VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 06/15/12 — Rusoro Mining Ltd. ("Rusoro" or "the Company") (TSX VENTURE: RML) -Rusoro is pleased to announce that on June 15, 2012 it entered into a litigation funding agreement with a subsidiary (the "Funder"), of the Calunius Litigation Risk Fund LP (the "Fund"). Calunius Capital LLP is the exclusive investment advisor to the Fund which specializes in funding commercial litigation and arbitration claims. C
MONTREAL, QUEBEC — (Marketwire) — 06/15/12 — Maudore Minerals Ltd. (the "Company") (TSX VENTURE: MAO)(OTCBB: MAOMF)(FRANKFURT: M6L) announced today that it has appointed Robert Pevenstein to succeed Ronald Shorr as non-executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company with immediate effect. Mr. Pevenstein has served as an independent director of the Company since November 2010.Mr. Pevenstein has extensive corporate governance experience and currently serves as Chairman o
TORONTO, ONTARIO — (Marketwire) — 06/15/12 — Trelawney Mining and Exploration Inc. (the "Company" or "Trelawney") (TSX VENTURE: TRR)(FRANKFURT: RTW) today announces the positive outcome of the shareholder vote of the previously announced plan of arrangement whereby, among other things, a wholly-owned subsidiary of IAMGOLD Corporation has agreed to acquire all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Trelawney (the "Arrangement").Approximately 97% of Trela
TORONTO, ONTARIO — (Marketwire) — 06/15/12 — Midlands Minerals Corp. ("Midlands" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE: MEX) provides an update regarding its Sian-Praso gold project located in the Eastern Region of Ghana.On May 31, 2012, Midlands announced that it had started a 5,900-meter drill program on the Esaase prospect located on the Sian-Praso concession and provided an update on the status of its negotiations to resolve outstanding issues with Sian Goldfields Limited (
QUEBEC CITY, QUEBEC — (Marketwire) — 06/15/12 — Plexmar Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE: PLE) announces that the letter of intent dated April 17th, 2012 between Dia Bras and Plexmar previously announced on April 23, 2012 has been terminated by Dia Bras in accordance with its terms.Guy Bedard, President and CEO of Plexmar commented: — We are disappointed with the outcome at such a strategic time. Plexmar management will explore other alternatives which could lead into the future development of
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 06/15/12 — AQM Copper Inc. (TSX VENTURE: AQM)(BVL: AQM) ("AQM Copper" or the "Company") today announced that AQM is shifting its main focus from exploring the Zafranal property to working on development plans. As a consequence, the Company-s Vice President Exploration and General Manager of AQM Copper Peru, a subsidiary of AQM Copper, Alvaro Fernandez-Baca, P.Geo. will reduce his day-to-day involvement with AQM. With the relea
KIRKLAND LAKE, ONTARIO — (Marketwire) — 06/15/12 — NORDEX EXPLOSIVES LTD. (TSX VENTURE: NXX) ("Nordex" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the results of its annual and special meeting of shareholders held in Montreal on June 14, 2012. The shareholders re-elected Dr. Lee Michael Luciani and James O-Reilly and elected Peter Crossgrove, Thor E. Eaton and Joseph Hunnisett to the Board.Mr. Crossgrove is the former Chairman and a founder of Masonite International Corpora
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 06/15/12 — Cascadero Copper Corporation (TSX VENTURE: CCD) -Salta Exploraciones S.A. (Salta), Cascadero-s 50% owned Argentine subsidiary, has completed a program of Mobile Metal Ion (MMI) and outcrop rock grab samples in an area adjoining Lumina Copper-s 1.762 billion tonne Taca Taca Bajo Cu-Mo-Au deposit. The geochem program was focused on Francisco I, Francisco II and Sarita Este. MAP ONE shows the location of the sample points on each property
EDMONTON, ALBERTA — (Marketwire) — 06/15/12 — Firestone Ventures Inc. ("Firestone") (TSX VENTURE: FV)(FRANKFURT: F5V), is pleased to announce results from its recent Annual and Special Meeting. Shareholders elected Dr. Keith Barron and Terry Tucker as Directors of the Company. Pamela Strand, Lori Walton and John Kowalchuk were re-elected as Directors. Dr. Keith Barron has been appointed non-executive Chairman. Pamela Strand will continue as President and CEO and Greg Hayes was rea
TORONTO, ONTARIO — (Marketwire) — 06/15/12 — Timminco Limited and its wholly-owned subsidiary Becancour Silicon Inc. (collectively, the "Company") announced that they have closed the sales transactions contemplated by the Successful Bid, which was comprised of: (i) the bid submitted by QSI Partners Ltd., a subsidiary of Globe Specialty Metals, Inc. ("Globe"), for substantially all of the silicon metal business and assets of Becancour Silicon, including its 51% ownership
