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Cricket Resources Inc.: Appointment of a New Director and Transfer of Escrowed Shares 0

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 10/20/11 — Cricket Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE: CKC) ("Cricket" or "the Company") announces that Mr. Joel Dumaresq has joined the Board of Directors, and has been appointed Chief Financial Officer.Over the past 2 decades Mr. Dumaresq has been an active board member and advisor in many resource and technology-based businesses in Canada and the US. He is the co-founder and partner of Matrix Partners Inc., a Canadian private-equi

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Oremex Gold Adds Rosalind Wilson to the Board of Directors 0

– Ms. Wilson is the former President of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Mexico – She is a Special Advisor to the Executive Board and to the Canadian Mining Task Force in Mexico – She is the Director and Country Representative for Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) in Mexico – Ms. Wilson is the Canadian Private Sector Co-Chair of the Trade, Investment, and Innovation Working Group for the CMP (Canada Mexico Partnership) and is the President of the Foreign Committee of the Mexican Railway Associat

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Stillwater Mining Company Reports Occurrences of Smoke in Its Stillwater Mine 0

BILLINGS, MT — (Marketwire) — 10/20/11 — STILLWATER MINING COMPANY (NYSE: SWC) (TSX: SWC.U) (the "Company") reported today that it has experienced two recent occurrences of smoke underground at its Stillwater Mine, located near Nye, Montana. Upon discovery of the smoke, in each instance the Company-s established mine evacuation procedures were followed. No injuries occurred. The source of the smoke appears to have been related to separate equipment malfunctions. The Federal Mine S

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ICN Issues Shares to Seabridge Gold Inc. 0

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 10/20/11 — ICN Resources Limited ("ICN" or "the Company") (TSX VENTURE: ICN) announces that as per a previously announced amended Option Agreement with Seabridge Gold Inc. ("Seabridge") and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Seabridge Gold Corporation (see ICN news release of April 21, 2010), ICN will issue 1,750,000 common shares to Seabridge at a price of $0.30 per share in lieu of making the final cash payment of CDN $5

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IMPACT Silver Intersects New High Grade Silver Veins at Oscar Project 0

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 10/20/11 — IMPACT Silver Corp ("IMPACT" or "the Company") (TSX VENTURE: IPT) is pleased to announce high grade silver values in initial drilling results at the Oscar Project. Oscar is located only 2.5 kilometers east of the Company-s operating 500-tpd (tonnes per day) Guadalupe processing plant in the 423-square-kilometer Royal Mines of Zacualpan District of central Mexico. Initial results from this first phase drilling are as

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Bonanza Goldfields Assays Exceed Test High Cutoff > 3000ppb 0

PHOENIX, AZ — (Marketwire) — 10/20/11 — Bonanza Goldfields Corp. (PINKSHEETS: BONZ) ("Bonanza" or the "Company") announced today the results of the company-s most recent 18 assays submitted. Of 18 assay results, 9 tested positive for gold. Bonanza had two assays exceeding the 3000ppb high cutoff threshold. Under traditional laboratory parameters, the fire assay rock chip sample test is considered anomalous with any sample exceeding a cutoff low of 50ppb.Bonanza Goldfields

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AXMIN-s Joint Venture Company-Nimini Holdings Limited („Nimini“) Commences 5,000 Metre Drill Program at the Komahun High Grade Gold Project, Sierra Leone 0

TORONTO, ONTARIO — (Marketwire) — 10/20/11 — AXMIN Inc. (TSX VENTURE: AXM) ("AXMIN" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that Nimini has initiated its Phase II drilling program at its 100%-owned Komahun project. In September, AXMIN completed the sale of 51% of the shares of its wholly-owned subsidiary, Nimini, which holds the Company-s Sierra Leone assets, to Polo Resources Limited (AIM: POL)(TSX: POL) ("Polo") for a cash consideration of US$7.5 million (se

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Golden Reign Resources Ltd.: Third Drill Rig Active at Las Conchitas, Trenching Intersects 7.0 Metres of 7.64 g/t Gold 0

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 10/20/11 — Golden Reign Resources Ltd. (the "Company" or "Golden Reign") (TSX VENTURE: GRR) is pleased to report that the third drill rig is now in operation at the Company-s San Albino-Murra Property (the "Property"), Nicaragua.Approximately 3,000 metres will be cored in an initial six drill holes to test the San Pablo and Las Conchitas areas of the Southern (San Albino) District. The program represents the first dr

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Montero Appoints Grant Pierce as Country Manager in Tanzania 0

TORONTO, ONTARIO — (Marketwire) — 10/20/11 — Montero Mining and Exploration Ltd. (TSX VENTURE: MON) ("Montero") has appointed Mr. Grant Pierce, OAM as Country Manager for Montero-s Tanzanian operations including the Wigu Hill Rare Earth Element Project. Mr. Pierce will be responsible for all in-country business to progress the Wigu Hill REE Project through the Environmental Impact Assessment and Feasibility Study stages with the goal of developing the project into a mine. Mr. Pier

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Champion Minerals Intersects 401.5 m Grading 30.7% Total Iron at the Oil Can Project, Adjacent to Its Flagship Fire Lake North Project Near Fermont, Quebec 0

– First Three Drill Holes of 8,000 m Planned Program Intersect Magnetite-Hematite Iron Formation From 191 m to 402 m in Length. – Drill Hole OC11-02 Intersects 401.5 m Grading 30.7% Total Iron Including a 213.5 m Interval Grading 33.1% Total Iron

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