed nominees to the Board of Directors of Apogee. At the Meeting, 99% of votes cast, representing approximately 40% of the issued and outstanding shares of the Company, were voted in favour of the election of the proposed Board members.

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VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Feb. 3, 2012) - Salazar Resources Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:SRL)(FRANKFURT:CCG) is pleased to announce that the Company has closed a non-brokered private placement (the "Private Placement") consisting of 6,000,000 units (the "Units") at a price of $0.50 per Unit for gross proceeds of $3 million. Each Unit comprises one common share and one-half of one non-transferable share purchase warrant. Each whole warrant entitles the holder to purchase one additional common share of the Company for a period of two years from closing at a price of $0.65 per share. The Company wishes to clarify that further to its press release dated January 30, 2012, the warrants issued in the Private Placement are non-transferable.

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Feb. 3, 2012) - Centamin plc ("Centamin" or "the Company") (TSX:CEE)(LSE:CEY) announces that it has subscribed for 67,000,000 new ordinary shares for a consideration of £4.0 million in the conditional placing ("the Placing") announced by Nyota Minerals Limited ("Nyota") today.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Feb. 2, 2012) - Minco Base Metals Corporation (the "Company" or "Minco Base Metals") reports that it had closed the transaction relating to the sale of its 61% interest in Gansu Keyin Mining Co. Ltd. ("Keyin") to Baiyin Non-Ferrous Metals Group Co. Ltd. for RMB 155,000,000 (approximately C$23,000,000) at the end of June 2010. The sale completed following the approval by shareholders of such sale at the Company's annual general and special meeting held on June 29, 2010. Keyin holds a 100% interest in the White Silver Mountain project located in Gansu, China.

DENVER, CO--(Marketwire - Feb 2, 2012) - Golden Star Resources Ltd. (NYSE Amex: GSS) (TSX: GSC) (GHANA: GSR) ("Golden Star" or the "Company") has finalized the option exercise (the "Transaction") pursuant to which Riverstone Resources Inc. ("Riverstone") became the sole shareholder of Golden Star Exploration - Burkina S.A. ("Golden Star Burkina"), which holds an indirect 90% interest in the Goulagou, Rounga, Tougou and Youba permits located in Burkina Faso, West Africa, in consideration for the payment to Golden Star of US$6.6 million and an aggregate of 21,676,301 common shares of Riverstone (the "Common Shares").

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Feb. 2, 2012) - Southern Silver Exploration Corp. ("Southern Silver" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:SSV)(FRANKFURT:SEG) is pleased to announce the engagement of Auburn Partners Inc. ("Auburn Partners") as investor relations consultants to the Company. Auburn Partners will focus on developing and expanding Southern Silver's communications with the investment community through a comprehensive investor relations program. Auburn Partners will provide investor relations services in general, and in particular, will provide services in furtherance of increasing the Company's profile. Auburn Partners will receive a monthly fee of $5,000 for professional services for a period of 3 months, which may be extended by both parties. Neither Auburn Partners, nor any of its employees own securities, directly or indirectly, in Southern Silver. In connection with the engagement of Auburn Partners, Southern Silver will grant an aggregate 150,000 incentive stock options to the principals of Auburn Partners at an exercise price of $0.15 per share exercisable for a period of five years, and vesting as to 25% each quarter during the first year. This consulting agreement between the Company and Auburn Partners is subject to acceptance by the TSX Venture Exchange.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Feb. 2, 2012) - El Tigre Silver Corp. ("El Tigre" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:ELS)(OTCQX:EGRTF)(FRANKFURT:5RT) is pleased to announce that it will be applying to the TSX Venture Exchange for approval to the extension of the expiry date of 4,087,569 common share purchase warrants issued on February 11, 2010 from February 11, 2012 to February 11, 2013. These warrants were issued as part of a private placement transaction and are exercisable at $0.60 into 4,087,569 common shares of the Company.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Feb. 2, 2012) - Standard Graphite Corp. (the "Company) (TSX VENTURE:SGH) is pleased to announce that at the extraordinary general meeting of members of the Company on January 27, 2012 the shareholders voted in favor of a name change to Standard Graphite Corporation.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Feb. 2, 2012) - Newbridge Capital Inc. ("Newbridge" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:NBC) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. David Savage to the Board of Directors. Mr. Savage has held senior executive roles in the construction industry in Australia, Asia and the Middle East for more than 25 years. From 1988 until March 2011, Mr. Savage was a senior executive with the Leighton Group of Companies, Australia's largest construction and project development group.

HOUSTON, TX--(Marketwire - Feb 2, 2012) - Circle Star Energy Corp. (OTCBB: CRCL) (the "Company"), a performance-driven company with interests in a number of high-impact, large scale oil and gas plays in Texas, is pleased to announce the appointment of Thomas M. Richards as a Director, effective immediately.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Feb. 2, 2012) - NovaGold Resources Inc. (TSX:NG)(NYSE Amex:NG) today announced it will report the results of its fourth quarter and year ended November 30, 2011 before the market opens on February 22, 2012. A conference call will be held the next day on Thursday February 23, 2012 at 11:00 am PST (2:00 pm EST); it will also be carried on the Company's website.

MONTRÉAL, QUÉBEC--(Marketwire - 2 fév. 2012) - Corporation Minière Osisko (la « Société ») (TSX:OSK)(FRANCFORT:EWX) a le regret d'annoncer que M. Richard A. Ross, C.A., a remis sa démission au conseil d'administration pour des raisons familiales.

MONTREAL, QUEBEC--(Marketwire - Feb. 2, 2012) - Osisko Mining Corporation ("Company") (TSX:OSK)(FRANKFURT:EWX) announces with regret that Mr. Richard A. Ross, C.A. has tendered his resignation to the Board of Directors so that he may focus on family matters.

RENO, NV--(Marketwire - Feb 2, 2012) - Itronics Inc. (PINKSHEETS: ITRO) is pleased to announce that it has been named runner up Medium Entrepreneurial Technology Company of the Year in the upcoming NCET Technology Awards/Reno Gazette Journal Entrepreneur of the Year Award. Dr. John Whitney, founder and President, will be presented the award on February 16, 2012, at the awards dinner at the Eldorado Hotel Casino in Reno by Lieutenant Governor Brian K. Krolicki.

CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwire - Feb. 2, 2012) - North American Energy Partners Inc. ("NAEP" or "the Company") (TSX:NOA) (NYSE:NOA) today announced results for the three months ended December 31, 2011.

The Company has prepared its consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (US GAAP). Unless otherwise specified, all dollar amounts discussed are in Canadian dollars.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Feb. 2, 2012) - CARIBOU KING RESOURCES CORP. ("Caribou" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:CKR)(FRANKFURT:CB8) is pleased to announce it has entered into an agreement with Alix Resources Corp. ("Alix") (TSX VENTURE:AIX) to purchase the remaining 51% interest from Alix in the five Yukon properties that Alix and the Company have been exploring since 2011 (see Caribou News Release, January 19^th, 2012).

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Feb. 2, 2012) - Sino Vanadium Inc. ("Sino" or "the Company") (TSX VENTURE:SVX) announces today that it has filed certain material contracts with respect to title to its Daquan property and exploration and drilling in relations thereto. The agreements are being filed pursuant to a request by the Ontario Securities Commission as part of a continuous disclosure review conducted by the Ontario Securities Commission.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Feb. 2, 2012) - Avrupa Minerals Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:AVU) is pleased to announce the commencement of exploration work in the Portuguese Pyrite Belt under the Alvalade Joint Venture with major international copper producer Antofagasta Minerals SA ("AMSA"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Antofagasta plc. The budget for work in 2012 has been increased to US$ 2.5 million and approved by AMSA. The work program includes up to 6,000 meters of drilling on various targets in the 1,000-km² project area. The joint venture agreement was signed at the end of 2011 and includes the following major points:

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Feb. 2, 2012) - Peregrine Diamonds Ltd. ("Peregrine" or "the Company") (TSX:PGD) is pleased to report that it has completed the purchase of BHP Billiton's 51 percent participating interest in the 8,580 square kilometre Chidliak diamond project ("Chidliak" or "the Project"), Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada that was announced on December 20, 2011. The purchase gives Peregrine 100 percent ownership of Chidliak, providing its shareholders with all the benefits of the potentially economic diamond discoveries made to date and continued exposure to the Project's exceptional exploration upside. As part of the transaction, Peregrine also acquired BHP Billiton's Canadian diamond exploration database that was compiled over a ten year period at considerable expense and effort. The database contains data from 38,000 kimberlite indicator mineral samples covering an area of approximately three million square kilometres and will give Peregrine a valuable advantage in achieving one of its goals, the discovery of Canada's next diamond district.

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LUXEMBOURG, LUXEMBOURG--(Marketwire - Feb. 2, 2012) - Northland Resources S.A. (TSX:NAU)(OSLO:NAUR)(FRANKFURT:NPK) -

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Feb. 2, 2012) - Soltoro Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:SOL) has filed its NI 43-101 resource estimate for its 100% owned El Rayo silver project on SEDAR and made it available on the Company's website. The report was prepared by Roscoe Postle Associates Inc. ("RPA"). The El Rayo property is located approximately 110 km west-northwest of Guadalajara, Jalisco State, Mexico. The NI 43-101 compliant Mineral Resources were estimated by RPA and include an updated estimate for the Las Bolas and Highway Zone structures and an initial estimate for the La Soledad structure.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Feb. 2, 2012) - Imperial Metals Corporation (TSX:III) reports a tonnage increase of 103% in the Measured and Indicated Resource at its Red Chris copper/gold deposit. The 2012 Technical Report⁽¹⁾ ("2012 Report") includes assay results from 62 diamond drill holes totalling over 69 thousand metres completed since the May 2010 resource update. The Measured and Indicated Resource increased to 8.89 billion pounds copper and 12.90 million ounces gold, while the Inferred Resource increased to 7.44 billion pounds copper and 11.35 million ounces gold, all at a 0.1% copper cut-off.

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VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Feb. 2, 2012) - Adroit Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE:ADT)(FRANKFURT:A7V)(BERLIN:A7V). Drill Arrived Little Pigeon Lake - Drilling Commencing on Western End of high-grade copper-gold vein to test affinities with the Hollinger/McIntyre/Coniarum Complex.

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CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwire - Feb. 2, 2012) - Antioquia Gold Inc. ("Antioquia Gold" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:AGD)(OTCQX:AGDFX) reports that the Company continues to expand the size of the Guaico deposit by extending the mineralization of the main Guaico vein to depth and delineating and finding new gold-bearing veins in the footwall and hanging wall of the main Guaico vein.

PERTH, AUSTRALIA--(Marketwire - Feb. 2, 2012) - Bannerman Resources Limited (TSX:BAN)(ASX:BMN)(NSX:BMN) -

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Feb. 2, 2012) - Xtierra Inc. (TSX VENTURE:XAG) ("Xtierra" or the "Company"), is pleased to provide an update on a drilling programme being carried out on its Bilbao project in the State of Zacatecas, Mexico. The planned 2,500 metre programme comprising six holes of NQ core drilling commenced on November 19, 2011 with a three week break over Christmas. To the end of January 2012, approximately 1,400 metres had been completed in 3 holes with a fourth hole in progress and analytical results received for holes X-96 and X-100.

ROUYN-NORANDA, QUÉBEC, CANADA--(Marketwire - 2 fév. 2012) - ENTREPRISES MINIÈRES GLOBEX INC. (TSX:GMX)(FRANCFORT:G1M)(OTCQX:GLBXF) est heureuse d'informer ses actionnaires qu'elle a exécuté un programme de forage au diamant de 811 mètres comportant 3 trous sur sa propriété aurifère North Star, située à Isaac Harbour en Nouvelle-Écosse et dont elle est l'unique propriétaire.

LOS ANGELES, CA and JAKARTA, INDONESIA--(Marketwire - Feb 2, 2012) - PHI Group, Inc. (OTCQB: PHIE) (PINKSHEETS: PHIE), a company focused on energy and natural resources, announced today that it has signed a Letter of Intent to acquire approximately 100 million metric tonnes of coal resources, together with the operation and production license (IUP Operasi Produksi), located in an area of 9,900 hectares in East Kalimantan, Indonesia from PT. MSP, an Indonesian company with headquarters in Kutai Timur, Kalimantan Timur, Indonesia.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Feb. 2, 2012) - StoneShield Capital Corp. (TSX VENTURE:STS)(FRANKFURT:5XS) ("StoneShield" or the "Company") is pleased to provide shareholders with results of recent field reconnaissance sampling at the Company's Goldtooth project, Inyo County, CA.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Feb. 2, 2012) - Orex Minerals Inc. (TSX VENTURE:REX) ("Orex") is pleased to announce that it has signed a definitive Association Agreement with Fresnillo Plc (LSE:FRES) ("Fresnillo") to explore and develop as one large project their respective mineral concessions in the Coneto gold-silver mining district in northern Durango State, Mexico.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Feb. 2, 2012) - Orex Minerals Inc. (TSX VENTURE:REX) -

MONTRÉAL, QUÉBEC--(Marketwire - 2 fév. 2012) - Dans une lettre adressée à quelques teledistributeurs, dont Bell TV et Eastlink Cable System, le maire de Timmins, Ontario, monsieur Tom Laughren a énergiquement revendiqué auprès du même teledistributeur que celui-ci puisse offrir à la population de Timmins, importante ville en Ontario, la diffusion par câbles de la programmation de IDNR-TV, le seul canal spécialisé de télévision entièrement dédié aux ressources naturelles et à l'environnement au Canada.

MONTREAL, QUEBEC--(Marketwire - Feb. 2, 2012) - In a letter sent to TV distributors, which includes Bell TV and Eastlink Cable System, the mayor of Timmins, Ontario, the honorable Tom Laughren, has energically demanded to this TV distribution companies the distribution of IDNR-TV's programming via cable and satellite to the population of Timmins, Ontario.

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Feb. 2, 2012) - Chieftain Metals Inc. (TSX:CFB) is pleased to announce that the company has submitted a project description to the British Columbia Environmental Assessment Office ("BCEAO") and the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency ("CEAA") defining a proposed access road alignment amendment which initiates the formal review process. The Amendment Application will seek an alignment change to the currently approved 162 kilometre all-weather access road from the Tulsequah Chief Project to connect to the public road system near Atlin, British Columbia. Management expects the review of the Amendment Application to be concluded in Q2, 2012. Information on the Tulsequah Chief Project, including prior assessments and current approvals, is available on the BCEAO website at http://a100.gov.bc.ca/appsdata/epic/html/deploy/epic_project_home_72.html.

MALARTIC, QUÉBEC--(Marketwire - 2 fév. 2012) - Osisko (TSX:OSK)(FRANCFORT:EWX) tient à faire la mise au point suivante sur le dossier du quartier sud de Malartic.

À la demande de plusieurs résidents habitant près de sa mine de Malartic, à l'automne 2010 Osisko a amorcé un dialogue avec leurs représentants pour tenter de trouver ensemble des solutions qui satisferaient ces résidents. En juillet 2011, Osisko s'est entendue avec 41 citoyens, à la satisfaction de ceux-ci, en rachetant leurs maisons à prime sur le marché et en défrayant les honoraires de conseillers juridiques les accompagnant dans les négociations.

MONTRÉAL, QUÉBEC--(Marketwire - 2 fév. 2012) - Corporation Éléments Critiques (TSX CROISSANCE:CRE)(OTCQX:CRECF)(FRANCFORT:F12) est heureuse d'annoncer que son conseil d'administration (le « Conseil ») a adopté un régime de droits des actionnaires (le « Régime ») afin de promouvoir un traitement équitable des actionnaires advenant qu'une offre publique d'achat soit présentée à l'égard de Corporation Éléments Critiques. Le Régime prendra effet aujourd'hui et donnera plus de temps au Conseil et aux actionnaires pour étudier toute offre publique d'achat non sollicitée à l'égard de la Société. Le Régime est conçu de manière à décourager les offres publiques d'achat coercitives ou inéquitables et il donne plus de temps au Conseil pour rechercher d'autres solutions afin de maximiser la valeur pour les actionnaires, le cas échéant, dans l'éventualité d'une offre publique d'achat non sollicitée.

MONTREAL, QUEBEC--(Marketwire - Feb. 2, 2012) - - Critical Elements Corporation (TSX VENTURE:CRE)(OTCQX:CRECF)(FRANKFURT:F12) is pleased to announce that its board of directors (the "Board") has adopted a shareholder rights plan (the "Plan") to encourage a fair treatment of shareholders, should a take-over bid be made for Critical Elements. The Plan is effective today and will provide the Board and the shareholders, more time to consider unsolicited take-over bids of the Corporation. The Plan is intended to discourage coercive of unfair take-over bids and gives the Board time to pursue alternatives to maximize shareholder value, if appropriate, in the event of an unsolicited take-over bid.

ROUYN-NORANDA, QUEBEC, CANADA--(Marketwire - Feb. 2, 2012) - GLOBEX MINING ENTERPRISES INC. (TSX:GMX)(FRANKFURT:G1M)(OTCQX:GLBXF) is pleased to inform shareholders that it has completed a 3 hole, 811 meter diamond drill program on our 100% owned North Star Gold Property located at Isaac's Harbour, Nova Scotia.

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OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Feb. 2, 2012) - Focus Metals Inc. ("Focus" or "the Company") (TSX VENTURE:FMS)(OTCQX:FCSMF)(FRANKFURT:FKC) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Marc-André Bernier, M.Sc., P.Geo. to the Board of Directors of the Company effective immediately.

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CHICO, CA--(Marketwire - Feb 2, 2012) - AmeraMex International, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: AMMX), a provider of heavy equipment to logistics companies (stevedoring), infrastructure construction, commercial farming and mining companies, announced it has received orders for container handlers totaling $750,000. The equipment will be shipped to ports in Montreal, Quebec City, San Francisco and Seattle. The equipment is in inventory and will ship this quarter.

VAL-D'OR, QUÉBEC--(Marketwire - 2 fév. 2012) - Ressources Cartier inc. (TSX CROISSANCE:ECR) (« Cartier ») est heureuse de partager son bilan de l'année 2011 et de présenter les jalons qu'elle compte atteindre au cours de l'année 2012.

VAL-D'OR, QUEBEC--(Marketwire - Feb. 2, 2012) - Cartier Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE:ECR) (" Cartier ") is pleased to provide a review of 2011 while looking forward to key near term milestones the Company expects to achieve in 2012.

BRADENTON, FL--(Marketwire - Feb 2, 2012) - (OTCBB: SFMI) Silver Falcon Mining, Inc.'s management is preparing the definitive 2011 year-end figures to be filed in its United States Securities and Exchange Commission (USSEC) 10-K report, later this month. This report will contain information on the revenues generated and other figures on the Company's balance sheet for year ending 2011.

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Feb. 2, 2012) - Midlands Minerals Corp. ("Midlands" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:MEX)(OTCQX:MDLXF) is pleased to announce new drill results from its Mmooho target on its Kaniago gold project in Ghana. Midlands completed an additional 29 reverse circulation ("RC") drill holes totalling 4,320 metres in the Mmooho target in late 2011. Significant new intercepts drilled at Mmooho include:

MONTREAL, QUEBEC--(Marketwire - Feb. 2, 2012) - SEMAFO Inc. (TSX:SMF)(OMX:SMF) today provided an update of the ongoing delineation drilling on the Fofina deposit at its Mana property in Burkina Faso. Reverse-circulation ("RC") delineation drilling was completed at 25-meter intervals over the Fofina and V1 to V7 zones in November 2011. The Corporation is in receipt of assay results for 60% of the drill holes to date. In addition, core drilling was completed on the Fofina deposit in order to initiate metallurgical test work, which will in turn serve to establish precise reserve estimation parameters. Results continue to confirm the interpretation established in December 2010 (reference: SEMAFO's press release dated December 2, 2010) and further described in July 2011 (reference: SEMAFO's press release dated July 18, 2011). All zones remain open at depth and along strike. As well, we are of the opinion that other en-echelon veins could develop, particularly towards the southeast.

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VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Feb. 2, 2012) - A correction is being issued in regards to the release sent at 9:00 am ET on February 02, 2012. The release was issued without the figure in the title. The title has been amended to "NovaGold Announces Bought Deal Increased to US$332.5 Million." The complete and corrected version follows.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Feb. 2, 2012) - NovaGold Resources Inc. (TSX:NG)(NYSE Amex:NG)("NovaGold" or the "Company") today announced that, in response to strong investor demand, it has entered into an agreement to increase the size of its previously announced bought deal equity offering of approximately US$250.8 million (26,400,000 Common Shares) to approximately US$332.5 million (35,000,000 Common Shares) at a price of US$9.50 per share. The offering is being led by RBC Capital Markets and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC.

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA--(Marketwire - Feb. 2, 2012) - North Springs Resources Corp. (OTCBB:NSRS)(PINKSHEETS:NSRS) (the "Company" or "North Springs") is pleased to report that the Company has positively re-analyzed the potential reserve estimates for the Goldstar/One Arm Joe Gold Project (the "Goldstar Property" or "Goldstar") made by previous operators. Surface observations and new data collected from the ongoing drill program at Goldstar, along with historic references to the property, comparable mines in the surrounding area, previously available sampling and exploration data pertinent to the Goldstar site, and based on industry standards, indicate that the possible reserve estimate for the property could be as high as 2,769,230 tons grading 0.7 oz. gold/ton, or 1,938,461 ounces of gold.

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Feb. 2, 2012) - Vendome Resources Corp. (TSX VENTURE:VDR)(FRANKFURT:9VR) ("Vendome" or the "Company") is pleased to announce additional high grade grab samples from the San Javier Mine property (the "property") located within the municipality of Malinaltepec, State of Guerrero, Mexico.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Feb. 2, 2012) - Taku Gold Corp. (the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:TAK) announces the 2012 proposed exploration program on the Rosebute property in Yukon.

The 544-claim (11,260-hectare) Rosebute property is located approximately 55km due south of Dawson City, Yukon and was acquired in March 2010 from well-known Yukon prospector Shawn Ryan. In 2010, 5,158 soil samples were collected on two grids based on 50m sample intervals on lines spaced approximately 100m apart, and a 1,107km airborne radiometric and magnetic geophysical survey was flown. Excellent geochemical results were obtained from the first grid located in the northwestern part of the property and an anomalous gold area approximately 189ha in size was identified (the "Norwest" zone).

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Feb. 2, 2012) - Bravo Gold Corp. (TSX VENTURE:BVG)(FRANKFURT:B6I) ("Bravo") reported today that it has encountered high-grade silver-polymetallic mineralization in three of four core holes along the Illiance River trend, located on the eastern side of its Kinskuch project in northwestern British Columbia. The Illiance River trend is the first of several high-priority areas to be drill-tested by Bravo on this large 59,600ha property located adjacent to its Homestake Ridge project.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Feb. 2, 2012) - Smash Minerals Corp. ("Smash") (TSX VENTURE:SSH) and Prosperity Goldfields Corp. ("Prosperity") (TSX VENTURE:PPG) are pleased to announce that the parties have now executed a definitive business combination agreement (the "Agreement") in respect to the proposed transaction (the "Transaction") first announced by the parties on January 5, 2012. The parties to the Transaction act at arm's length.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Feb. 2, 2012) - Smash Minerals Corp. ("Smash") (TSX VENTURE:SSH) and Prosperity Goldfields Corp. ("Prosperity") (TSX VENTURE:PPG) are pleased to announce that the parties have now executed a definitive business combination agreement (the "Agreement") in respect to the proposed transaction (the "Transaction") first announced by the parties on January 5, 2012. The parties to the Transaction act at arm's length.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Feb. 2, 2012) - Selwyn Resources Ltd. ("Selwyn") (TSX VENTURE:SWN) is pleased to announce the commissioning of a helicopter-borne, Versatile, Time Domain, Electromagnetic ("VTEM") geophysical survey to evaluate its large mineral claim holdings in Nova Scotia. This survey will cover key areas known to contain historic mine production of both zinc and lead, as well as gold, silver, copper and barite.

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TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Feb. 2, 2012) - St. Eugene Mining Corporation Limited (TSX VENTURE:SEM) ("St. Eugene" or the "Company") announces today that the plan of arrangement (the "Acquisition") involving St. Eugene, Claude Resources Inc. ("Claude") (TSX:CRJ)(NYSE Amex:CGR) and Satori Resources Inc. ("Satori") is complete and accordingly, St. Eugene has received approval for its common shares to be de-listed from the TSX Venture Exchange ("TSXV") effective today.

SUDBURY, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Feb. 2, 2012) - Manitou Gold Inc. (TSX VENTURE:MTU) ("Manitou") announces the receipt of assay results from the 2011 diamond drilling program on the Merrill Patents located in Northwestern Ontario. Seven drill holes totaling 743 m were drilled on the property, which is situated approximately 10 km northeast of the Company's Gaffney Extension Project and 16 km southwest of the Company's Kenwest project.

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Feb. 2, 2012) - Eurotin Inc. ("Eurotin" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:TIN), is pleased to provide the following drill results and update on its Oropesa tin project, located in SW Spain.

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VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Feb. 2, 2012) - Lupaka Gold Corp. ("Lupaka Gold" or "the Company") (TSX:LPK) announces that it has received assay results on the final two drill holes from the recently completed 2011 drill program on its Crucero Gold Project in southern Peru. The Company reports results on noteworthy intercepts at Crucero assaying 1.36 g/t gold over 67 metres and containing higher grade intercepts of 2.64 g/t gold over 27 metres and 3.83 g/t gold over 11.25 metres.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Feb. 2, 2012) - Sunridge Gold Corp. (TSX VENTURE:SGC)(OTCQX:SGCNF) announces that it has started an exploration drilling program on several highly prospective exploration targets on the Asmara Project, Eritrea. One reverse-circulation drill has started drilling gold exploration targets on the Medrizien license. In addition, a diamond drill is expected to commence drilling within 3 weeks on the Adi Rassi target in the southern part of the Debarwa license (see map: http://media3.marketwire.com/docs/sgc2.pdf). The drills are expected to complete approximately 12,000 metres of drilling over the next 4 to 6 weeks.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Feb. 2, 2012) - Integra Gold Corp. (TSX VENTURE:ICG) -

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Feb. 2, 2012) - Potash Ridge Corporation ("Potash Ridge") is pleased to announce the appointment of Paul Hampton, P. Eng as Vice President Project Management.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Feb. 2, 2012) - Gold Standard Ventures Corp. ("Gold Standard") (TSX VENTURE:GV)(OTCQX:GDVXF) www.goldstandardv.com reported today the following exploration update on its Railroad and East Camp Douglas Projects.

Three core rigs and one RC rig are currently drilling at the Company's flagship Railroad Project in the Carlin Trend focusing on the promising North Bullion Fault Zone target. Two of the core rigs are drilling with PQ core and one is continuing with reduced size HQ core. All three are drilling angled holes into the recently identified north-south-trending target location looking for high-grade feeders within the broader North Bullion Fault Zone target area. "These angle holes are designed to test a target zone defined by recent drilling which potentially contains multiple, steeply-dipping, mineralized feeders that are common within essentially all gold deposits on the Carlin Trend," stated Dave Mathewson, Vice President of Exploration.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Feb. 2, 2012) - Kaminak Gold Corporation (TSX VENTURE:KAM) today announced Board approval for the Phase One 2012 exploration program on the Coffee Gold Project, Yukon Territory. Budgeted at CDN $17,000,000 and consisting of a minimum of 50,000 metres of drilling from four drills, the 2012 exploration program is fully funded and expected to begin with drilling in late March. The results of the 2012 program are expected to lead to a maiden NI 43-101 compliant resource on the Coffee property. Program details and objectives are outlined below.

HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA--(Marketwire - Feb. 2, 2012) - Ucore Rare Metals Inc. (TSX VENTURE:UCU)(OTCQX:UURAF) ("Ucore" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the release of two mobile software applications ("Apps") that will introduce and educate investors regarding historical and current uses of Rare Earth Elements, while providing additional up to date information on international REE market prices. The free Apps are now available for both Apple (iOS) and Android devices. Visitors can learn more about these applications on the Ucore website at http://ucore.com/apps.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Feb. 2, 2012) - Blue River Resources Ltd. ("Blue River" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:BXR) announces exploration plans for its 100%-owned Castle Copper Project. The Company's initial 2011 diamond drilling program defined copper porphyry-style mineralization over, and beyond the extent of a 500-metre-by-150-metre zone of surface copper mineralization and copper-in-soil geochemical anomalies previously identified by the Company. The 2011 drilling program was designed to test lithology and alteration beneath the known surface mineralization, and it identified a strong epidote-chlorite and quartz-sericite alteration, which is consistent with a copper porphyry mineralized system, similar to Copper Mountain Mining's operating Copper Mountain mine, located 25 kilometers south of the Castle Property.

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Feb. 2, 2012) - Rainy River Resources Ltd. ("Rainy River" or the "Company") (TSX:RR) is pleased to announce assay results from the Rainy River Gold Project ("RRGP") in northwest Ontario. Results are summarized in Table 1.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Feb. 2, 2012) - CuOro Resources Corporation (TSX VENTURE:CUA)(FRANKFURT:6BC) ("CuOro" or the "Company") announces that it has received the final technical report from Dr. James Franklin on the Company's 100% owned Santa Elena Project, located in the Department of Antioquia, Colombia.

NEW YORK, NY and BAAR, SWITZERLAND--(Marketwire - Feb 2, 2012) - Ash Improvement Technology Inc (AIT) and Sika AG of Switzerland announced today that they entered a Strategic Alliance to develop products to help reduce the CO2 emissions related to the production of cement. As part of the agreement, Sika has also made an investment to take an equity stake in AIT.

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Feb. 1, 2012) - Timminco Limited (TSX:TIM) and its wholly-owned subsidiary Becancour Silicon Inc. (collectively, the "Company") announced that it has received an indicative stalking horse bid from QSI Partners Inc. ("QSI Partners") for the acquisition of substantially all of the Company's business and assets, including its interests in Québec Silicon Limited Partnership and Timminco Solar. Such bid is in a form and substance that the Company is prepared to consider, subject to negotiation of definitive agreements and further due diligence. Accordingly, the Company will continue discussions exclusively with QSI Partners until February 7, 2012 regarding a definitive stalking horse bid.

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Feb. 1, 2012) - Kilo Goldmines Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:KGL)(FRANKFURT:02K) ("Kilo" or the "Company") announced today that Jacques Bouchard has resigned as a Director of the Company.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Feb. 1, 2012) - AQM Copper Inc. (TSX VENTURE:AQM)(BVL:AQM) ("AQM Copper" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the final results from its 2011 drill program at the Victoria discovery, located east of the Main Zone on the Zafranal Property and to announce the resumption of its exploration program in Zafranal through its wholly owned Peruvian subsidiary, Minera AQM Copper Peru SAC. Minera AQM Copper Peru S.A.C. is the operator of a 50/50 JV with Teck Resources Limited through a sole purpose Peruvian company.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Feb. 1, 2012) - Windarra Minerals Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:WRA) -

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Feb. 1, 2012) - Vendome Resources Corp. (TSX VENTURE:VDR)(FRANKFURT:9VR) ("Vendome" or the "Company") is pleased to announce additional high grade grab samples from the San Javier Mine property (the "property") located within the municipality of Malinaltepec, State of Guerrero, Mexico.

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SUDBURY, CANADA--(Marketwire - Feb. 1, 2012) - Atikameksheng Anishnawbek First Nation ("Atikameksheng") and Quadra FNX Mining Ltd. (the "Company" or "Quadra FNX") (TSX:QUX) are pleased to announce that they have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding ("MOU") whereby the two parties have agreed to enter into negotiations with the goal of concluding and executing a Final Agreement ("Agreement"). The Agreement will define the future working relationships between the two parties, which meet the needs and interest of both Atikameksheng and Quadra FNX.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Feb. 1, 2012) - Lucara Diamond Corp. (TSX:LUC)(BOTSWANA:LUC)(NASDAQ OMX First North:LUC) ("Lucara" or the "Company") reports that it has granted 100,000 incentive stock options to an officer of the Company. The options are exercisable, subject to vesting provisions, over a period of three years at a price of $0.98 per share.

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA--(Marketwire - Feb. 1, 2012) - North Springs Resources Corp. (OTCBB:NSRS)(PINKSHEETS:NSRS) (the "Company" or "North Springs") is pleased to report that the first drill core samples are expected to be recovered today from the exploration program currently underway at the Company's 20% owned Goldstar/One Arm Joe Gold Project (the "Goldstar Property" or "Goldstar") located near Wickenburg, Arizona. North Springs and its partners are currently conducting a 21-hole drill program at Goldstar, focusing on seven (7) high-priority target areas.

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MONTRÉAL, QUÉBEC, CANADA--(Marketwire - 1 fév. 2012) - Mines Richmont inc. (TSX:RIC)(NYSE Amex:RIC), (« Richmont » ou la « Société ») a le plaisir d'annoncer que suite à la nomination de M. Bob Buchan à son conseil d'administration (communiqué du 11 janvier 2012 - « Bob Buchan un vétéran de l'industrie aurifère se joint au conseil d'administration de Mines Richmont en tant que Vice-président »), elle a complété un financement privé de 10 M$ avec M. Buchan et deux membres de sa famille immédiate (collectivement les « Investisseurs ») sous la forme de débentures convertibles en actions de Richmont. Ces débentures échéants dans 5 ans porteront un taux d'intérêt annuel de 7,6 % et seront convertibles en actions de Richmont à un prix de 12,17 $CAN par action au gré des Investisseurs à n'importe quel moment après la date d'émission. Les Investisseurs pourront demander le paiement complet des débentures à n'importe quel moment 18 mois après la date d'émission, et Richmont aura le droit de racheter en entier les débentures à n'importe quel moment 24 mois après la date d'émission. Le placement privé demeure sujet à l'acceptation du NYSE Amex.

MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA--(Marketwire - Feb. 1, 2012) - Richmont Mines Inc. (TSX:RIC)(NYSE Amex:RIC), ("Richmont" or the "Corporation") is pleased to announce that following Mr. Bob Buchan's appointment to its Board of Directors (press release of January 11, 2012 - "Gold Industry veteran Bob Buchan joins the Board of Directors of Richmont Mines as Vice-Chairman"), the previously announced CAN$10 million private placement with Mr. Buchan and two members of his immediate family (collectively, the "Investors") in the form of convertible debentures was completed today. The debentures, which expire in 5 years, will bear a 7.6% annual interest rate and will be convertible into Richmont common shares at a conversion price of CAN$12.17 per common share at the option of the Investors at any time following the date of issuance. The Investors will have the right to demand payment of the debentures in full at any time 18 months from the date of issue, and Richmont will have the right to redeem the debentures in full, at any time after 24 months from the date of issue. The private placement is subject to the approval of the NYSE Amex.

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VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Feb. 1, 2012) - VMS Ventures Inc. (TSX VENTURE:VMS) ("VMS") is pleased to announce that it plans to raise up to $2,000,000 through the offer and sale of 4,444,444 flow-through shares ("Flow-Through Shares") of VMS (the "Offering"). The Flow-Through Shares shall be offered at a price of $0.45 per share.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Feb. 1, 2012) - Lara Exploration Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:LRA) ("Lara" or the "Company") announces that pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Company's Stock Option Plan, a total of 1,030,000 incentive stock options exercisable at $1.20 per share for a period of five years have been granted to certain directors, officers, consultants and employees of the Company.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Feb. 1, 2012) - Astur Gold Corp. (TSX VENTURE:AST)(FRANKFURT:CDC) ("Astur Gold" or the "Company") has been notified that Gold-Ore Resources ("Gold-Ore") has received a superior acquisition proposal from a third party in relation to the proposed transaction between the Company and Gold-Ore (reference news release dated December 16^th, 2011). Astur Gold has notified Gold-Ore that they have elected against exercising their right to match, and as such the binding letter agreement between Astur Gold and Gold-Ore has been terminated. Gold-Ore has paid Astur Gold a $2,500,000 break fee.

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Feb. 1, 2012) - Lonestar West Inc. (TSX VENTURE:LSI) (the "Company" or "Lonestar") is pleased to announce it has retained the Calgary-based firm, The Howard Group Inc. (the "Howard Group") as its investor relations and financial services advisor, pursuant to an agreement (the "Agreement") entered into between the parties effective February 1, 2012.

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Feb. 1, 2012) - GDV Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE:GDV.H) (the "Company") announces that it has completed a private placement financing for gross proceeds of $111,000. The Company has issued 2,220,000 common shares at a price of $0.05 per share. The Company plans to complete a second financing of 1,780,000 shares for additional gross proceeds of $89,000.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Feb. 1, 2012) - NovaGold Resources Inc. (NYSE Amex:NG)(TSX:NG) ("NovaGold" or the "Company") today announced that it has entered into an agreement with a syndicate of underwriters, led by RBC Capital Markets and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC under which they have agreed to purchase from NovaGold and sell to the public 26,400,000 Common Shares at a price of US$9.50 per Common Share.

CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwire - Feb. 1, 2012) - Alhambra Resources Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:ALH) ("Alhambra" or the "Corporation"), an international gold explorer and producer, announces it has submitted a request for regulatory body approval to further extend the expiry date of certain share purchase warrants of the Corporation having an exercise price of $0.45 per common share (the "Warrants"). The Warrants were issued in August of 2009 as consideration for the extension of the maturity date of certain debentures issued by Alhambra (see News Release dated August 21, 2009) and were originally set to expire on August 11, 2011. The Corporation requested and received approval in August 2011 to extend the original expiry date to December 9, 2011, subject to earlier expiration in certain circumstance (see News Release dated August 4, 2011). Subsequently, the Corporation further requested and received approval in December 2011 to extend the original expiry date to February 8, 2012, subject to earlier expiration in certain circumstance (see News Release dated December 9, 2011).

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Feb. 1, 2012) - Barisan Gold Corporation (TSX VENTURE:BG) is pleased to announce that a technical report on the previously announced National Instrument 43-101 ("NI 43-101") compliant inferred mineral resource estimate for the Abong gold deposit has been filed today on SEDAR. Barisan Gold reported the initial resource by press release on January 9, 2012.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Feb. 1, 2012) - Riverstone Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE:RVS)(OTCQX:RVREF)(FRANKFURT:3RV) ("Riverstone" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that its acquisition of an indirect 90% interest in the Goulagou, Rounga, Tougou and Youba permits located in Burkina Faso, West Africa (collectively, the "Properties") from Golden Star Resources Ltd. ("Golden Star") is now complete. US$6.6 million of the US$18.6 million purchase price was paid in cash, and 21,676,301 Riverstone common shares were issued at a price of Cdn$0.5694 per share in satisfaction of the remaining US$12 million. The Riverstone shares issued in partial satisfaction of the purchase price are subject to resale restrictions under applicable securities laws and an Exchange hold period expiring four months and one day following closing. The Properties form part of the Company's flagship Karma Project which comprises six contiguous permits, the remaining two of which, Kao and Rambo, are 100% held by Riverstone.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Feb. 1, 2012) - United Silver Corp. ("USC" or the "Company") (TSX:USC)(OTCQX:USCZF) and Hale Capital Partners ("Hale" or the "Lender") are pleased to announce that, subject to final approval from the Toronto Stock Exchange (the "TSX"), they have successfully closed their previously announced financing transaction. USC is now in a position to begin its four-year exploration and development plan to test the mineralization of the South Vein and Alhambra Vein at depth and along the east/west strike extensions of the veins.

QUEBEC, CANADA--(Marketwire - Feb. 1, 2012) - Key Gold Holding Inc. (TSX VENTURE:KGH) ("Key Gold") is pleased to announce the appointment of Jean Lafleur and Wayne Isaacs to the Corporation's Board of Directors; additionally, we regretfully announce the resignations of Roger Rosmus and Rick Bonner from the Board for personal reasons.

PLYMOUTH, MI--(Marketwire - Feb 1, 2012) - Perceptron, Inc. (NASDAQ: PRCP) will hold its second quarter earnings conference call/webcast chaired by Harry T. Rittenour, President and Chief Executive Officer, on Thursday, February 9, 2012 at 10:00 AM (EST).

MILAN, TN--(Marketwire - Feb 1, 2012) - Ceco Door exhibited at the U.S. ARMY Net-Zero Energy Installations Conference, January 18-20. During the conference, representatives from 18 installations briefed their progress in decreasing energy use, reducing their use of water, and eliminating waste sent to landfills.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Feb. 1, 2012) - Golden Reign Resources Ltd. (the "Company" or "Golden Reign")(TSX VENTURE:GRR) is very pleased to announce that is has acquired a new property, the El Jicaro Concession (the "Concession"), which is located adjacent to and south of the Company's flagship San Albino-Murra Property, Nueva Segovia, Nicaragua.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Feb. 1, 2012) - John A Clarke, CEO of Great Quest Metals Ltd. ("Great Quest", "GQ", or "the Company") (TSX VENTURE:GQ)(FRANKFURT:GQM), is pleased to report the results of the Phase 2 exploration, geological and drilling work on the Tilemsi Phosphate Project. The Tilemsi project area comprises three concessions covering 1206 sq km in eastern Mali, near the town of Bourem, which is situated on the Niger River. The Phase 2 program included the following activities:

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Feb. 1, 2012) - Goldrush Resources Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:GOD)(OTCQX:GDRRF) ("Goldrush" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the results of a shallow Rotary Air Blast ("RAB") drilling program on the Company's Pompoi permit which is contiguous with and to the east of Roxgold Inc.'s ("Roxgold") Yaramoko permit. The program included 5,433 metres of RAB drilling in 197 shallow holes along two fences oriented to traverse an interpreted east-west gold anomaly located in the southwest quadrant of the Pompoi permit. This anomalous area is 2.9 kilometres east of Roxgold's recent Bagassi Central "55 Zone" high grade gold discovery.

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VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Feb. 1, 2012) - Golden Touch Resources Corp. ("Golden Touch" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:GOT)(FRANKFURT:0GT) is pleased to announce that a significant number of high priority drill targets have been identified by induced polarisation geophysical surveys at the Rubik Gold Project (PEL 1124). It is interpreted that high resistivity responses are related to silicified shear zones and shallow intrusves and that high chargeability is related to sulphide mineralization in both shear zones and shallow intrusives.

MONTREAL, QUEBEC--(Marketwire - Feb. 1, 2012) - Maudore Minerals Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:MAO)(OTCBB:MAOMF)(FRANKFURT:M6L) is very pleased to report additional drill results from the Osbell Resource Area and the potential Eastern and Western Extensions (outside the Osbell Resource Area) on the Comtois property located near Lebel-sur-Quevillon, north of Val-d'Or, Quebec, Canada.

MONTRÉAL, QUÉBEC CANADA--(Marketwire - 1 fév. 2012) - Minéraux Maudore Ltée (TSX CROISSANCE:MAO)(OTCBB:MAOMF)(FRANCFORT:M6L) est très heureuse d'annoncer de nouveaux résultats de forage dans le secteur Ressource Osbell ainsi que sur les extensions potentielles vers l'est et vers l'ouest (à l'extérieur du secteur Ressource Osbell) de la propriété Comtois située près de Lebel-sur-Quévillon, au nord de Val d'Or, Québec, Canada.

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TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Feb. 1, 2012) - Montero Mining and Exploration Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:MON) ("Montero") announces that preliminary X-Ray sorting tests done on bastnaesite rich samples and associated waste rock samples from the Twiga Zone have indicated that the ore is amenable to X-Ray sorting, upgrading the sample by 55% (based on Lanthanum ("La") and Cerium ("Ce") content) while recovering more than 80% of the Rare Earth Elements ("REEs") in the feed. Together with Mintek, Montero has been active in mineral processing and metallurgical testwork to test the Wigu Hill carbonatite material for recovery of Rare Earths. Mintek have over 25 years of Rare Earth experience working on research and testwork programs developing economic process routes for various Rare Earth materials.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Feb. 1, 2012) - Castle Peak Mining Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:CAP) ("Castle Peak" or the "Company") reports further assay results which indicate a broad anomalous gold halo encompassing higher grade gold structures. An additional 36 metres of sampling was completed on drill hole NKDDH016 on the Apankrah target. The previously mineralized interval was expanded from 16 metres ("m") of 3.3 grams per tonne ("g/t") gold ("Au") to 20m of 3.1 g/t Au. This high grade target is now contained within a 52m intercept of 1.2 g/t Au. The anomalous zone is defined by grades above background (0.03 g/t Au) and may include small sub zones grading less than background grade of up to 7m. Drill hole, NKDDH016, is a 100m step out, and down plunge of the previous announced drill hole, NKDDH010, which returned 7.5m of 7.2 g/t Au at approximately 50m depth at the Apankrah target.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Feb. 1, 2012) - CB Gold Inc. (TSX VENTURE:CBJ) ("CB Gold" or the "Company") is pleased to provide summary geochemical and geophysical survey results from the La Vereda Concession at its Vetas Gold Project, District of Santander, Colombia ("Vetas Gold Project"), located 10km south of AUX's La Bodega and La Mascota deposits. The 80% owned La Vereda property is covered by a concession contract expiring in 2037.

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Feb. 1, 2012) - Angus Mining (Namibia) Inc. ("Angus Mining" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:ANA) is pleased to provide a strategic update related to the Ondundu Gold Project in Namibia.

CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwire - Feb. 1, 2012) - Teras Resources Inc. ("Teras" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:TRA): is very pleased to announce the receipt of additional assay results from its reverse circulation drill program at the Cahuilla gold-silver project in Imperial County, California. The Cahuilla Project is a large epithermal, paleo-hot springs system hosting multiple high grade veins that occur within an extensive body of disseminated gold-silver mineralization. For further information on the Cahuilla project refer to the NI 43-101 technical report entitled "Cahuilla Property 43-101 Technical Report," dated October 25, 2007 prepared by Todd Wakefield, MAusIMM of AMEC E&C Services filed on Sedar on November 15, 2007.

EDMONTON, ALBERTA--(Marketwire - Feb. 1, 2012) - Athabasca Minerals Inc. (the "Corporation" or "Athabasca") (TSX VENTURE:ABM) is pleased to announce that it has secured an order for the supply of asphalt aggregate from its House River aggregate operation located south of Fort McMurray and 11 km east of Highway 63. The Corporation has agreed to supply 253,500 tonnes of asphalt aggregate to a major road building contractor in connection with the twinning of Highway 63, north of Wandering River, Alberta. The aggregate will be processed and hauled by the contractor.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Feb. 1, 2012) - Magellan Minerals Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:MNM)(OTCQX:MAGNF) ("Magellan") is pleased to announce the results of seven additional exploration holes recently drilled at the Central North zone at the Cuiu Cuiu project. Central North is located 300m - 600m north of the Central zone (comprising 3.4Mt @ 1.0 g/t of gold in the indicated category and 17Mt @ 0.9 g/t of gold in the inferred category) at Cuiu Cuiu.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Feb. 1, 2012) - Emgold Mining Corporation (TSX VENTURE:EMR)(OTCBB:EGMCF)(FRANKFURT:EML) ("Emgold" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has completed the 2011 field exploration program ("2011 Program") for its Stewart Property, located near Salmo, British Columbia. The focus of the 2011 Program was to further delineate a molybdenum exploration target, the Stewart Moly Zone, which has been indentified from historic drilling on the property and from subsequent drilling by Emgold.

IRVINE, CA--(Marketwire - Feb 1, 2012) - Itonis, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: ITNS) today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary Paramount Discoveries has begun the process to obtain patent rights to magnetize silver with its revolutionary electro-magnetic frequency technology (EMFT).

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Feb. 1, 2012) - Choice Gold Corp. (CNSX:CHF)(MUN:OCG) ("Choice Gold" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement for phase 1B of the drilling work to be completed at its Sugarloaf Peak Gold Project in southwestern Arizona. The reverse circulation drilling will be performed by Brown Drilling, an Arizona based contractor that has strong experience in the district and performed the previous phase of drilling work on the property. The drilling is expected to commence by mid-February.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Feb. 1, 2012) - STRATHMORE MINERALS CORP. ("Strathmore" or "the Company") (TSX:STM)(OTCQX:STHJF) is pleased to announce that it has entered into a strategic Definitive Agreement ("the Agreement") with Korea Electric Power Corporation ("KEPCO"), whereby KEPCO will subscribe for common shares of Strathmore, with the proceeds to be used for the development of the Company's Gas Hills Uranium properties in Wyoming. In addition, the Agreement contains an off-take provision, whereby KEPCO has the right to purchase a portion of any future annual uranium production from Strathmore's properties, subject to pre-existing agreements. Future off-take uranium purchases shall be determined by KEPCO's equity ownership in Strathmore.

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA--(Marketwire - Feb. 1, 2012) - Can-Cal Resources Ltd. ("Can-Cal") of Las Vegas, Nevada, USA (OTCBB:CCRE) is pleased to announce the completion of a Mineral Lease Agreement (the "Mineral Lease") with GoodCorp Inc. ("GoodCorp"), a Los Angeles, California based private company. The Mineral Lease gives GoodCorp the right to extract and process surface ore from Can-Cal's Pisgah, California property (the "Pisgah Ore").

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VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Feb. 1, 2012) - Rye Patch Gold Corp. (TSX VENTURE:RPM)(OTCQX:RPMGF) ("Rye Patch Gold" or the "Company") is pleased to announce assay results of its wholly owned subsidiary, Rye Patch Gold US Inc., from the 100% owned Gold Ridge Project located along the Oreana trend in Pershing County, Nevada. The Gold Ridge project is located approximately 1.6 kilometres west of Lincoln Hill and was acquired in 2007 by staking unpatented lode mining claims.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Feb. 1, 2012) - Trevali Mining Corporation ("Trevali" or the "Company") (TSX:TV)(TSX:TV.WT)(OTCQX:TREVF)(LMA:TV)(FRANKFURT:4TI) is pleased to provide a status update of its Santander mine project in Peru.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Feb. 1, 2012) - Laurentian Goldfields Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:LGF) ("Laurentian" or the "Company") announces that diamond drilling has been completed at the Goldpines South property (the "Property"), located on Ontario Highway 105, approximately 35 kilometres (km) southeast of Red Lake, Ontario. The drill program, fully funded by AngloGold Ashanti Ltd. ("AngloGold") under the terms of the Superior Alliance (please see news release dated April 29, 2009), tested three of seven widely spaced gold-in-soil geochemical targets recently defined by Laurentian within the extensive SLF zone anomaly.

ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA--(Marketwire - Feb. 1, 2012) - PolyMet Mining Corp. (TSX:POM)(NYSE Amex:PLM) ("PolyMet" or the "Company") today reported continued progress toward completion of the environmental review of its NorthMet project. PolyMet controls 100% of the development-stage NorthMet copper-nickel-precious metals ore-body and the nearby Erie Plant, located near Hoyt Lakes in the established mining district of the Mesabi Iron Range in northeastern Minnesota.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Feb. 1, 2012) - Rogue Iron Ore Corp. (TSX VENTURE:RRS) (the "Company") is pleased to announce it has appointed Roger Walsh as a strategic advisor to work with management to evaluate opportunities for non-core assets as the Company continues to advance exploration at its Radio Hill Iron Ore Project in Timmins, Ontario.

LONGUEUIL, QUEBEC--(Marketwire - Feb. 1, 2012) - Cerro Resources NL (ASX:CJO)(TSX VENTURE:CJO) is pleased to announce an updated Indicated and Inferred Resource for its 100%-owned Mt. Philp Haematite Iron Prospect located in Queensland, Australia. This estimate increases and partially upgrades to the indicated category the initial inferred resource of 25Mt announced October 4.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Feb. 1, 2012) - Rockland Minerals Corp. (TSX VENTURE:RL) (the "Company") is pleased to announce that Dr. James E. Mungall, P.Geo, has been retained by Rockland Minerals Corp. as a senior consultant. Dr. Mungall occupies the Norman Keevil Chair of Ore Genesis at the University of Toronto and has published extensively on the magmatic sulfide deposits of the Sudbury and Raglan camps. Jim is a practical field geologist who spends extensive time in the field with active junior mining exploration companies such as Rockland, and his experience in Québec's southern Raglan belt is directly applicable to promoting and expanding the known Cu-Ni-PGM historic resource base at Blue Lake. Jim's widely sought-after expertise, and his broad experience, will guide the exploration for additional Cu-Ni-PGM resource discoveries in the camp. Rockland controls many of the historic Hollinger North Shore Ltd. discoveries, including the: Glance, Chance, Alneau, Frederickson and Jimmick, all among the best mineral showings in the Labrador Trough.

LONGUEUIL, QUEBEC--(Marketwire - Feb. 1, 2012) - Cerro Resources NL (ASX:CJO)(TSX VENTURE:CJO) is pleased to announce assay results for an additional eighteen drill core holes from the Namiquipa Silver Project, in Chihuahua state, Mexico. 60 holes have been completed for a total of 22,633m of core, with further assays pending. Drilling has resumed after the holiday break.

COEUR D'ALENE, IDAHO--(Marketwire - Feb. 1, 2012) - Timberline Resources Corporation (NYSE Amex:TLR)(TSX VENTURE:TBR) ("Timberline" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the appointment of Steve Osterberg, Ph.D., P.G., Q.P. as the Company's Vice-President of Exploration.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Feb. 1, 2012) - Mill Bay Ventures Inc. ("Mill Bay" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:MBV)(PINKSHEETS:MLBVF)(FRANKFURT:M4K) has recently completed a second mercury soil-gas survey at its AC claim area located in Lander County, Nevada. The survey was initiated to better define mercury -bearing structural zones interpreted from an initial survey completed in July 2011 ( see News Release of September 26, 2011).

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Feb. 1, 2012) - Goldsource Mines Inc. (TSX VENTURE:GXS)(FRANKFURT:G5M) ("Goldsource" or the "Company") is pleased to report that it has received proximate analyses for the 8 core holes completed during the fall 2011 exploration program at its wholly-owned Border Project ("Border") located near Hudson Bay, Saskatchewan, Canada. Multiple intercepts of up to 32 metres of continuous thermal coal were encountered. Drilling to date has discovered 17 coal deposits at Border with good potential for additional coal discoveries.

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TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Feb. 1, 2012) - Belo Sun Mining Corp. (TSX VENTURE:BSX) (the "Company" or "Belo Sun") announces today that Peter Tagliamonte, P.Eng, MBA, has been appointed as the independent Chair of the Board of Directors of the Company, replacing Mr. Stan Bharti, who will continue as a director of the Company. The Company also announces that it has appointed Mr. Mike Hoffman as its new Vice President of Engineering.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Feb. 1, 2012) - Rokmaster Resources Corp. (TSX VENTURE:RKR) ("Rokmaster" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the appointment of Messrs. Larry Okada and Feisal Somji to the Board of Directors of Rokmaster.

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Feb. 1, 2012) - Forsys Metals Corp. ("Forsys" or the "Company") (TSX:FSY)(FRANKFURT:F2T)(NAMIBIAN:FSY) is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement dated January 31, 2012 with Angus Mining (Namibia) Inc. ("Angus") pursuant to which Angus will relinquish all of its rights, title and interests under an Option Agreement dated July 30, 2010 with the Company that provided Angus with a right to earn up to a 75% interest in Forsys' subsidiary, Omatjete Mining Company (Namibia) (Pty) Ltd. ("Omatjete"). Omatjete holds a 100% ownership interest in the Ondundu Gold Project ("Ondundu") located in Namibia.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Feb. 1, 2012) - Midas Gold Corp. (TSX:MAX) -

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Feb. 1, 2012) - Forum Uranium Corp. (TSX VENTURE:FDC) is pleased to announce results from its 2011 prospecting and sampling program this past autumn on its Kipawa West project under option from Aurizon Mines Ltd., which adjoins Matamec's Kipawa Rare Earth Deposit near Val D'Or, Quebec. Matamec recently announced a positive Preliminary Economic Assessment for average annual production of over 5,000 tonnes of a mixed Total Rare Earth Oxide (TREO) concentrate.

DENVER, CO--(Marketwire - Feb 1, 2012) - Golden Star Resources Ltd. (NYSE Amex: GSS) (TSX: GSC) (GHANA: GSR) ("Golden Star" or the "Company") today announced the re-commissioning of its oxide (non refractory) plant at Bogoso/Prestea Mine. The plant is expected to generate up to 70,000 ounces of gold in 2012.

TASHKENT, UZBEKISTAN--(Marketwire - Feb. 1, 2012) - Tethys Petroleum Limited ("Tethys" or the "Company" (TSX:TPL)(LSE:TPL)) today announced it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding ("MOU") with the Uzbek State oil and gas company, National Holding Company "Uzbekneftegaz" ("UNG"). The objective of this MOU is to provide the framework for a Joint Study and the negotiation process for an Exploration Agreement relating to certain exploration blocks in the North Ustyurt Basin of Uzbekistan.

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Feb. 1, 2012) - Auriga Gold Corp. (TSX VENTURE:AIA) ("Auriga Gold" or the "Company") is pleased to announce it has entered into an agreement to purchase a 100% undivided interest in a 12,622 ha (126 km²) property consisting of 29 mining claims named the Prosperity North Property in the Clinton Mining Division of British Columbia from Pioneer Metals Unlimited Liability Company ("Pioneer"), a subsidiary of Barrick Gold Corporation ("Barrick"). The Prosperity North Property is contiguous with Taseko Mines Limited's (Taseko's) Prosperity copper-gold deposit in the Williams Lake area of British Columbia.

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Feb. 1, 2012) - Continental Gold Limited ("Continental" or the "Company") (TSX:CNL) is pleased to announce results for nine diamond drill-holes from the Company's ongoing program at its 100%-owned Buriticá Project in Antioquia, Colombia. Ten drills are currently on site as part of the Company's Phase III, 60,000-metre diamond drill program for 2012.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Feb. 1, 2012) - Cancana Resources Corp. (TSX VENTURE:CNY) (the "Company") is pleased to announce it will be commencing a pitting, exploration, and geotechnical review program on its mining claim known as Valdirao Claim 6, ("Valdirao"). This work will be in used to establish a National Instrument 43-101 Compliant Report.

During the 3^rd quarter of 2011, Cancana engaged the services of a qualified local prospector in order to complete initial stage surface and pitting exploration on the Valdirao claim. The results of this early stage review provided sufficient geotechnical information to warrant further exploration by a Qualified Person.

ROCHESTER, NY--(Marketwire - Feb 1, 2012) - Rochester Silver Works, LLC, formerly the silver refining department of Eastman Kodak, has announced the launch of its website. The new site is designed to showcase the company's formation under new ownership and continued operations as one of the largest silver refining operations in the world.

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM--(Marketwire - Feb. 1, 2012) - African Copper Plc ("ACU" or "the Company") (AIM:ACU)(BOTSWANA:AFRICAN COPPER), the copper producer and exploration company focused on Botswana, announces that it has secured an additional loan of USD5 million from its controlling shareholder ZCI Limited ("ZCI"). The purpose of the new loan is to provide the Company with further working capital and to invest in its Mowana Mine facilities and operations.

OSLO, NORWAY--(Marketwire - Feb 1, 2012) - Norsk Hydro ASA will write down the value of certain fixed assets by approximately NOK 1.3 billion, affecting its fourth-quarter 2011 results. The impairments are a result of a weakening in certain markets and low prices, in combination with raw material and currency pressures. Hydro continues to implement significant corrective measures to address the challenges in the affected businesses.

KELOWNA, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Jan. 31, 2012) - STRATHMORE MINERALS CORP. ("Strathmore" or "the Company") (TSX:STM)(OTCQX:STHJF) is pleased to announce that it has entered into a strategic Definitive Agreement ("the Agreement") with Korea Electric Power Corporation ("KEPCO"), whereby KEPCO will subscribe for common shares of Strathmore, with the proceeds to be used for the development of the Company's Gas Hills Uranium properties in Wyoming. In addition, the Agreement contains an off-take provision, whereby KEPCO has the right to purchase a portion of any future annual uranium production from Strathmore's properties, subject to pre-existing agreements. Future off-take uranium purchases shall be determined by KEPCO's equity ownership in Strathmore.

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VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Jan. 31, 2012) - Dolly Varden Silver Corporation (the "Company") is pleased to announce the completion of the amalgamation (the "Amalgamation") of Twin Glacier Resources Ltd. ("Twin Glacier") and Dolly Varden Silver Ltd. ("Dolly Varden") under the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia) to form the Company.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Jan. 31, 2012) - Aura Minerals Inc. ("Aura Minerals" or the "Company") (TSX:ORA) today filed technical reports for the Sao Francisco and Sao Vicente gold mines (the "Brazilian Mines") in Mato Grosso State, Brazil.

BURLINGTON, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Jan. 31, 2012) - Green Swan Capital Corp. ("Green Swan") (TSX VENTURE:GSW) is pleased to announce it has received regulatory approval for its previously announced contemplated acquisition of certain Golden Triangle mining tenures. Green Swan today has closed on acquiring these 11 mining tenures covering 3,572 hectares. Details on this transaction and these tenures are provided below.

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA--(Marketwire - Jan. 31, 2012) - North Springs Resources Corp. (OTCBB:NSRS)(OTCQB:NSRS)(PINKSHEETS:NSRS) (the "Company" or "North Springs") is pleased to provide this current update to shareholders regarding its mineral exploration and development activities.

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Jan. 31, 2012) - Teranga Gold Corporation (TSX:TGZ)(ASX:TGZ)

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Jan. 31, 2012) - Anfield Nickel Corp. ("Anfield") (TSX VENTURE:ANF) hereby announces that it has agreed with Lumina Capital Limited Partnership ("LCLP") to extend the maturity date of the loan of Cdn.$6 million from LCLP from January 31, 2012 to April 30, 2012. The loan accrues interest at a rate of 10% per annum, and is compounded yearly and not in advance. The loan cannot be converted into, exchanged for or otherwise modified to create any obligation on Anfield to issue, directly or indirectly, any equity or voting securities of Anfield or any subsidiary of Anfield, including with respect to the repayment of either principal or interest accruing in respect of the loan. As the loan is not convertible into equity or voting securities of Anfield, there will be no effect on the percentage of securities of Anfield held by LCLP as a result of the loan.

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TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Jan. 31, 2012) - Bison Gold Resources Inc. (Bison Gold or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:BGE) is pleased to announce that under the Company's Stock Option Plan (the "Plan"), the Board of Directors of Bison Gold granted to a Director of the Company incentive stock options to purchase an aggregate of 100,000 common shares of the Company at an exercise price of $0.17 per share expiring January 25, 2017. The incentive stock options are subject to acceptance by the TSX Venture Exchange. The number of shares reserved for issuance under the Plan is 8,569,712 of which 5,902,501 have been granted under the Plan.

MONTRÉAL, QUÉBEC--(Marketwire - 31 jan. 2012) - Ressources Géoméga Inc. (GéoMégA) (TSX CROISSANCE:GMA) annonce une mise à jour des progrès métallurgiques sur son projet de Terres Rares (ETR) Montviel situé à proximité de Lebel-sur-Quévillon, Québec.

MONTREAL, QUÉBEC--(Marketwire - Jan. 31, 2012) - Geomega Resources Inc. (GéoMégA) (TSX VENTURE:GMA) announces a metallurgical progress report on its Montviel Rare-Earths (REE) project located 97 km north of Lebel-sur-Quévillon, Québec.

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Jan. 31, 2012) - Olympus Pacific Minerals Inc. (TSX:OYM)(OTCQX:OLYMF)(FRANKFURT:OP6)(ASX:OYM) -

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Jan. 31, 2012) - Driven Capital Corp. (TSX VENTURE:DVV) ("Driven" or the "Company") has received approval for, and closed, the second and final tranche of the non-brokered private placement referenced in the Company's news release dated December 9, 2011.

OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Jan. 31, 2012) -

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VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Jan. 31, 2012) - Skyharbour Resources Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:SYH) (the "Company") announces that pursuant to its stock option plan, the Company has granted incentive stock options to its various directors, officers, consultants and employees to purchase up to an aggregate of 3,476,000 common shares in the capital stock of the Company, exercisable for a period of two years, at a price of $0.11 per share. The Company's 10% rolling stock option plan was approved by the shareholders at the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on August 25, 2011. These options are subject to a four-month hold period.

DENVER, CO--(Marketwire - Jan 31, 2012) - Golden Star Resources Ltd. (NYSE Amex: GSS) (TSX: GSC) (GHANA: GSR) ("Golden Star" or the "Company") today announced that Roger Palmer, formerly Vice President Finance and Controller of Golden Star, has been named Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. He replaces former CFO John Labate, who has left the Company to pursue other interests.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Jan. 31, 2012) - Commander Resources Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:CMD) ("Commander") reports that it has sold its remaining 50% interest in the Green Bay Property in Newfoundland to Maritime Resources Corp. (TSX VENTURE:MAE), in exchange for 5 million shares of Maritime Resources, as provided in the agreement between the parties dated June 14, 2010. Under that agreement, Commander sold an initial 50% interest in the property to Maritime Resources for 12 million shares of MAE, certain work commitments and royalty provisions. Maritime had the option to acquire the remaining 50% interest in the properties after certain milestones were met and the issuance of 5 million additional shares.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Jan. 31, 2012) - Maritime Resources Corp. (TSX VENTURE:MAE) ("Maritime") reports that it has exercised its option to acquire 100% of the Newfoundland based Green Bay Gold Property from Commander Resources Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:CMD).

ST. ANDREWS, NEW BRUNSWICK--(Marketwire - Jan. 31, 2012) - Portage Minerals Inc. ("Portage") (CNSX:RKX), today announced on behalf of the joint venture with Cliffs Chromite Ontario Inc. (f/k/a Freewest Resources Canada Inc.) ("Cliffs"), a wholly owned subsidiary of Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. (NYSE:CLF)(PARIS:CLF), initial assay results from diamond drilling operations at the Golden Ridge property (the "Golden Ridge Property"). The Golden Ridge Property, comprising 3,386 hectares, is located 80 kilometres west of the City of Fredericton in York County, New Brunswick.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Jan. 31, 2012) - Further to its press release of January 24, 2012, Starcore International Mines Ltd. (TSX:SAM) (the "Company") announces that it has closed its non-brokered financing for gross proceeds of $2,252,500. The financing was in the form of 9,010,000 Units at $0.25 per Unit (a "Unit"), each Unit comprised of one common share of the Company (a "Common Share") and one-half of one transferable share purchase warrant (a "Warrant"). Each whole Warrant entitles the holder to acquire one common share of the Company at a price of $0.35 to January 30, 2014.

SASKATOON, SASKATCHEWAN--(Marketwire - Jan. 31, 2012) - Great Western Minerals Group Ltd. ("GWMG" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:GWG) (OTCQX:GWMGF) is pleased to announce that its wholly owned subsidiary, Less Common Metals ("LCM"), has successfully carried out the first full-scale melt with LCM's newly acquired furnace. The first pour was undertaken on Friday, January 27, 2012 at LCM's new plant located in Hooton Park in Birkenhead, United Kingdom.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Jan. 31, 2012) - Alberta Star Development Corp. (TSX VENTURE:ASX)(OTCBB:ASXSF)(FRANKFURT:QLD) (the "Company") is pleased to announce that the Company has participated in successfully drilling, completing and bringing onto production another well situated on its Landrose property in west central Saskatchewan. As previously announced by the Company (see press releases dated November 17, 2011 and November 30, 2011) the Company participated in drilling, completing and equipping one (0.5 net) well located in the Company's core heavy oil operating area.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Jan. 31, 2012) - ASHBURTON VENTURES INC. (TSX VENTURE:ABR)(FRANKFURT:ARB) ("Ashburton" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has completed a review of geophysical data for the Golden Edge property, located 50 kilometers east of Winnemucca, Nevada. Historic CSAMT and gravity data were reviewed, including aeromagnetic data that had not been previously available. The review was implemented in order to improve drill target selection along the Valmy fault zone, a 90m-wide structure that is believed to extend northward from the Lone Tree Mine, located eight kilometers south of the property and operated by Newmont Mining Corporation, through the western portion of the Golden Edge property. The review, conducted by an independent consultant on behalf of the Company, concluded that additional gravity may confirm the structural connection along the Valmy fault zone, and CSAMT following on the gravity results will provide better subsurface resolution for exact drill hole placement.

LONGUEUIL, QUÉBEC--(Marketwire - Jan. 31, 2012) - Bear Lake Gold Ltd. (the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:BLG) announced on December 16, 2011 the grant of 1,320,000 incentive stock options to officers and employees of the Company at a price of $0.08 per share. The Company announces that the exercise price of these options was increased to $0.10 per share in compliance with the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange. The other terms and conditions remain the same.

NOVATO, CA--(Marketwire - Jan 31, 2012) - IMSI®/Design, the developer of TurboCAD®, the #1 best-selling CAD in retail, and DoubleCADT, one of the most downloaded alternatives to AutoCAD® LT, today announced the debut of its popular free TurboViewerT v1 app on the AndroidT platform.

PARIS--(Marketwire - Jan 31, 2012) - La Mancha Resources Inc. (TSX: LMA)

PARIS--(Marketwire - Jan 31, 2012) - La Mancha Resources Inc. (TSX: LMA)

MONTREAL, QUEBEC--(Marketwire - Jan. 31, 2012) - Creso Exploration Inc. ("Creso" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:CXT)(OTCQX:CRXEF)(FRANKFURT:C3X) is pleased to announce assay results from the diamond drill program conducted on its 100% owned Tyranite Gold property in the Shining Tree district, Ontario. Hole TY11-04 intersected 15.7m of 3.04 g/t Au at a depth of only 27.5 metres confirming the near surface mineralization and open pit potential. Also highlighted from the results is the intersection in hole TY11-12 of 1.68 g/t Au over 39.9m from 222.9 to 262.8m, including the intercept 3.99 g/t Au over 4.0m from 229.0 to 233.0m. The current drilling campaign along with historical drilling now confirms the mineralization over a strike length of 1200 metres in a North--South direction and to a depth of 550 metres. The mineralization remains open along the North--South strike and at depth. (Please refer to the attached North-South section in Figure 1).

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FOREST HILLS, NY--(Marketwire - Jan 31, 2012) - Native American Energy Group, Inc. (OTCQB: NAGP) (PINKSHEETS: NAGP) (the "Company" and "NAGP") today announced the dismissal of the lawsuit, with prejudice, filed in March 2010 by the putative investors in NAEG Founders Holding Corporation ("Founders' Investors") against the Company and certain of its officers and directors.

WINNEMUCCA, NEVADA--(Marketwire - Jan. 31, 2012) - Paramount Gold and Silver Corp. (NYSE Amex:PZG)(TSX:PZG)(FRANKFURT:P6G)(WKN:A0HGKQ) ("Paramount") today reported new assay results from ongoing core drilling at its 100%-owned San Miguel Project in Mexico. The reported drill holes come from the high-grade gold and silver deposits of Don Ese North and La Union.

MONTRÉAL, QUÉBEC--(Marketwire - 31 jan. 2012) - Ressources minières Augyva Inc. (TSX CROISSANCE:AUV) (« Augyva ») a annoncé aujourd'hui que, sous réserve de l'approbation de la Bourse de croissance TSX (« TSX-V »), elle a l'intention de lancer une offre publique de rachat dans le cours normal des activités (« offre de rachat ») visant le rachat de temps à autre jusqu'à concurrence de 5 286 076 de ses actions ordinaires (« actions »), représentant 10 % de son flottant à l'égard des actions. Les rachats seront effectués à des fins d'annulation par l'intermédiaire des installations de la TSX-V.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Jan. 31, 2012) - Argus Metals Corp. (the "Company" or "Argus") (TSX VENTURE:AML) reports that the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission has granted and signed Argus' PL29/2011 licence. This licence allows for the exploration of uranium, gold and precious elements. PL29/2011 is west of, and contiguous with Argus' PL53/2009 licence, which also allows for the exploration of uranium, gold and precious elements. With PL29/2011 in place, Argus now holds the full 10 x 1 kilometre extent of the Kaituma uranium target and plans to execute a drill program on the project as soon as technically and financially feasible.

QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA--(Marketwire - Jan. 31, 2012) - Cerro Resources NL (ASX:CJO)(TSX VENTURE:CJO) ("Cerro" or "the Company") is pleased to release a summary of the Company's quarterly activities. The detailed Quarterly Report which includes the financial statements for the period ending December 31, 2011, has been filed on www.sedar.com and on the Company's website, www.cerroresources.com. The Company's cash position was $11.3M as of December 31, 2011.

SHELBURNE, NOVA SCOTIA--(Marketwire - Jan. 31, 2012) - Black Bull Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE:BBS) released the Audited Financial Statements and Management Discussion & Analysis (MD&A) for the year ended September 30, 2011.

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Jan. 31, 2012) - Pele Mountain Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE:GEM)(OTCQX:GOLDF) ("Pele" or the "Company") today provided an update on its Eco Ridge Mine Rare Earths and Uranium Project ("Eco Ridge" or the "Project") in Elliot Lake, Ontario. Pele reports significant progress toward the completion of its updated Preliminary Economic Assessment ("PEA"), which will feature an updated resource estimate and an all-new processing circuit designed to optimize the recovery of critical rare earth oxides ("REO").

MONTREAL, QUEBEC--(Marketwire - Jan. 31, 2012) - SEMAFO Inc. (TSX:SMF)(OMX:SMF)

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Jan. 31, 2012) - Argentum Silver Corp. ("Argentum" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:ASL) reports that it has commenced the first phase of its drilling program at the 1053-hectare Coyote Property, located in the State of Jalisco, Mexico. Argentum has planned a 2000-metre diamond drill program consisting of nineteen holes ranging in depth from 80 to 130 metres. These holes are targeted to test six of the identified mineralized veins from surface. Argentum can extend this drill program to 3000 metres or more without re-mobilizing the drill crew. This decision will be made based on initial results of the drilling.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Jan. 31, 2012) - Sphere Resources Inc. ("the Company"), listed on the NEX Board of the TSX Venture Exchange (TSX VENTURE:SPH.H), is pleased to make the following announcement:

BURR RIDGE, IL--(Marketwire - Jan 31, 2012) - CNH Global NV (NYSE: CNH)

MONTRÉAL, QUÉBEC--(Marketwire - 31 jan. 2012) - Corporation Éléments Critiques (TSX CROISSANCE:CRE)(OTCQX:CRECF)(FRANCFORT:F12) est heureuse d'annoncer qu'elle a embauché AMBUCK et associés pour mener l'étude de faisabilité et le design minier de cette même étude.

TORONTO, ONTARIO and LIMA, PERU--(Marketwire - Jan. 30, 2012) - Alturas Minerals Corp. ("Alturas" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:ALT)(BVLAC:ALT) is pleased to report that it has entered into an option agreement with Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. ("Buenaventura") (BVLAC:BUE)(NYSE:BVN), a Peruvian company listed on the Lima and New York Stock Exchanges, regarding its 100% owned Ccaccapaqui gold-silver property in southern Peru (the "Property").

MONTREAL, QUEBEC--(Marketwire - Jan. 31, 2012) - Critical Elements Corporation (TSX VENTURE:CRE)(OTCQX:CRECF)(FRANKFURT:F12) is pleased to announce that they have hired AMBUCK associates for mine design and lead for the feasibility study.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Jan. 31, 2012) - La Ronge Gold Corp. (TSX VENTURE:LAR) (the "Company") is pleased to announce that drilling has commenced at the Preview SW gold deposit located in the La Ronge Gold belt of northern Saskatchewan. The drill program is designed to bring the historical resources up to current NI 43-101 standards and to expand the mineralized zones along strike and at depth. The Preview SW Deposit is host to an historical resource of 493,690 tonnes grading 12.34 grams per tonne (g/t) gold (Au) containing an estimated 195,912 oz Au*. Eighty-nine diamond drill holes totalling 14,119 m at 15 m centres were drilled into the Preview SW deposit during 1986-1989. Assays from the current drill program will be released once they are received and compiled. Please refer to the Company's website at http://larongegold.com/projects/preview.html to view the drill collar locations.

LONDON, ENGLAND and BAIE VERTE, NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR--(Marketwire - Jan. 31, 2012) - Rambler Metals and Mining plc (TSX VENTURE:RAB)(AIM:RMM) ("Rambler" or "the Company") announces that its operating subsidiary Rambler Metals and Mining Canada Limited, as borrower, has initiated a further drawdown of C$2.5 million from Sprott Resource Lending Partnership ("Sprott" or "the Lender"). The drawdown is part of the C$10 million secured credit facility ("Credit Facility") announced on 30 September 2011 which could be draw down in two separate tranches of C$5M each for which Rambler has already drawn down C$5M. The Lender subsequently agreed to permit Rambler to draw down the remaining C$5M in two C$2.5M increments.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Jan. 31, 2012) - Britannica Resources Corp. ("the Company") (TSX VENTURE:BRR) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Chris Hobbs, CA to the position of Chief Financial Officer of the Company effective immediately.

MONTREAL, QUEBEC--(Marketwire - Jan. 31, 2012) - Glen Eagle Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE:GER) ("Glen Eagle" or the "Company") is pleased to report the Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA) results on its 100% owned Authier Lithium Project located near Val d'Or, Quebec. The PEA study, to be filed on SEDAR within 45 days of this news release, was based on the production of a spodumene concentrate with the recovery of two by-products (mica and feldspar). It was completed by Bumigène Inc, an independent engineering firm based in Montreal. Highlights of the study are as follows ($ Values are in Canadian Dollars):

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Jan. 31, 2012) - Aldrin Resource Corp. ("Aldrin") (TSX VENTURE:ALN) is pleased to announce the appointment of Thomas Cavanagh as President and Director.

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TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Jan. 31, 2012) - Sprott Physical Gold Trust (the "Trust") (TSX:PHY.U)(NYSE:PHYS), a trust created to invest and hold substantially all of its assets in physical gold bullion and managed by Sprott Asset Management LP, announced today that it has priced its follow-on offering of 20,000,000 transferable, redeemable units of the Trust ("Units") at a price of US$15.19 per unit (the "Offering"). As part of the Offering, the Trust has granted the underwriters an over-allotment option to purchase up to 3,000,000 additional Units. The gross proceeds from the Offering will be US$303,800,000 (US$349,370,000 if the underwriters exercise in full the over-allotment option).

ROUYN-NORANDA, CANADA--(Marketwire - 31 jan. 2012) - Ressources Explor inc. (TSX CROISSANCE:EXS)(PINKSHEETS:EXSFF)(FRANCFORT:E1H) est heureuse d'annoncer les résultats de neuf (9) sondages de la dernière série de sondages complétés du programme de forage au diamant. Les sondages #11-56W1, 11-57W1, 11-57W2, 11-57W3, 11-57W4, 11-58, 11-59, 11-60 et 11-60W1 sont annoncés dans ce communiqué de presse. Il faut noter que plus de 50 % des teneurs rapportées dans ce communiqué de presse sont supérieures à 2,20 g/t.

ROUYN-NORANDA, CANADA--(Marketwire - Jan. 31, 2012) - Explor Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE:EXS)(PINKSHEETS:EXSFF)(FRANKFURT:E1H) is pleased to announce the results of 9 Drill holes being the next series of holes on the diamond drilling program. Holes #11-56W1, 11-57W1, 11-57W2, 11-57W3, 11-57W4, 11-58, 11-59, 11-60 and 11-60W1 are reported in this press release. It should be noted that more than 50% of the grades reported in this press release are greater than 2.20 g/tonne.

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WILMINGTON, MA--(Marketwire - Jan 31, 2012) - Stafford Manufacturing Corp. is featuring a combination of products that can simplify maintenance and dramatically reduce downtime. They include user remachineable shaft collar kits and production overrun collars and couplings and both are in-stock for immediate delivery.

NORTH VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Jan. 31, 2012) - Cabo Drilling Corp. (TSX VENTURE:CBE) ("Cabo Drilling" or the "Company") announces that BerAlb Sh A, part of the Ekin Maden Group located in Istanbul, Turkey, has awarded Cabo Drilling Corp., Albania Branch, located in Tirana, Albania, a 3,500 meter surface drilling contract at its Karma Mine Project.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Jan. 31, 2012) - Providence Resources Corp. (TSX VENTURE:PV) ("Providence" or the "Company") and Eagle Plains Resources Ltd.(TSX VENTURE:EPL) are pleased to announce receipt of results from the 2011 soil sampling program on the Iron Range Project. Results from the extensive program (4,233 samples) validate historical soil anomalies and identify additional prospective areas (Fig. 1). Historical anomalies in the Row and Canyon target areas have been confirmed - these targets have been selected for drill testing in 2012. The remainder of the anomalies identified in the 2011 survey will be ranked and field evaluated as part of the 2012 Iron Range exploration program.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Jan. 31, 2012) - FINORE MINING INC. (CNSX:FIN) (the "Company" or "Finore") is pleased to announce results from the first 3 drill holes from the Company's initial drill programme on the Läntinen Koillismaa palladium-platinum-gold-copper-nickel project (the "LK Project") in north central Finland.

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MONTREAL, QUEBEC--(Marketwire - Jan. 31, 2012) - Augyva Mining Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE:AUV) ("Augyva") announced today that, subject to the approval of the TSX Venture Exchange ("TSX-V"), it intends to commence a normal course issuer bid (the "Bid") to repurchase from time to time up to 5,286,076 of its common shares (the "Shares"), representing 10% of its public float in respect of the Shares. Purchases will be made for cancellation through the facilities of the TSX-V.

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA--(Marketwire - Jan. 31, 2012) - North Springs Resources Corp. (OTCBB:NSRS)(PINKSHEETS:NSRS) (the "Company" or "North Springs") is pleased to announce that it has commenced phase one exploration at the Imperial Gold Silver Property in Esmeralda County, Nevada, located about 150 miles northwest of Las Vegas in the Railroad Springs Mining District (the "Imperial Property"). Phase one exploration expenditures at the Imperial Property are expected to exceed $250,000 in 2012.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Jan. 31, 2012) - Mesa Exploration Corp. (TSX VENTURE:MSA)(PINKSHEETS:MSAJF) ("Mesa") is pleased to announce the acquisition of the 104 square mile Bounty potash project in the Great Salt Lake Desert of western Utah. The project is 15 miles north of Intrepid Potash's Wendover operation, a potash mine which is chemically and physically analogous to the deposit at the Bounty project. The Wendover mine has been in production for 75 years utilizing a system of potash brine collection ditches and solar evaporation ponds, with potash and salt being processed in a simple flotation mill. The Wendover mine has annual production of 100,000 tons of potash and 200,000 tons of magnesium chloride, grossing $60 million per year.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Jan. 31, 2012) - Estrella Gold Corporation (TSX VENTURE:EST) ("Estrella" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the Company is being featured on "CEO Clips" airing on BNN, commencing the week of January 23, 2012. "CEO Clips" profiles some of the most innovative publicly traded companies in North America. The complete profile is also available on the Company's website homepage at www.estrellagold.com. BNN is also airing a 30 second commercial which can be viewed online via this link: www.b-tv.com/media/cdn_estrellagold30_2012.wmv. Estrella has recently updated the Company's Corporate Presentation and Fact Sheet which is also available on the Company's homepage (Property Descriptions are described in the Corporate Presentation while the website is being updated).

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Jan. 31, 2012) - Nortec Minerals Corp. (TSX VENTURE:NVT)(PINKSHEETS:NMNZF)(FRANKFURT:WMQ) (the "Company" or "Nortec"), is pleased to announce results from the first 3 drill holes from the Phase V drilling program on the Company's Läntinen Koillismaa palladium-platinum-gold-copper-nickel project (the "LK Project") in north central Finland. As per the Company's recent press releases, the LK palladium-platinum-gold-copper-nickel project was optioned to Finore Mining Corp. to earn an 80% interest by making payments of $10.5 million and work expenditures totaling $10 million over 3 years, as reported in Nortec's recent press releases. Finore is carrying out the Phase V work program.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Jan. 31, 2012) - Minco Silver Corporation (the "Company" or "Minco Silver") (TSX:MSV)(OTCQX:MISVF)(DBFrankfurt:XYD)(WKN:A0ESX5) announces it has successfully completed all required field work related to the water monitoring program at the Fuwan Silver Project. As announced September 1, 2011, the Company engaged the General Station for Geo-Environmental Monitoring of Guangdong Province ("GSGEM") to carry out the water monitoring program to comply with the new National Water Guidelines issued by the Ministry of Environmental Protection of China.