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Hochschild Announces Expiry of Successful Bid for Andina Minerals 0

TORONTO, ONTARIO — (Marketwire) — 01/11/13 — Hochschild Mining plc (LSE: HOC) ("Hochschild") is pleased to announce that its wholly owned subsidiary, 1710503 Alberta Ltd. (the "Offeror") has, since the initial extension of its November 16, 2012 offer (the "Offer") to acquire all of the outstanding common shares ("Shares") of Andina Minerals Inc. ("Andina") for CAD $0.80 per Share in cash on December 28, 2012, received to date tenders of an a

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Toro Resources Announces New Director 0

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 01/11/13 — Toro Resources Corp. (TSX VENTURE: TRK) ("Toro" or the "Company") today announced the appointment of Dev Randhawa, as a director and the new Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Company. Mr. Randhawa replaces Anthony Floyd as a member of the Company-s Board of the Directors and William Galine as the Company-s Chief Executive Officer. Toro would like to thank Mr. Floyd for his service to the Company. Bill Gali

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Geodex Announces Stock Options Granted 0

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 01/11/13 — Geodex Minerals Ltd. (TSX VENTURE: GXM)(FRANKFURT: G2W) (the "Company" or "Geodex") board of directors has granted 1,030,000 incentive stock options to officers, employees and consultants, exercisable for up to five years at a price of $0.12 per share. The options were granted pursuant to the Geodex Minerals stock option plan and are subject to any applicable regulatory hold periods. All previous options have been c

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VVC Exploration Extends Private Placement Closing 0

TORONTO, ONTARIO — (Marketwire) — 01/11/13 — VVC EXPLORATION CORPORATION (TSX VENTURE: VVC)(FRANKFURT: V7S) ("VVC" or the "Company") announces that it has requested and obtained from the TSX Venture Exchange ("TSXV") a 15-day extension for the final closing of a non-brokered private placement of up to 30,000,000 units of the Company ("Units") at a price of $0.05 per Unit. Each Unit consists of one common share and one common share purchase warrant (a

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Strait Minerals Announces Grant of Stock Options 0

TORONTO, ONTARIO — (Marketwire) — 01/11/13 — Strait Minerals Inc. ("Strait" or the "Corporation") (TSX VENTURE: SRD) wishes to announce that an aggregate of 1,425,000 options to purchase common shares of the Corporation at $0.10 per share for five (5) years have been granted to seven (7) directors, one (1) executive officer, three (3) employees and three (3) consultants of the Corporation.About Strait Minerals Inc.Strait Minerals Inc. is a Canadian mineral exploration co

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Lake Shore Gold Announces Adoption of Corporate Governance Measures 0

TORONTO, ONTARIO — (Marketwire) — 01/11/13 — Lake Shore Gold Corp. (TSX: LSG)(NYSE Amex: LSG)(NYSE MKT: LSG) ("Lake Shore Gold" or the "Company") today announced the approval by its Board of Directors of an advance notice by-law (the "By-law"). The purpose of the By-law is to provide shareholders, directors and management of the Company with a clear framework for nominating directors of Lake Shore Gold. Lake Shore Gold is committed to: (i) facilitating an order

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GDV Resources Inc. is Released from US$6,359,630 Potential Liability 0

TORONTO, ONTARIO — (Marketwire) — 01/11/13 — GDV Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE: GDV.H) (the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has been released from the guaranty agreement previously announced on April 25, 2012. The Company paid US$40,000 for the release of the guaranty which released the Company from a potential liability due to the guaranty of certain loans totaling US$6,359,630 that were payable by its former subsidiary Global Development Resources, Inc.Neither the TSX Ve

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Beaufield Resources Inc.: Amendment to Stock Option Plan 0

MONTREAL, QUEBEC — (Marketwire) — 01/11/13 — Beaufield Resources Inc. ("Beaufield" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE: BFD) Board of Directors has authorized an amendment to its Stock Option Plan (The "Plan") to increase to 11,000,000 the maximum number of options issuable under the Plan (which represents 9.88% of the issued and outstanding common shares of the Company), subject to the approval of the TSX Venture Exchange.Following regulatory approval, the Company

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Gunpoint Exploration Ltd. Announces Change of Auditor 0

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 01/11/13 — Gunpoint Exploration Ltd. (TSX VENTURE: GUN) ("Gunpoint") announces that it has changed its auditor. D&H Group LLP ("Former Auditor") has resigned effective as of December 21, 2012 and Deloitte & Touche LLP (the "Successor Auditor") has been appointed at Gunpoint-s AGM held on December 27, 2012. The change in auditor has been approved by Gunpoint-s Audit Committee and Board of Directors.There were

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Nevsun Comments on Human Rights Matters 0

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 01/11/13 — (TSX: NSU)(NYSE MKT: NSU) today provided a comment on its approach to at the in Eritrea, in which Nevsun has a 60% ownership position. Nevsun provided the comment because it anticipates that both the Company and a Bisha Mine subcontractor will be mentioned in a forthcoming report by a non-governmental human rights organization."Nevsun is committed to responsible operations and practices at the Bisha Mine, based on international

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