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Eagle Hill Issues Correction 0

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 12/21/12 — Eagle Hill Exploration Corporation (TSX VENTURE: EAG)(OTCQX: EHECF)(FRANKFURT: EH0) ("Eagle Hill") acknowledges that it was contacted by Noront Resources Ltd. (the "Optionor") regarding comments made by Eagle Hill in its press release dated December 17, 2012. Upon reviewing Noront-s correspondence, Eagle Hill has identified an inaccuracy in the last paragraph of its press release, which described a right of the Opti

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Northland Has Closed the USD 20 Million Bond Loan 0

LUXEMBOURG, LUXEMBOURG — (Marketwire) — 12/21/12 — Northland Resources S.A. (TSX: NAU)(OSLO: NAUR)(FRANKFURT: NPK)(OMX: NAURo) ("Northland" or the "Company") is pleased to confirm that its wholly owned subsidiary Northland Resources AB has closed a USD 20 million bond loan.As previously announced, Northland Resources AB, had successfully completed subscription of a senior secured bond of USD 20 million. The bond has a 12.25% interest coupon and matures February 26, 2016.

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Stillwater Acknowledges Receipt of Shareholder Letter 0

BILLINGS, MT — (Marketwire) — 12/21/12 — (NYSE: SWC) (TSX: SWC.U)Stillwater Mining Company ("Stillwater") today confirmed it has received a letter from Clinton Group, Inc. and issued the following statement:"Stillwater appreciates constructive input from shareholders and is in the process of reviewing the Clinton Group letter. Stillwater-s Board of Directors and management remain firmly committed to creating value for all shareholders."Stillwater Mining Company is the onl

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Senators Reid and Heller Introduce Land Bills to U.S. Senate 0

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 12/21/12 — Nevada Copper Corp. (TSX: NCU) ("Nevada Copper") is pleased to announce that Senator Harry Reid and Senator Dean Heller have introduced the Lyon County Economic Development and Conservation Act into the U.S. Senate.This legislation incorporates the Yerington Land Conveyance and Sustainable Development Act, in its original form that was introduced in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate earlier this year.

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SilverCrest Reports Additional La Joya High Grade Intercepts 80m of 78.8 gpt Ag, 0.31 gpt Au, 0.5% Cu (137 gpt Ag Eq(i)) 0

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 12/21/12 — SilverCrest Mines Inc. (TSX VENTURE: SVL)(NYSE MKT: SVLC)(NYSE Amex: SVLC) (the "Company") is pleased to announce the results of an additional 15 holes (LJ DD12-90 to LJ DD12-104) of the Phase II drill program at its La Joya Property in Durango, Mexico. These are the final results for the Phase II drilling program. Phase II drilling results reported to date have extended the Main Mineralized Trend ("Trend") beyond t

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Canarc Closes the First Tranche of Non-Brokered Private Placement 0

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 12/21/12 — Canarc Resource Corp. (TSX: CCM)(OTCBB: CRCUF)(DBFrankfurt: CAN) announces that it has closed the first tranche of its previously announced non-brokered private placement.The first tranche of the private placement consists of 4,500,000 units at a price of CAD$0.11 per unit for total proceeds of CAD$495,000 with each unit comprised of one common share and one share purchase warrant. Each warrant is exercisable to acquire one common shar

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Gold Could Continue to Rise in 2013 0

NOTE TO EDITORS: The Following Is a Research Alert Issued by Century Capital Research

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Nord Gold N.V. and High River Gold Mines Ltd. Announce Agreement to Proceed With Subsequent Acquisition Transaction 0

AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS and TORONTO, ONTARIO — (Marketwire) — 12/21/12 — Nord Gold N.V. (LSE: NORD) ("Nordgold") and High River Gold Mines Ltd. ("High River") (TSX: HRG) are pleased to announce that they have entered into an arrangement agreement setting out their intention to complete a statutory plan of arrangement under the Business Corporations Act (Yukon) that will allow Nordgold to acquire all of the common shares of High River not already owned by Nordgold.Nord

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Total and CNODC Farm-in to Tethys- Tajikistan Assets 0

PARIS, FRANCE — (Marketwire) — 12/21/12 — Tethys Petroleum Limited ("Tethys" or "the Company") (TSX: TPL)(LSE: TPL), the oil and gas exploration and production company focused on Central Asia, today announced that its subsidiary, Kulob Petroleum Limited, has signed a farm-out agreement ("FOA") for the Bokhtar Production Sharing Contract ("PSC") in Tajikistan with subsidiaries of Total S.A. ("Total") and the China National Oil and Gas Explora

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Minera IRL Commences Permitting on Ollachea Gold Project, Peru 0

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM and TORONTO, ONTARIO — (Marketwire) — 12/21/12 — Minera IRL Limited ("Minera IRL" or the "Company"), (TSX: IRL)(AIM: MIRL)(BVLAC: MIRL) the Latin America gold mining company, is pleased to announce that the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) has been submitted to the Peruvian authorities on 20 December 2012 thus commencing the permitting process at the Company-s flagship Ollachea Gold Project.Highlights:"After obtaining a very satisfactory

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