SPOKANE, WASHINGTON — (Marketwire) — 04/12/12 — St. Augustine Gold & Copper Limited (TSX: SAU) ("St. Augustine" or the "Company") announced that the Company has had a change of auditors to Ernst & Young LLP from MNP LLP, effective March 28, 2012.A Notice of Change of Auditor together with letters from the former auditor and the successor auditor have been filed on Sedar.Contacts: CHF Investor Relations Jeremy Hill Associate Account Manager 416 868-1079 ext. 238
LANGLEY, BC — (Marketwire) — 04/12/12 — (TSX VENTURE: NOX) (OTCQX: NOXGF) ("NioGold" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has entered into a Property Acquisition and Joint Venture Agreement (the "Agreement") dated April 11, 2012, with Republic Goldfields Inc. ("RGF") to acquire an 85% interest in RGF-s Malartic property (the "Property"). The Property consists of six mining claims and one mining concession covering 126.53 hectares
TORONTO, ONTARIO — (Marketwire) — 04/12/12 — Victory Nickel Inc. (the "Company") (TSX: NI) () today announced that drilling is nearing completion on Mining Lease ML-003, approximately five kilometres south of its 100%-owned Minago sulphide nickel project in Manitoba. The Company has been progressively testing nickel bearing rock around the Minago Property beyond the immediate Minago Deposit for several years; with the work now being conducted on ML-003 nickel bearing rock will hav
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 04/12/12 — Avrupa Minerals Ltd. (TSX VENTURE: AVU) is pleased to report that the Portuguese government officially issued two new exploration licenses to the Company via a signing ceremony in the office of the Minister of the Economy on March 23, 2012. The two licenses, Arga and Alvito, were previously described as applications in an earlier Company news release, dated October 27, 2011.The Arga Property – Gold and silver targets.The 28.4 km2 Arga
TORONTO, ONTARIO — (Marketwire) — 04/12/12 — Editors Note: There are two photos associated with this press release.Chieftain Metals Inc. ("Chieftain" or the "Company") (TSX: CFB) is pleased to announce receipt of the Discharge Permit for the newly built Water Treatment Plant ("IWTP") located at the Tulsequah Chief mine project. The IWTP was constructed by Chieftain to address the historic environmental concerns of acid mine drainage from previous mine workings a
TORONTO, ONTARIO — (Marketwire) — 04/12/12 — Solvista Gold Corporation ("Solvista" or the "Corporation") (TSX VENTURE: SVV)(OTCQX: SVVZF) announces the grant of a total of 350,000 stock options to certain officers, directors, employees and consultants of the Corporation pursuant to the Corporation-s stock option plan. The stock options were granted effective April 12, 2012, exercisable at a price of $0.75 per common share and expire on April 12, 2017; 250,000 of the stoc
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 04/12/12 — Iconic Minerals Ltd. (the Company or Iconic) (TSX VENTURE: ICM)(PINKSHEETS: BVTEF)(FRANKFURT: YQG) is pleased to announce commencement of Phase 1 of the drilling program at the Hercules project, Nevada, through an ongoing joint venture with Willow Creek Enterprises, Inc. (WLOC). The joint venture will allow the sequential acquisition by the Company of a 70% interest in the project over a five year period, by expending a total of US$3 m
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 04/12/12 — Corazon Gold Corp. ("Corazon" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE: CGW)(OTCBB: RMZFF) announces that Nicaragua-s Ministry of Energy and Mines ("MEM") and the Autonomous Region of the Northern Atlantic ("RAAN") have granted Corazon three contiguous, 25-year Exploration and Exploitation Concessions located along the Rio Coco River. The three concessions, named Arcosa, Azul and Calcedonia, encompass 30,0
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 04/12/12 — Goldrea Resources Corp. (TSX VENTURE: GOR)(PINKSHEETS: GORAF)(FRANKFURT: GOJ) ("Goldrea" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has entered into a loan agreement with three individual lenders to loan the Company the total sum of Rmb 1,200,000 (approximately CDN $200,000) at 11% interest per annum repayable in 18 months from the date of advance of funds. The Company has agreed to issue one million shares of
KELLOGG, ID — (Marketwire) — 04/12/12 — New Jersey Mining Company (OTCBB: NJMC) is pleased to announce the drill intercept of 5.2 meters of 12.4 g/t gold (true thickness) in drill hole GC 12-107 from a core drilling program underway at the Golden Chest mine in Murray, Idaho. The Golden Chest is owned 50% by NJMC and 50% by Marathon Gold Corporation (MOZ-TSX) and NJMC is the operator."Drilling at the Golden Chest mine continues to be successful in expanding the resource potential. The o
