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Orbite Aluminae Produces North America-s First Heavy Rare Earths From Aluminous Clay 0

MONTREAL, QUEBEC — (Marketwire) — 08/08/12 — Editors Note: There is a photo associated with this press release.Orbite Aluminae Inc. (TSX: ORT) ("Orbite" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has successfully extracted the first commercial samples of heavy rare earth oxides, gallium and scandium from its aluminous clay deposit in Grande-Vallee, Quebec. With its patented and patent pending, commercially-proven technology, the Quebec clean tech company is set to b

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Standard Graphite Begins Resource Drilling at Mousseau East Graphite Deposit in Quebec 0

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 08/08/12 — Standard Graphite Corp. (TSX VENTURE: SGH) (the "Company") SGH is pleased to announce that drilling has commenced on the Mousseau East property. The company is planning a 3000 m diamond drilling program aimed at qualifying and expanding the historical resource as well as exploring for additional potential resources elsewhere on the project.Standard has contracted MRB & Associates ("MRB") of Val-d-Or, Quebec and

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Red Eagle Mining Announces Positive Preliminary Metallurgical Results of 93% Gold Recoveries for Santa Rosa 0

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 08/08/12 — Red Eagle Mining Corporation (TSX VENTURE: RD)(OTCQX: RDEMF) is pleased to announce that it has received positive results for its metallurgical testwork on material from the San Ramon gold system in the Santa Rosa gold project in Colombia. Results to date show gold recoveries of 73% to 85% for conventional heap leach of the oxide material and 93% for carbon in leach (CIL) of the primary material.Oxide samples with grades of 7.4 g/t Au

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Three New Vein Zones Encountered on Habanero-s Lezai Multi-Element Prospect in Quebec 0

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 08/08/12 — Habanero Resources Inc. ("Habanero" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE: HAO) (PINKSHEETS: HBNRF) (FRANKFURT: HRJ) wishes to announce that it has completed the first phase of the 2012 exploration program on the Lezai Multi-Element Prospect. The Lezai Multi-Element Prospect is located approximately 100 km north of Chibougamau Quebec. During 2012, a total of 99 rock and 295 humus soil geochemical samples were collected in

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Orbite Aluminae Produces the First North American Heavy Rare Earths From Aluminous Clay; Prepares for Commercialization in 2013 0

MONTREAL, QUEBEC — (Marketwire) — 08/08/12 — Editors Note: There is a photo associated with this press release.Orbite Aluminae Inc. (TSX: ORT) ("Orbite" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has successfully extracted the first commercial samples of heavy rare earth oxides, gallium and scandium from its aluminous clay deposit in Grande-Vallee, Quebec. With its patented and patent pending, commercially-proven technology, the Quebec clean tech company is set to b

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Baja Appoints New Directors 0

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 08/07/12 — Baja Mining Corp. ("Baja") (TSX: BAJ)(OTCQX: BAJFF) announces that Peter Clausi and Ross Glanville have been appointed to the Baja-s board of directors to fill the vacancies caused by the resignations of directors Stephen Lehner and Ken Murphy announced on August 1, 2012.CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS: This presentation contains forward-looking statements or forward-looking information (forward-looking s

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Rare Earth Announces Closing of Ackroo Offering 0

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 08/07/12 — Rare Earth Industries Ltd. (the "Company" or "RND") (TSX VENTURE: RND) announced today that in connection with the Company-s previously announced proposed acquisition (the "Acquisition") of MoneyBar Rewards Inc., operating as Ackroo ("Ackroo"), Ackroo completed a private placement, co-led by Paradigm Capital and M Partners (the "Agents"), for aggregate proceeds of $3.5 Million (the &quo

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Aura Minerals Announces Second Quarter 2012 Conference Call Details 0

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 08/07/12 — Aura Minerals Inc. ("Aura Minerals" or the "Company") (TSX: ORA) announces that the Company will release its second quarter 2012 financial and operational results, after the close of business on Tuesday, August 14, 2012. A conference call and audio webcast will follow on Wednesday, August 15, 2012 at 9 a.m. (eastern time) for management to discuss the results. This discussion will be followed by a question-and-answe

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Diamond Frank Inc. Awaits Analysis Results of its Drilling Campaign on the Commandant Project and Announces the Appointment of a New Director 0

LAVAL, QUEBEC — (Marketwire) — 08/07/12 — Diamond Frank Exploration Inc. (TSX VENTURE: DOD) announces that Diamond Frank-s team is currently awaiting analysis results from the drilling campaign carried out on the Commandant Project.Diamond Frank Inc. is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Claude Lavoie as a new member of the Company-s Board of Directors.Mr. Lavoie is a soldier by profession, working for the Government of Canada since 1983, and has completed several mandates abroad in

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McLaren Summer 2012 Drilling Update on the TimGinn Property Timmins, Canada 0

TORONTO, ONTARIO — (Marketwire) — 08/07/12 — McLaren Resources Inc. ("McLaren") (CNSX: MCL)(FRANKFURT: 3ML) is pleased to provide an update on the Summer 2012 exploration program at the TimGinn Property located on strike and adjacent to the Goldcorp owned Hollinger/McIntyre mine complex that has produced over 30m oz of gold to date.The Summer 2012 exploration drilling program consisted of seven drill holes with a total of 1,453 metres. Drill core has been logged and samples are be

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