VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 01/31/13 — SilverCrest Mines Inc. (TSX VENTURE: SVL)(NYSE MKT: SVLC) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Marcio Fonseca (P.Geo.) to the newly created position of Vice President, Corporate Development. In his new position, Mr. Fonseca will be responsible for developing, implementing and executing all aspects of SilverCrest-s corporate development opportunities designed to accelerate the Company-s growth and enhance its shareholder-s valu
THUNDER BAY, ONTARIO — (Marketwire) — 01/31/13 — PREMIER ROYALTY INC. (TSX: NSR) ("Premier Royalty" or the "Company") understands that Sandstorm Gold Ltd. ("Sandstorm") acquired from Premier Gold Mines Limited ("Premier Gold") its entire position of common shares and warrants of the Company on or about January 29, 2013.In addition, on January 30, 2013, Sandstorm announced that it acquired an additional 11 million common shares of the Company. With the
THUNDER BAY, ONTARIO — (Marketwire) — 01/31/13 — Zenyatta Ventures Ltd. ("Zenyatta" or "Company") (TSX VENTURE: ZEN) announces the grant of 100,000 options to Peter C. Wood, P. Eng, P. Geo., Vice President Exploration, at an exercise price of $0.94 per share for a period of 5 years.To find out more on Zenyatta Ventures Ltd., please visit website .This News Release includes certain "forward-looking statements". These statements are based on information currently
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 01/31/13 — VMS Ventures Inc. (TSX VENTURE: VMS) ("VMS" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has now awarded a drilling contract to Westcore Drilling from Salmo, British Columbia for the 2013 winter drill program, which is scheduled to begin on February 6, 2013.This program targets VMS- 100% owned exploration properties throughout the Flin Flon – Snow Lake greenstone belt. The Company expects to test between 16 and
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 01/31/13 — SAMEX Mining Corp. (TSX VENTURE: SXG)(OTCQB: SMXMF) is ready to advance exploration efforts at its 100%-owned Los Zorros project in Chile. The Company is hereby outlining parameters for an upcoming drill program at El Gringo, a copper and gold prospect located within the approximately 80 square kilometer land holdings of Los Zorros. Numerous surface mine workings are found throughout this prospect where copper and gold are believed to
TORONTO, ONTARIO — (Marketwire) — 01/31/13 — Excalibur Resources Ltd. ("Excalibur" or the "Company-) (CNSX: XBR)(FRANKFURT: X9CN) is pleased to announce its 49% owned subsidiary Minera Catanava S.A. de C.V. ("Catanava") has hired Jose Luis Vigil Rodriguez, a senior experienced Metallurgist as Plant Manager. Mr. Vigil graduated in Metallurgical Engineering from the Instituto Politecnico Nacional (ESIQIE) and has worked for several large mining companies including Gol
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 01/31/13 — Argentex Mining Corporation ("Argentex" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE: ATX)(OTCQB: AGXMF) is pleased to announce the preliminary results of a National Instrument ("NI") 43-101 compliant Mineral Resource Estimate (the Report) by Mine Development Associates ("MDA") of Reno, Nevada for the Company-s 100%-owned Pinguino Silver-Gold Project, located in Santa Cruz province, Argentina."These resul
6,400 acres leased with potential for copper mineralization in the Nonesuch Shale
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM — (Marketwire) — 01/31/13 — Anglo Pacific Group PLC ("Anglo Pacific", the "Company") (LSE: APF)(TSX: APY) was informed on January 31, 2013, Schroders plc now holds an interest of 5,501,515 ordinary shares of 2p each in the Company. This holding represents approximately 5.019% of the voting rights of the Company-s issued share capital.A full copy of this notification is available on the Anglo Pacific website .Notes to Editors:About Anglo Pacific Gro
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 01/31/13 — Turquoise Hill Resources (TSX: TRQ)(NYSE: TRQ)(NASDAQ: TRQ) today announced that Oyu Tolgoi has produced its first copper-gold concentrate. This comes following the processing of first ore through the concentrator in early January 2012.Kay Priestly, Chief Executive Office of Turquoise Hill, said, "Oyu Tolgoi continues to progressively ramp-up the mine and the production of first concentrate is another important milestone. We are m
