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TomaGold Hits Three High-Grade Gold Intersections at Monster Lake, Including 42 g/t Au Over 7.2 m at a Vertical Depth of 278 m 0

MONTREAL, QUEBEC — (Marketwire) — 02/20/13 — TomaGold Corporation (TSX VENTURE: LOT) ("TomaGold" or the "Company") and Quinto Real Capital Corporation ("Quinto") are pleased to announce the results of the three first holes of the 2,500-metre drilling program on the Monster Lake property, located 44 km southwest of Chibougamau, Quebec.These first holes were drilled on Sections 1230E to 1265E of the 325 Zone, on the same 290 degrees azimuth. The holes were drille

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Torex Continues to Intersect High Grade Gold Over Significant Thickness at Media Luna and Media Luna West 0

TORONTO, ONTARIO — (Marketwire) — 02/20/13 — Torex Gold Resources Inc. (the "Company" or "Torex") (TSX: TXG)(TSX: TXG.W.A.) is pleased to report that it continues to intersect high grade gold mineralization over significant widths at both the Media Luna and Media Luna West targets at the Company-s Morelos Gold Project in Mexico. At Media Luna, borehole WZML-07 intersected 36.18 g/t Au over 26.7m; borehole ML-200 intersected 12.58 g/t Au over 6.0m; borehole NEZML-12 inter

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AngloGold Annual Earnings* of $924m, Second-Highest Ever 0

JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA — (Marketwire) — 02/20/13 — AngloGold Ashanti (NYSE: AU) today announced full-year adjusted headline earnings of $924m, the second-highest on record, despite a difficult year in which an unprotected strike and safety stoppages caused major disruption to its South African operations.The company is planning to deliver higher margin production from its South African mines, which were shuttered by a strike between the end of September and the beginning of November. Exp

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Orko Announces Agreement With Coeur D-Alene 0

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 02/19/13 — Orko Silver Corp. ("Orko") (TSX VENTURE: OK)(PINKSHEETS: OKOFF)(FRANKFURT: OG3) announces that First Majestic Silver Corp. ("First Majestic") has not exercised its right to match pursuant to the arrangement agreement executed by Orko and First Majestic on December 16, 2012 (the "First Majestic Agreement") and Orko is in the process of terminating the First Majestic Agreement and concurrently entering into

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Golden Star Announces Extension of Scheduled Maintenance at Bogoso Mine Refractory Processing Plant 0

TORONTO — (Marketwire) — 02/19/13 — Golden Star Resources Ltd. (NYSE MKT: GSS) (TSX: GSC) (GHANA: GSR) ("Golden Star" or the "Company") today advises that the planned maintenance for the semi-autogenous ("SAG") mill in the Refractory Plant at Bogoso has been extended from 4 days to approximately 8 days. High temperatures on an inboard bearing with the SAG mill motor were identified after restart, and this required immediate shutdown to revisit the driving compon

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Antioquia Gold Inc. Closes Non-brokered Private Placement 0

CALGARY, ALBERTA — (Marketwire) — 02/19/13 — Antioquia Gold Inc. ("Antioquia Gold" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE: AGD) (OTCQX: AGDXF) announces closing of a non-brokered private placement for aggregate proceeds of $250,000 via the issuance of 2,083,334 units (the "Units") at a price of $0.12 per Unit (the "Offering"). Each Unit consists of one common share in the share capital of the Company ("Common Shares") and one-half of one common shar

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Pacific Imperial Mines Inc. Announces Closing of Private Placement 0

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 02/19/13 — PACIFIC IMPERIAL MINES INC. (the "Company") (TSX VENTURE: PPM.H) has closed its non-brokered private placement offering of $350,000 announced on January 15, 2013.A total of 7,000,000 units were issued at a price of $0.05 per unit. Each unit consisted of one (1) common share and one (1) non-transferrable share purchase warrant; each warrant entitles the holder to purchase one (1) additional common share at a price of $0.10 per

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Atacama Pacific Reports Cerro Maricunga Drill Results Including 532 Metres Grading 0.54 g/t Au With 1.44 g/t Au Over 50 Metres 0

TORONTO, ONTARIO — (Marketwire) — 02/19/13 — Atacama Pacific Gold Corporation (TSX VENTURE: ATM) ("Atacama Pacific") is pleased to report continued positive results from the ongoing 20,000-metre infill drilling program at its 100% owned Cerro Maricunga oxide gold project located in Chile-s Maricunga Mineral Belt, 120 kilometres northeast of the city of Copiapo.Highlights from the drill program, summarized on the attached table, include:Drill hole CMD-249, which returned 532 metres

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Minaurum Identifies Priority Exploration Targets at the El Porfido Gold Project 0

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 02/19/13 — Minaurum Gold Inc. (TSX VENTURE: MGG) ("Minaurum") is pleased to announce the identification of two new targets at its 100%-controlled El Porfido gold-skarn/porphyry project. The 4,666-hectare project lies within 90 kilometers of the prolific Guerrero Gold Belt in the southwestern part of the Mexican state of Puebla. The property was staked by David M. Jones, who was responsible for the discovery of the Los Filos mine in the

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First Majestic Elects Not to Exercise Right to Match Coeur-s Offer for Orko 0

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 02/19/13 — First Majestic Silver Corp. (TSX: FR)(NYSE: AG)(FRANKFURT: FMV) ("First Majestic" or the "Company") announces that it has today notified the Board of Directors of Orko Silver Corp. that it is not matching the offer made by Coeur d-Alene Mines Corporation ("Coeur") and will not be increasing the consideration under First Majestic-s offer to acquire all of the issued and outstanding Orko shares.On February 1

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