PERTH, AUSTRALIA — (Marketwire) — 07/17/12 — Bannerman Resources Limited (ASX: BMN)(TSX: BAN)(NAMIBIAN: BMN) ("Bannerman" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that its Namibian subsidiary has received environmental approval for the Etango Uranium Project from the Namibian Ministry of Environment and Tourism. This complements the environmental approval received last year for the Etango Project-s off-site infrastructure.The latest approval follows completion of the Eta
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 07/17/12 — Taipan Resources Inc. ("Taipan" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE: TPN) is pleased to announce that it has closed the amalgamation (the "Amalgamation") with Lion Petroleum Corp. ("Lion"). Under the terms of the Amalgamation Taipan has issued a total of 20,124,817 common shares to the shareholders of Lion in exchange for all of the issued and outstanding share capital of Lion Petroleum Corp.. The Com
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND — (Marketwire) — 07/17/12 — Mercuria Energy ("Mercuria", "the Group") grows its global metals trading business.Following a recent announcement that Mercuria has advanced into metal trading, the Group is pleased to confirm that James Jian WU will be leading Mercuria-s Chinese metals trading business based in Shanghai – Mercuria (China) Metal Resources Co. Ltd. – in his capacity as Managing Director and Head of Global Metal Physical Trading.Jian will be
BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA — (Marketwire) — 07/16/12 — Orocobre Limited (TSX: ORL)(ASX: ORE)is pleased to provide the opportunity to listen to an audio broadcast with Managing Director Richard Seville in a presentation titled "Orocobre Limited receives approval to develop the Olaroz lithium project".To listen, type the following link into your web browser: .About Orocobre LimitedOrocobre Limited is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX: ORE) and Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: O
AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS — (Marketwire) — 07/16/12 — GoldMet B.V. ("GoldMet"), announced today that further to its news release of July 12, 2012, it has acquired ownership of 30,000,000 common shares (each, a "Monument Share") of Monument Mining Limited ("Monument"). The purchased Monument Shares represents approximately 14.4% of those issued and outstanding. The common shares of Monument are listed on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol "MMY". Go
TORONTO, ONTARIO — (Marketwire) — 07/16/12 — Valencia Ventures Inc. (TSX VENTURE: VVI) ("Valencia" or the "Company") is pleased to announce Mr. Brett New has been appointed President, Chief Executive Officer and a Director effective July 17, 2012. Mr. Leigh has resigned as President and Chief Executive Officer but will remain actively involved with the Company as a Director.Mr. New is a capital markets professional who has spent his entire career focused on the natural r
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 07/16/12 — Rogue Iron Ore Corp. (TSX VENTURE: RRS) ("Rogue" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Freeman Smith as the President and Chief Executive Officer ("CEO") of the Company and that Mr. Stephen de Jong will assume the role of Executive Director.Mr. Smith was appointed Executive Vice-President of Rogue in November 2011. Mr. Smith played a key role in identifying the core assets of the
TORONTO, ONTARIO — (Marketwire) — 07/16/12 — SearchGold Resources Inc. (the "Company" or "SearchGold") (TSX VENTURE: RSG) is pleased to announce details of its exploration program on its Mandiana project in Guinea, West Africa. Previous exploration on the Mandiana project included termite mound geochemistry, geological mapping and rock sampling, 45 line kilometres of Induced Polarization ("IP") geophysics and 4,300 metres of RC drilling.The Mandiana property i
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 07/16/12 — Sirocco Mining Inc. (TSX VENTURE: SIM) ("Sirocco" or the "Company") reports that it has granted an aggregate of 175,000 incentive stock options to certain officers and other eligible persons of the Company. The options are exercisable, subject to vesting provisions, over a period of three years at a price of $0.85 per share.About the CompanySirocco Mining Inc. is a Canadian company which produces iodine from its Agu
