TORONTO, ONTARIO — (Marketwire) — 03/01/13 — Strait Minerals Inc. ("Strait" or "the Company") (TSX VENTURE: SRD) is pleased to report that it has exercised its option to earn a 100% interest in the Alicia copper-gold property in Peru. The Company issued 400,000 common shares to Panoro Minerals Ltd. (the "Vendor") as the final payment under the option agreement and has expended in excess of US$1,250,000 ($2,945,152 actually expended to the end of 2012) to earn i
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 03/01/13 — Trevali Mining Corporation ("Trevali" or the "Company") (TSX: TV)(TSX: TV.WT)(OTCQX: TREVF)(LMA: TV)(FRANKFURT: 4TI) provides a construction update on its 2,000-tonne-per-day Santander Zinc-Lead-Silver mine in Peru. Construction is very advanced in all areas and soft commissioning and testing of various circuits and components is ongoing. Trevali and development partner Glencore International anticipate commissionin
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 03/01/13 — Columbus Copper Corporation ("Columbus Copper") (TSX VENTURE: CCU) (formerly Empire Mining) is pleased to report that the latest assay results from sampling at its 100% owned Kavaklitepe Project in western Turkey have yielded gold grades exceeding 20 gpt in outcrop and significantly expanded the previously identified anomalies in two soil grids.Columbus Copper reported the discovery of gold mineralization at Kavaklitepe in a
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 03/01/13 — Avrupa Minerals Ltd. (TSX VENTURE: AVU)(FRANKFURT: 8AM) -Avrupa Minerals Ltd. is pleased to report on further drill results from the Covas Tungsten Joint Venture exploration program in NW Portugal. The project is operated by Avrupa, and funded by Blackheath Resources Inc. ("Blackheath"), under a previously-announced earn-in agreement (see AVU news release, dated May 18, 2011).The first phase of the joint venture drilling prog
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 03/01/13 — UC Resources Ltd. ("UC" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE: UC) is pleased to announce that it has successfully concluded physical testing over the past number of weeks at its La Yesca facility in Mexico. The results of the testing indicate that tailings already processed at La Yesca can be reprocessed by the Company to achieve a reasonable recovery return for silver and gold. The results from the test showed that appro
TORONTO, ONTARIO — (Marketwire) — 03/01/13 — Colossus Minerals Inc. (TSX: CSI)(OTCQX: COLUF) would like to cordially invite you to visit us at Booth #2850 in the Investor-s Exchange at the 81st Annual Prospectors & Developers Convention (PDAC) to be held at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre-South Building, March 3rd-6th, 2013. Admission is free for all interested parties.About Colossus:Colossus is a development-stage mining company focused on bringing its 75% owned Serra Pelada Gold-P
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 03/01/13 — Silver Bull Resources, Inc. (TSX: SVB)(NYSE MKT: SVBL) ("Silver Bull") is pleased to announce the drill results for the fifth and final batch of drill holes from the underground drill program twinning a series of "long holes" in the high grade zinc zone situated below and adjacent to the high grade silver zone, located at the eastern end of the Shallow Silver Zone on the Sierra Mojada Project in Coahuila, Northern M
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 03/01/13 — Prophecy Coal Corp. ("Prophecy" or the "Company") (TSX: PCY)(OTCQX: PRPCF)(FRANKFURT: 1P2) announces further to the news release dated November 15th, 2012, the Company continues the discussion with Tethys and its representatives regarding the purchase of Tulgalgatai coal licenses (the "Licenses").Pursuant to the credit agreement (the "Credit Agreement") between Prophecy and the Company-s creditor
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 03/01/13 — Huldra Silver Inc. ("Huldra" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE: HDA) is pleased to announce it has received US$2,228,043 in smelter payments since it began shipping concentrates in November 2012. The Company is also pleased to provide an update on the Merritt Mill and the Treasure Mountain Mine, British Columbia, Canada.The Company continues to see significant monthly increases in production and shipments of concentrat
TORONTO, ONTARIO — (Marketwire) — 03/01/13 — Crocodile Gold Corp. (TSX: CRK)(OTCQX: CROCF)(FRANKFURT: XGC) ("Crocodile Gold" or the "Company") has reached commercial production at its Cosmo Mine.During the last six months, the mine has sustained a development rate well in excess of its long-term requirements while increasing total ore production from less than 1,000 tonnes per day prior to September 2012 to over 1,650 tonnes per day in February 2013. At full production,
