CAP-CHAT, QUEBEC — (Marketwire) — 06/22/12 — Dr. Yves Bolduc, Minister of Health and Social Services and Minister responsible for the Gaspesie-Iles-de-la-Madeleine region and Bas-Saint-Laurent region, on behalf of Sam Hamad, Minister of Economic Development, Innovation and Export Trade, today attended the ground-breaking ceremony marking the launch of construction to convert the existing Orbite Aluminae Inc. pilot plant to a high-purity alumina processing plant. The project is valued at mor
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM — (Marketwire) — 06/22/12 — Hunter Bay Minerals plc ("Hunter Bay") (TSX VENTURE: HBY)(OTCQX: HTBNF) is pleased to announce that its board of directors have approved a proposed private placement offering of up to 10,000,000 units at a price of $0.20 per unit for gross proceeds of $2,000,000 (the "Offering"). Each unit will consist of one ordinary share ("Share") and one-half of one share purchase warrant ("Warrant"), with each wh
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 06/22/12 — Candente Copper Corp. (TSX: DNT)(PINKSHEETS: CCOXF)(LMA: DNT) ("Candente Copper" or "the Company") is pleased to announce that a General Assembly ("Asamblea General") has been called for July 8th, 2012 to provide the opportunity for registered voters of the Community of San Juan de Kanaris to vote on Candente-s proposal for a three year surface access agreement for its Canariaco project.Candente recently a
TORONTO, ONTARIO — (Marketwire) — 06/22/12 — Adriana Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE: ADI) ("Adriana" or the "Company") announces that it has granted options to certain directors of the Company entitling them to purchase an aggregate of 600,000 common shares of the Company, pursuant to the Company-s Share Option Plan approved by the shareholders. Each option entitles the holder thereof to purchase one common share at a price of $0.68 per share for a period of five years subj
MONTREAL, CANADA — (Marketwire) — 06/22/12 — On its porphyry type 33 CARATS gold project located NW of the Eastmain gold mine some 315 kilometers north of the town of Chibougamau, DIOS EXPLORATION (TSX VENTURE: DOS) plans to shortly start mapping and prospecting the tonalitic phase of the Erasme Lake pluton. The Otish Mountains road which will go to the diamond Renard deposit passes less than one to two kilometers east of the sector targeted by DIOS. In 2011, many tonalite boulders returned
Tests Show Recoveries at 96% Zinc, 80% Copper, 75% Lead and 68% Silver
TORONTO, ONTARIO — (Marketwire) — 06/22/12 — Strait Gold Corporation (TSX VENTURE: SRD) is pleased to report results of its annual meeting of shareholders held June 21, 2012. All of the resolutions on the agenda presented to shareholders were approved: appointment of auditors, election of directors nominated by management, change of name of the Company, and ratification of the Company-s stock option plan.Management proposed a change of name to Strait Minerals Inc. to better reflect the Comp
TORONTO, ONTARIO — (Marketwire) — 06/22/12 — This news release contains forward-looking information that is subject to the risk factors and assumptions set out on page 2 and in our Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-looking Information on page 2.Centerra Gold Inc. (TSX: CG) announced that the Kyrgyz Parliament held a session today to discuss a report released on June 18, 2012 by a Parliamentary Commission regarding Centerra-s Kumtor gold project. The Commission was established to review Kumto
ST. JOHN-S, NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR — (Marketwire) — 06/22/12 — Vulcan Minerals Inc. ("the Company") (TSX VENTURE: VUL) announces that as a result of certain amendments to the proposed spinout of its wholly owned subsidiary Red Moon Potash Inc. (Red Moon), the Company will seek further shareholder approval for the transaction at its upcoming Annual General Meeting set for July 25, 2012. The revised terms of the spinout are in response to the currently depressed equity markets an
MONTREAL, QUEBEC — (Marketwire) — 06/22/12 — Maudore Minerals Ltd. (TSX VENTURE: MAO)(OTCBB: MAOMF)(FRANKFURT: M6L) responded today to a string of unjustified and factually misleading allegations by a group of dissident shareholders."While the members of this group call themselves -concerned shareholders-, their allegations display more ignorance than concern," Ronald Shorr, Maudore-s chief executive officer, said. "Maudore shareholders can be assured that the board and manag
