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Strike Minerals Reports Nine Significant Gold Intersections in Hole #3 from Schreiber 0

TORONTO, ONTARIO — (Marketwire) — 09/17/12 — Strike Minerals Inc. (TSX VENTURE: STK) ("Strike" or the "Company") announces results from drill hole HH-12-03 recently completed on the Harkness-Hays Property. The property is located in the Hemlo – Schreiber greenstone belt of northwestern Ontario, approximately 200 km east of Thunder Bay, and 70 km west of Hemlo.Hole #3, HH-12-03 (Az 301, dip -29.5) has intersected gold mineralized zones from 65 to 90 meters below Hole #1 (

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Great Quest Completes $1,152,850 Private Placement and Appoints Investor Relations & Communications Manager 0

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 09/17/12 — Great Quest Metals Ltd. ("Great Quest" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE: GQ)(FRANKFURT: GQM) is pleased to announce it has completed the brokered and non-brokered private placements announced on September 11, 2012, placing an aggregate of 1,356,295 units (the "Units") of the Company at a price of $0.85 per Unit for total gross proceeds of $1,152,850 (the "Offering"). Insiders- participation amounte

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Argentex Discovers New Veins at Pinguino Project and Intersects 2 m @ 1,459.5 g/t Ag and 1.17 g/t Au 0

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 09/17/12 — Argentex Mining Corporation ("Argentex" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE: ATX)(OTCQB: AGXMF) is pleased to announce results from 15 holes (1,203 m) of the Phase VIII reverse-circulation ("RC") drill program conducted at its 100%-owned silver-gold and polymetallic Pinguino Project, located in Santa Cruz, Argentina. To date, 45 holes (4,207 m) of the 93-hole (8,410 m) RC drill program completed in June 2012 ha

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Clifton Star Grants Stock Options 0

QUEBEC CITY, QUEBEC — (Marketwire) — 09/17/12 — Clifton Star Resources Inc. ("Clifton Star" or the "Corporation") (TSX VENTURE: CFO) (FRANKFURT: C3T) reports that, subject to regulatory approval, it has granted 450,000 incentive stock options on September 14, 2012, to three officers, one employee and two consultants performing investor relations activities.No options were granted to Directors. The stock options granted to the two consultants are the only retribution for

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Prospero Silver, Silver Standard Sign Letter of Intent for Option to Joint Venture the San Luis Cordero Project 0

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 09/17/12 — Prospero Silver Corp. (TSX VENTURE: PSL) ("Prospero" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has signed a non-binding Letter of Intent with Silver Standard Resources Inc. (TSX: SSO)(NASDAQ: SSRI) ("Silver Standard") for an option to joint venture agreement covering Prospero-s San Luis del Cordero property in central Durango State, Mexico. Silver Standard is currently conducting due diligence on th

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Codelco Mobilizes Drilling on the Liberdade Copper Project in Brazil 0

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 09/17/12 — Lara Exploration Ltd. (TSX VENTURE: LRA) is pleased to report that its joint venture partner, Codelco do Brasil Mineracao Ltda. ("Codelco"), has mobilized a drill rig to the Company-s Liberdade Copper Project in northern Brazil, where it plans to complete approximately 2,000 metres of diamond drilling in the coming months.The Liberdade Copper project comprises an Exploration License of 8,491 hectares in area, located in the M

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REPEAT: New Roxgold Team-s Offer of Compromise Rejected by Dissident Shareholder 0

New Roxgold team surprised by rejection, questions motives of Oliver Lennox-King and urges shareholders to vote the GOLD proxy Roxgold also provides update regarding Dissident-s impermissible solicitation

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Rio Alto Enters Letter of Intent to Acquire Majority Interests in the Peruvian Minasnioc and Ichuna Exploration Properties 0

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 09/17/12 — Rio Alto Mining Limited ("Rio Alto") (TSX: RIO)(LMA: RIO)(OTCQX: RIOAF)(DBFrankfurt: MS2) is pleased to announce that has entered into a letter of intent ("LOI") with Duran Ventures Inc. ("Duran") that sets out the basic terms and conditions whereby Rio Alto may earn up to a 70% interest in Duran-s Minasnioc Gold-Silver Property and a 65% interest in Duran-s Ichuna Copper-Silver Property. The LOI also prov

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Pretium Resources Inc.: Brucejack Project Technical Session Conference Call and Webcast on September 19th 0

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 09/17/12 — Pretium Resources Inc. (TSX: PVG)(NYSE: PVG) ("Pretivm") will host a Technical Session on Wednesday, September 19th in Toronto to discuss the advancing Brucejack high-grade gold project. Pretivm-s senior management and an independent Qualified Person representing Snowden Mining Industry Consultants will present the geological model of the Valley of the Kings and the results of the recently-announced Interim Mineral Resource e

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Northland Granted Requested Train Slots on the Malmbanan Railway 0

LUXEMBOURG, LUXEMBOURG — (Marketwire) — 09/17/12 — Northland Resources S.A. (TSX: NAU)(OSLO: NAUR)(FRANKFURT: NPK) – ("Northland" or the "Company") announces that the Swedish Transport Administration ("STA") has granted Northland four train slots per day on Malmbanan railway. These slots had been requested by the Company in order to be able to transport its high-quality magnetite iron concentrate to the Port of Narvik.The STA announced today its allocation of t

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