VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 07/09/12 — BCGold Corp. (or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE: BCG)(PINKSHEETS: BCGOF) is pleased to announce that exploration and mining crews have mobilized to the Engineer Mine property to commence the 2012 exploration and development program. The fully funded $550,000 program will consist of the following:Ampex Mining Ltd. of Whitehorse, Yukon is contracted to refurbish the shaft area on 5 Level, the main access level of the mine, and to
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 07/09/12 — Prominex Resource Corp. (TSX VENTURE: PXR) announces that the directors re-elected Gordon Barron as president and CEO and Allan Innes as CFO and Secretary of the Company following the Annual General Meeting held on July 6, 2012. The Audit Committee is comprised of Chairman Dr. David Stirling and members Mr. Gordon MacNiel and Ms. Liliana Hartwig. The Compensation Committee is comprised of Chairman, Mr. Gordon MacNiel, and member Dr. Da
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 07/09/12 — Astur Gold Corp. (TSX VENTURE: AST)(FRANKFURT: CDC) ("Astur Gold" or the "Company") announces that the public consultation period for the Company-s Environmental Impact Assessment ("EIA") has ended. Astur Gold submitted the EIA on its flagship Salave Gold Project in May 2012 (reference press release dated May 17, 2012 "Astur Gold Submits Environmental Impact Assessment").The Ministry of Economy a
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 07/09/12 — Candente Copper Corp. (TSX: DNT)(PINKSHEETS: CDOXF)(LMA: DNT) ("Candente Copper" or "the Company") is pleased to announce that on Sunday July 8th, 2012, the Comunidad Campesina San Juan De Kanaris (the "Community") announced that it voted in favour of granting surface access to the Company for resumption of exploration and feasibility drilling at Canariaco.The Company previously agreed to terms with the Co
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 07/08/12 — South American Silver Corp. (TSX: SAC)(PINKSHEETS: SOHAF) today provided a further update on recent events in Bolivia since the update on July 4th.Bolivian government authorities continue in their efforts to restore peace and order to the Malku Khota region in the face of acts of aggression being perpetrated against law-abiding local indigenous communities, police, the company-s employees and its local contractors.Four of the detainees
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 07/06/12 — Comstock Metals Ltd. (TSX VENTURE: CSL) (the "Company") announces that it has closed the first tranche of its non-brokered private placement announced on June 29, 2012. The first tranche consisted of:Each Warrant will entitle the holder to purchase one non flow-through common share exercisable at a price of (i) $0.30 per share until July 5, 2014; (ii) $0.40 per share thereafter until July 5, 2015; (iii) $0.50 per share therea
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 07/06/12 — Gold Canyon Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE: GCU)(PINKSHEETS: GDCRF) ("Gold Canyon" or "the Company") announces that it has, pursuant to the Company-s Rolling Stock Option Plan (the "Option Plan"), granted incentive stock options to certain directors, senior officers and employees to purchase an aggregate of 1,845,000 common shares. The stock options have a term of five (5) years, subject to one-third vesting
SASKATOON, SASKATCHEWAN — (Marketwire) — 07/06/12 — ALL AMOUNTS ARE STATED IN CDN $ (UNLESS NOTED)Cameco (TSX: CCO) (NYSE: CCJ) announced today that about 120 unionized employees at Cameco-s fuel manufacturing operations in Port Hope and Cobourg, Ontario have voted to accept a new collective agreement.The employees, represented by the United Steelworkers local 14193, have agreed to a three-year contract that includes a 5.25 percent wage increase over the term of the agreement. The previous c
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 07/06/12 — Teck Resources Limited (TSX: TCK.A and TCK.B, NYSE: TCK) ("Teck") announced today that the unionized employees at Cardinal River Operations have ratified a new five-year agreement commencing July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2017, replacing an agreement that expired on June 30, 2012."Discussions with the United Mineworkers of America Local 1656 were collaborative," said Mark Brown, General Manager at Cardinal River Oper
TORONTO, ONTARIO — (Marketwire) — 07/06/12 — Southern Legacy Minerals Inc. ("Southern Legacy" or "the Company") (TSX VENTURE: LCY) is pleased to announce the appointment of new officers along with the Company-s plan to list on the Lima Stock Exchange.Appointment of OfficersAs a result of a board meeting held on Thursday, July 5, 2012, the following management team and officers have been appointed to Southern Legacy, effective immediately:Cesar Lopez has been appointed in
