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Cameco Responds to Hathor Announcement 0

SASKATOON, SASKATCHEWAN — (Marketwire) — 10/19/11 — ALL AMOUNTS ARE STATED IN CDN $ (UNLESS NOTED)Cameco (TSX: CCO) (NYSE: CCJ) today acknowledged the announcement that Hathor Exploration Ltd. has entered into an agreement with Rio Tinto pursuant to which Rio Tinto will make an offer for all the common shares of Hathor.Cameco is reviewing Hathor-s announcement and will update shareholders when appropriate with respect to Cameco-s offer.Caution Regarding Forward-Looking Information and Statem

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Arctic Star Exploration Corp. Announces Appointment of Frank D. Hegner as Consultant for Mineral Projects Search 0

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 10/19/11 — Arctic Star Exploration Corp. (TSX VENTURE: ADD) (the "Company" or "Arctic Star") is pleased to announce the appointment of Frank D. Hegner as a consultant to the Company effective October 10, 2011.Since 1994 Mr. Hegner has held various positions with Rio Tinto Copper Projects Group in Salt Lake City, Utah, RioNor Exploration LLC of Moscow, Russia Resolution Copper Company, Phoenix, Arizona and Rio Tinto Exploration

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Continental Precious Minerals Receives Swedish Inspectorate of Mines Approval to Transfer Lill-Juthatten Licence and Nojdfjallet Licence to New Subsidiary 0

TORONTO, ONTARIO — (Marketwire) — 10/19/11 — Continental Precious Minerals Inc. (TSX: CZQ) (the "Company" or "Continental") is pleased to announce that it has received the approval of the Swedish Inspectorate of Mines to transfer the Lill-Juthatten Licence (which is the subject of a NI 43-101 technical report dated March 31, 2011) and the nearby Nojdfjallet Licence to a newly established subsidiary.The Company will now investigate ways in which it can maximize the value

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5,300 Metre Drill Program Underway on the Lara Project in Peru 0

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 10/19/11 — Lara Exploration Ltd. ("Lara" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE: LRA) is pleased to report that it has started a 5,300-metre (approximately 12 hole) drill program at the Lara Copper-Molybdenum Project in southern Peru. The program, funded through a partnership with Redzone Resources Ltd. (TSX VENTURE: REZ) ("Redzone"), aims to test the potential extensions of the porphyry system outlined by recent geological

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Supreme Resources Ltd.: Impressive Sampling Results at Law-s Camp 0

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 10/19/11 — Supreme Resources Ltd. (TSX VENTURE: SPR) (OTCBB: SPRWF) ("the Company") is pleased to announce the results of a Prospecting/Examination of the Company-s mineral claims situated within the historic Law-s Camp, 31 km NW of Princeton, British Columbia. Together with twelve reverted crown grants and several other mining claims acquired over the past year, the area now encompasses 333.8246 Ha within the historic mining camp.The c

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SilverCrest Appoints Manager of Corporate Communication 0

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 10/19/11 — SilverCrest Mines Inc. (TSX VENTURE: SVL)(OTCQX: STVZF) (the "Company") is pleased to announce the appointment of Michael Rapsch as Manager of Corporate Communications. Mr. Rapsch will be based out of the Vancouver head office, and will report to J. Scott Drever, President of SilverCrest.J. Scott Drever, President, stated, "SilverCrest-s rate of production at the Santa Elena Mine in Mexico is increasing, and we are aggre

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Great Panther Silver Extends Strike Length of Silver-Gold Veins at San Ignacio Property, Guanajuato 0

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 10/19/11 — GREAT PANTHER SILVER LIMITED (TSX: GPR)(NYSE Amex: GPL) (the "Company") is pleased to provide an update on a further 14 holes from the diamond drilling program at the Company-s wholly-owned San Ignacio property in Guanajuato, Mexico. Drill-holes ESI11-025 to ESI11-038, inclusive were drilled from section 650N to section 450N and extend the strike length of the mineralized zones by approximately 50%, or 150 metres, farther sou

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Adex Update on Corporate Activities, Definitive Feasibility Study and New Drilling Underway 0

TORONTO, ONTARIO — (Marketwire) — 10/19/11 — Adex Mining Inc. ("Adex" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE: ADE) is pleased to provide an update on corporate activities including the appointment of Patrick Merrin as Chief Operating Officer. Adex also reports that the definitive feasibility study ("DFS") for its wholly owned Mount Pleasant Mine property and additional drilling are now underway.PATRICK MERRIN APPOINTED AS CHIEF OPERATING OFFICERAdex has appointed Patri

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Linear Metals Announces Private Placement Financing of Up To $1.0 Million 0

HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA — (Marketwire) — 10/19/11 — Linear Metals Corporation (TSX: LRM) is pleased to announce that it intends to complete a non-brokered private placement ("Private Placement") of up to four million units ("Units") at a price of $0.25 per Unit for aggregate gross proceeds of up to $1,000,000. Each Unit will consist of one (1) common share of the Company ("Common Share") and one half (1/2) of one Common Share purchase warrant of the Company (&quot

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Empire Mining Updates Bursa Karapinar/Demirtepe Acquisition 0

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 10/19/11 — Empire Mining Corporation (TSX VENTURE: EPC) ("Empire") is pleased to provide an update on its acquisition of a 100% interest in the Bursa Licences, which cover the Demirtepe and Karapinar projects in Turkey; originally announced in July.Empire and Alacer Gold Corp. ("Alacer") have further amended their purchase and sale agreement such that the parties have agreed to use best efforts to complete the transactions the

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