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Colombia Crest Gold Discovers 1.5 Kilometres of Potassic Alteration at the Arabia Porphyry Gold-Copper Target Area, Colombia 0

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 10/19/11 — Colombia Crest Gold Corp. (TSX VENTURE: CLB)(PINK SHEETS: ECRTF)(FRANKFURT: EAT) ("Colombia Crest"; the "Company") is pleased to announce that recent rock chip sampling and mapping at the Arabia target, which lies partially on the Venecia Project and partially on the Fredonia Project, has resulted in the discovery of potassic-altered diorite porphyry rocks in outcrop. Porphyry-style potassic-altered outcrops have be

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Fjordland to Commence Drilling on Red Lobster SEDEX Zinc-Lead-Silver Property, Southeastern BC 0

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 10/19/11 — Fjordland Exploration Inc. (TSX VENTURE: FEX) reports that on October 21st, it plans to commence a 4-hole, 1000-m diamond drilling program on its road-accessible Red Lobster Property, located approximately 25 kilometres west of the historic Sullivan Mine in southeastern British Columbia. A drill location map may be viewed at . The principal targets for drilling are sedimentary exhalative zinc-lead-silver deposits, similar to those mine

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Largo Announces Positive Drill Results from 11 Additional Drill Holes at Its Maracas Vanadium Project in Bahia, Brazil 0

-Intersected 8 Metres Grading 1.02% V2O5 Including 3.5 Metres Grading 1.21% V2O5 on the Gulcari "A" North Zone -Intersected 9 Metres Grading 1.08% V2O5 Including 6 Metres Grading 1.25% V2O5 on the Sao Jose West Zone

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BonTerra Continues to Assay High Grade Gold 0

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 10/19/11 — BonTerra Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE: BTR) (FRANKFURT: 9BR) (the "Company", "BonTerra") has received assays for holes 27, 28, 30 & 31 on the Eastern Extension property (the "Property") in Quebec. The highlight of these drill holes was BA-11-31 which assayed as high as 25.70 grams / tonne gold. The Property is situated 170km northeast of the gold mining city of Val d-Or, Quebec in the Abitibi Greenstone

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Oracle Mining Intercepts More High-Grade Copper at Oracle Ridge 0

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 10/19/11 — Oracle Mining Corp. ("Oracle Mining" or the "Corporation") (TSX VENTURE: OMN)(OTCQX: OMCCF) is pleased to announce additional assay drill results at the Corporation-s Oracle Ridge Copper Mine in southern Arizona.Of the 10 holes being reported today, seven holes intersected high-grade copper mineralization in areas extending beyond the previously known mineralization.Highlights include 24 feet of 3.09% copper in Dril

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Kenai Resources Ltd.: Further Update-Diamond Drilling Program, Sao Chico Gold Project, Brazil 0

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 10/19/11 — Kenai Resources Ltd. ("Kenai") (TSX VENTURE: KAI) is pleased to provide a further update on drilling at the Sao Chico gold project in north central Brazil. The drilling program currently underway at Sao Chico from core holes 11-SC-001 to 11-SC-005 has demonstrated that it is drilling into deeper zones which may be the source of the multiple parallel veins mined on the Sao Chico garimpo. Surface mining by garimpeiros was estim

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United Hunter Oil & Gas Announces Option Grant 0

TORONTO, ONTARIO — (Marketwire) — 10/18/11 — United Hunter Oil & Gas Corp. (TSX VENTURE: UHO) (the "Corporation") has granted 350,000 options to a consultant. The options have an exercise price of $0.15 per common share, will expire and vest 1/3 per year for 3 years with the first 1/3 vesting on the date of grant. All option grants are subject to regulatory approval.United Hunter Oil & Gas Corp. is a Canadian based corporation with management experienced in the oil and gas

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Tirex Resources Update 0

Receives unanimous community support for mining permit applications Submits all required mining application documentation

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Riverstone Appoints New Chief Financial Officer 0

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 10/18/11 — Riverstone Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE: RVS)(OTCQX: RVREF)(PINK SHEETS: RVREF)(FRANKFURT: 3RV) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Ryan Torvik as Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Mr. Torvik replaces Kerry Spong, who will continue to serve as Corporate Secretary of the Company.Mr. Torvik is a Canadian Chartered Accountant with a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Saskatchewan. He completed his articling

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James M. Bannantine Appointed President & CEO of Aura Minerals Inc. 0

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 10/18/11 — Aura Minerals Inc. (TSX: ORA) ("Aura Minerals" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. James "Jim" M. Bannantine as President and Chief Executive Officer ("CEO") and as a member of the Board of Directors of the Company effective immediately. Mr. Tom Ogryzlo will be stepping down as Interim CEO following a brief transition period and will remain a director of Aura Minerals.

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