TORONTO, ONTARIO — (Marketwire) — 09/04/12 — Shear Diamonds Ltd. (TSX VENTURE: SRM)("Shear") announces that it has suspended production of its high grade stockpiles at the 100% owned Jericho diamond mine as a result of continuing weak world diamond prices. During this interim phase and until prices improve, Shear will look at exploration assets proximal to the Jericho site such as its Carat and Muskox properties, coupled with further definition of its in situ diamond resource at J
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM — (Marketwire) — 09/04/12 — London based miner Milton Ellis Rawe, yesterday announced that it would be formally closing the Goldbelt investment fund to new investors in December 2012 and had instructed chief geologist and head of mining Howard Metzler RPG to formally set plans to commence mining in the first quarter of 2013.Mining at the Nevada star mine was pushed forward given increased interest from domestic and particularly foreign investors. "The middle east
DAWSON CITY, YUKON — (Marketwire) — 09/04/12 — Stakeholder Gold Corp. ("Stakeholder") (TSX VENTURE: SRC) announces the results from a five hole, 753 metre core drilling program recently completed on the 200-claim (4,140-hectare) Ballarat gold property located in the White Gold district approximately 100 kilometres due south of Dawson City, Yukon. The drilling was done to test two strong gold-in-soil trends outlined in 2010. Three of the five holes returned notable gold intersectio
VAL-D-OR, CANADA — (Marketwire) — 09/04/12 — Cartier Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE: ECR) ("Cartier") announces the closing of a private placement conducted through Meadowbank Asset Management Inc. (Gestion d-actif Meadowbank) ("Meadowbank") for aggregate gross proceeds of $500,000.In the aggregate, the following securities were issued by Cartier:(a) 1,129,032 flow-through common shares at a price of $0.31 per share for aggregate gross proceeds of $350,000; and(b) 576,923 c
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 09/04/12 — Red Eagle Mining Corporation (TSX VENTURE: RD)(OTCQX: RDEMF) is pleased to announce that the initial assay results have been received from the Phase Three oxide core drill programme at the San Ramon gold system located within the Santa Rosa gold project in Colombia. Highlights from the initial holes (SR-066 to SR-076) include intercepts in hole SR-072 of 47.4 metres commencing from surface at 1.34 grams gold per tonne and in hole SR-069
BRITISH, COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 09/03/12 — Mariana Resources Ltd (TSX: MRY)(AIM: MARL) (-Mariana- or -the Company-).On 31 August 2012, 1,006,000 options held by employees under the Company-s Employee Share Option Plan and by providers of services to the Company expired.At 1 September 2012 the following 12,686,500 options which each entitle the holder to apply for one ordinary share in the company are outstanding:For further information please visit website at .About Mariana ResourcesMari
HONG KONG, CHINA — (Marketwire) — 09/03/12 — SouthGobi Resources Ltd. (TSX: SGQ)(HKSE: 1878) ("SouthGobi") was notified today that Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd., and Chalco have agreed to terminate the lock-up agreement between them, including Chalco-s obligation to make a proportional takeover bid for up to 60%, but not less than 56% of the common shares of SouthGobi. The press release issued by Turquoise Hill regarding the termination is available on their website .About SouthGo
VANCOUVER, CANADA — (Marketwire) — 09/03/12 — Turquoise Hill Resources (TSX: TRQ)(NYSE: TRQ)(NASDAQ: TRQ) today announced the termination of the lock-up agreement entered into with Aluminum Corporation of China Limited ("Chalco") on April 1, 2012 pursuant to which Turquoise Hill agreed to tender its shares in SouthGobi Resources Ltd. (TSX: SGQ)(HK: 1878)into a proportional takeover offer to be made by Chalco for up to 60%, but not less than 56%, of the shares in SouthGobi. After c
TORONTO, ONTARIO — (Marketwire) — 09/02/12 — Medusa Mining Limited (ASX: MML)(LSE: MML)Please find attached an updated Investor Presentation which the Company will present at the Goldman Sachs 8th Annual Australian Investment Forum in London, the Denver Gold Forum in Denver and the HSBC 3rd Annual Global Resource Conference in Singapore in September 2012.Please find below Competent Persons- Consents in relation to resource and reserve information which appears therein.Medusa Mining Limited
TORONTO, ONTARIO — (Marketwire) — 09/01/12 — Latin American Minerals Inc. (TSX VENTURE: LAT)(OTCQX: LATNF) (the "Company") announces that it has received approval from the TSX Venture Exchange (the "Exchange") for a six month extension for the 4,983,000 outstanding share purchase warrants (the "September Warrants") issued pursuant to the Corporation-s private placement at a price of $0.15 per unit completed on September 10, 2012 and the 4,700,000 outstanding sh