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Kiska Receives Thorn Phase 2 Drilling Results from Brixton, Including 73.7 Metres of 284.2g/t Silver, 1.49g/t Gold, 1.31% Lead, 1.78% Zinc and 0.12% Copper 0

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 11/05/12 — Kiska Metals Corporation ("Kiska" or "the Company") (TSX VENTURE: KSK) reports that partner Brixton Metals Corporation has completed Phase 2 of the 2012 drilling and soil sampling program at the Thorn project, located in Northwest British Columbia. A total of 1,738 metres were drilled in 13 NQ diamond drill holes. The depth of the holes ranged from 45 metres to 338 metres. Additional drill results from holes THN12-8

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Continental Precious Minerals Inc.-2012 Annual and Special Meeting 0

TORONTO, ONTARIO — (Marketwire) — 11/05/12 — Continental Precious Minerals Inc. (TSX: CZQ) (the "Company" or "Continental") announced that a shareholder proposal set out in the Company-s management information circular dated October 26, 2012 for its upcoming annual and special meeting of shareholders scheduled to be held on November 27, 2012 has been withdrawn by the shareholder that submitted the proposal. The proposal will therefore not be voted upon at the meeting.Abo

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The Estate of Donald McKinnon Announces the Acquisition of Common Shares of Canadian Orebodies Inc. 0

TORONTO, ONTARIO — (Marketwire) — 11/05/12 — The Estate of Donald McKinnon of 3130 Airport Road, Timmins, Ontario P4N 7H9 announces that on November 5, 2012, pursuant to the terms of the Haig Inlet Iron Project Purchase Agreement previously announced by Canadian Orebodies Inc. ("Orebodies") on June 15, 2011, he acquired 17,495,232 common shares, and options to purchase a further 1,025,000 common shares of Orebodies. As a result of this acquisition, The Estate of Donald McKinnon no

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Gordon McKinnon Announces the Acquisition of Common Shares of Canadian Orebodies Inc. 0

TORONTO, ONTARIO — (Marketwire) — 11/05/12 — Gordon McKinnon of 3130 Airport Road, Timmins, Ontario P4N 7H9 announces that on November 5, 2012, pursuant to the terms of the Haig Inlet Iron Project Purchase Agreement previously announced by Canadian Orebodies Inc. ("Orebodies") on June 15, 2011, he acquired 15,991,500 common shares, 115,000 warrants and options to purchase a further 2,000,000 common shares of Orebodies for investment purposes. As a result of this acquisition, Mr. M

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Petaquilla Confirms Recommendation to Reject Inmet Offer 0

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 11/05/12 — Petaquilla Minerals Ltd. ("Petaquilla" or the "Company") (TSX: PTQ)(OTCBB: PTQMF)(FRANKFURT: P7Z) confirmed today that its board of directors continues to recommend that Petaquilla shareholders REJECT Inmet Mining Corporation-s offer to acquire all of the outstanding common shares of Petaquilla and NOT TENDER their common shares, and that any Petaquilla shareholders who have previously tendered their shares into the

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Bison Gold Resources Inc. Announces CEO, Corporate Secretary and Composition of its Audit Committee 0

TORONTO, ONTARIO — (Marketwire) — 11/05/12 — Bison Gold Resources Inc. ("Bison Gold" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE: BGE) announces that it has appointed Amir Mousavi as Chief Executive Officer of the Company. Mr. Mousavi has been with Bison Gold since 2010, and has previously carried out the roles of Chief Financial Officer and VP Corporate Development for the Company."We are pleased with Mr. Mousavi-s appointment and believe he is the ideal person to lead Bison fo

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Swingplane Ventures, Inc. Appoints New Director and Establishes Offices in Chile 0

SANTIAGO, CHILE — (Marketwire) — 11/05/12 — Swingplane Ventures, Inc. (OTCBB: SWVI) (the "Company") is pleased to update information on the Company. The Company has entered today into an assignment agreement to acquire certain mining concessions in Chile and has appointed a new director to oversee the Chilean operations.On November 2, 2012, the Company appointed Johannes Lindorfer to the Board of Directors.Mr. Lindorfer studied geology at the Innsbruck University, Austria. He speci

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Gold Reach Continues to Outline Large Zones of Mineralization at the West Seel Deposit, Intersects 753.5 m Grading 0.43% Copper Equivalent Including 130 m Grading 0.81% Copper Equivalent 0

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 11/05/12 — Gold Reach Resources Ltd. (TSX VENTURE: GRV) (Gold Reach and/or the Company) is pleased to announce that assay results for holes S12-120 to S12-123 at the company-s 100% owned Ootsa Property located adjacent to the producing Huckleberry Mine south of Smithers, British Columbia, have been received.HIGHLIGHTSHoles S12-120 to 123 were all drilled into the West Seel deposit and all intersected significant zones of mineralization which have

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Cartier Cuts 24.5 g/t Gold Over 3.0 Meters on Benoist Project 0

VAL-D-OR, QUEBEC — (Marketwire) — 11/05/12 — Cartier Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE: ECR) ("Cartier") announces additional drill results from recent drilling that confirm the continuity at depth of the (refer to press release dated September 18, 2012), on the Benoist project. The new results increase the volume of the gold mineralized zone.Additional sampling in drill Hole Pu-12-01 yielded 24.5 g/t gold over 3.0 meters(i) at a depth of 475 meters and is included within a mineralized e

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Oyu Tolgoi Concludes Final Power Purchase Agreement 0

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 11/05/12 — Turquoise Hill Resources (NYSE: TRQ)(NASDAQ: TRQ)(TSX: TRQ) today announced that Oyu Tolgoi LLC has signed a binding power purchase agreement with the Inner Mongolia Power Corporation to supply power to the Oyu Tolgoi mine.Kay Priestly, Chief Executive Officer of Turquoise Hill, said, "Finalization of the power purchase agreement will enable Oyu Tolgoi to complete commissioning leading to the first production of copper-gold concen

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