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Commander Optionee Commences Work at Storm Copper Property 0

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 07/23/12 — Commander Resources Ltd. (TSX VENTURE: CMD) ("Commander") reports that Aston Bay Ventures, who have optioned and are earning into Commander-s Storm copper property, have mobilized to site on Somerset Island, Nunavut and commenced the 2012 work program. Aston Bay is currently a private company, which has the right to earn up to 70% interest in the property by funding $15 million in exploration expenditures, as detailed in Comm

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Matamec Receives a Payment of $8.5 M CAD from Toyotsu Rare Earth Canada 0

MONTREAL, QUEBEC — (Marketwire) — 07/23/12 — Matamec Explorations Inc. ("Matamec" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE: MAT)(OTCQX: MHREF) is pleased to announce that the Company has received a payment of $8.5 M CAD from Toyotsu Rare Earth Canada, Inc. ("TRECan") for the purchase of the first 25% undivided interest in the Kipawa HREE Deposit (see July 12, 2012 press release). The payment enables the ongoing feasibility study on the Kipawa HREE Deposit to be accelerat

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Ultra Lithium Commences Geophysics on Balkan Properties, Serbia 0

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 07/23/12 — Ultra Lithium Inc. (TSX VENTURE: ULI) ("the Company" or "Ultra") is pleased to announce that geophysical crews have commenced a comprehensive audio-magnetotelluric survey (AMT) on the Company-s 643 km2 land package in the Republic of Serbia. Data will be used to interpret basin geometry and identify potential lithium and boron bearing horizons.Ultra-s seven mineral exploration licenses are situated within well-defin

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Bearing Resources Closes CDN $400,000 Flow Through Financing 0

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 07/23/12 — Bearing Resources Ltd. ("Bearing", or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE: BRZ) is pleased to announce the Company has closed the CDN $400,000 private placement announced on June 27, 2012. The non-brokered flow through private placement (the "Offering") consisted of 2,000,000 shares offered at a price of $0.20 per share.The gross proceeds from the sale of the Offering will be used for Canadian exploration expenses

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Orbite Reports on the Construction Progress of Its High Purity Alumina Plant 0

MONTREAL, QUEBEC — (Marketwire) — 07/23/12 — Editors Note: There is a photo associated with this press release.Orbite Aluminae Inc. (TSX: ORT) (the "Company" or "Orbite") is pleased to report on the progress achieved in construction activities of its high-purity alumina plant in Cap-Chat, Quebec, and announces today it has selected the investment banking firm or ROTH Capital Partners as its principal American liaison as it prepares to list its shares on the American OTCQX

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Lara Exploration Ltd.: New Copper-Gold Targets Acquired at Sao Juliao, Northeast Brazil 0

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 07/23/12 — Lara Exploration Ltd. (TSX VENTURE: LRA) ("Lara" or the "Company") is pleased to report that it has signed letter agreements with two privately-owned Brazilian companies, to acquire the datasets and mineral rights to a series of copper and copper-gold targets near the towns of Sao Juliao and Fronteiras in Piaui State, northeast Brazil, now denominated the Sao Juliao Copper Project. The copper-gold mineralization of

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AngloGold Ashanti Obtains US$1 Billion, Five-Year Revolving Credit Facility 0

JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA — (Marketwire) — 07/23/12 — AngloGold Ashanti (NYSE: AU) is
pleased to announce that it has signed a new US$1 billion, five-year unsecured
revolving credit facility (RCF) maturing in July 2017 with its banking
syndicate. This replaces the existing four-year, US$1bn unsecured RCF maturing
in April 2014. The new RCF was significantly over-subscribed.The new facility improves the overall tenor and maturity profile of the
group-s existing debt facilities and further s

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AngloGold Ashanti Gold Production Rises 9%; Ahead of Guidance 0

JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA — (Marketwire) — 07/23/12 — AngloGold Ashanti (NYSE: AU) is
pleased to report strong second quarter gold production of 1.073Moz, which
represents a 9% improvement on the first quarter, at an estimated total cash
cost of $800/oz – $805/oz. The result is better than the company-s market
guidance for the quarter of 1.04Moz at a total cash cost of $840/oz – $845/oz,
due largely to strong operating performances from the group-s Continental
Africa region and the Americas

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Mundoro Announces Reasons for the Favourable Judgment Released by the Supreme Court of British Columbia 0

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 07/20/12 — Mundoro Capital Inc. (TSX VENTURE: MUN) ("Mundoro" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the Supreme Court of British Columbia has released its Reasons for Judgment dismissing an application brought last month by a dissident shareholder Northern Minerals Investment Corp. ("NMI") to prevent Mundoro from (i) postponing its annual general meeting of shareholders (the "Meeting"), (ii) changing the

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