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Choice Gold Corp. Drills 114.0 Metres at .41 g/t Au (Including 59.5 m at 0.54 g/t) at Sugarloaf Peak Gold Project 0

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 03/14/12 — Choice Gold Corp. (CNSX: CHF)(MUN: OCG) ("Choice Gold" or the "Company") is pleased to announce results from the first 6 of 13 holes from the phase 1B drilling program at its Sugarloaf Peak Gold Project, located in southwest Arizona. Highlights include hole SGR-12-09 and SGR-12-10 that intersected a thick sequence of mineralized felsic tuffs returning respectively 93.0 metres at 0.44 g/t Au (including 21.3 m at 0.53

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Equinox Exploration Has Initiated Preliminary Sampling and Mapping Work on Its North Star Property 0

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 03/14/12 — Equinox Exploration Corp. ("Equinox") (TSX VENTURE: EQX) is pleased to announce that it has initiated preliminary mapping and sampling on its North Star copper project located in Arizona.Historical drilling intersected copper mineralization with grades ranging from 0.15-0.29% Cu in excess of 100 feet in several holes providing a good foundation for further exploration. The mapping and sampling program will proceed as recommen

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Strike Minerals Issues Shares for Mining Equipment Lease 0

TORONTO, ONTARIO — (Marketwire) — 03/14/12 — Strike Minerals Inc. ("Strike") (TSX VENTURE: STK) announces that the company has issued 2,500,000 shares as a payment for a two year lease for certain mining equipment to be used on the Edwards property. The shares have been issued at $.10 per share reflecting the share price at the time of agreement. The shares were requested by the equipment provider.This underground equipment will be used to assist in the current development work be

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Golden Minerals Appoints Construction Manager for Velardena 0

GOLDEN, CO — (Marketwire) — 03/14/12 — Golden Minerals Company ("Golden Minerals" or the "Company") (NYSE Amex: AUMN) (TSX: AUM) is pleased to announce the appointment of Jan Dahlgren as Construction Manager for its wholly-owned subsidiary, Minera William, at the Velardeña Project in northeastern Durango State, Mexico. Mr. Dahlgren brings worldwide experience to the Golden team, having worked during his career for Bechtel, Aker Solutions, Hatch, SNC Lavelin and oth

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FDG Mining Inc. Expands Mineralization to Depth at the Topacio Concession, Nicaragua 0

TORONTO, ONTARIO — (Marketwire) — 03/14/12 — FDG Mining Inc. ("FDG Mining" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE: FDG) is pleased to provide an update on the progress of the ongoing diamond drill program and announce the assay results from five additional diamond core holes drilled at the Topacio Concession. Four holes drilled below the inferred resource of 680,000 tonnes of 5.2 g/t gold and 34 g/t silver, extended the mineralization by an additional 60 meters.Four of the five

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MDN Acquires Ground at the Ikungu Gold Project in Tanzania 0

MONTREAL, QUEBEC — (Marketwire) — 03/14/12 — MDN Inc. ("MDN") (TSX: MDN) is pleased to announce that it has acquired the entire control of a 133.33 km(2)area to the east of its Ikungu property in Tanzania. The request for the prospecting licences was been granted to MDN by the United Republic of Tanzania Ministry of Energy and Minerals.MDN-s geological compilation of available information and interpretation of data suggests that the Ikungu gold-bearing structure continues towards

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Glass Earth Gold Strikes High Grade Interval of 2m at 38.4g/t Gold and 49.2g/t Silver at Muirs Reef Gold Project 0

WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND — (Marketwire) — 03/14/12 — Glass Earth Gold Limited (TSX VENTURE: GEL)(NZAX: GEL) ("Glass Earth Gold") is pleased to announce results from ongoing drilling at its 100% owned Muirs Reef Gold Prospect in New Zealand.These results (shown in Table 1) are from MSDDH 09, the second of 17 diamond drill holes (approx. 2,500m) planned to identify gold resources in an area known as Massey Reef, defining extensions to the known reef system both along strike north and

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Goldrush Intersects 5.01 g/t Gold Over 5 Metres in Discovery Drilling on Ouavousse Permit, Markoye Fault Corridor, Burkina Faso 0

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 03/14/12 — Goldrush Resources Ltd. (TSX VENTURE: GOD)(OTCQX: GDRRF) ("Goldrush" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the results of the initial Ouavousse permit drilling on seven previously identified gold bearing areas. The program consisted of a 30 hole, 2,820 metre reverse circulation ("RC") drilling program on the 244 square kilometer permit in central Burkina Faso, West Africa, and highlighted the Kooligri S

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Salazar Drilling Expands El Domo Mineralization and Intercepts 16.52 Meters of 4.49% Copper and 0.51 g/t Gold 0

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 03/14/12 — Salazar Resources Ltd. (TSX VENTURE: SRL)(FRANKFURT: CCG) – is pleased to report results from an additional five holes (1,217.56 meters) from the ongoing diamond drill program on its 100% owned (30,327 ha) Curipamba volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) project in Ecuador.The 5 holes were drilled to test for mineralization under the andesite sill, east of the El Domo resource block (Figure 1), and to further test the area surrounding hol

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