VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwired) — 09/22/14 — Tinka Resources Limited ("Tinka" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE: TK) announces that a third diamond drill rig has started drilling at the Company–s 100%-owned Colquipucro-Ayawilca project in Peru. The Company has one rig already drilling at Ayawilca ("Rig 1") in the vicinity of hole A13-05 (213 m @ 5.3% zinc intersected during 2013), while at Colquipucro a second drill rig ("Rig 2") is currentl
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwired) — 09/22/14 — Almaden Minerals Ltd. ("Almaden" or "the Company") (TSX: AMM)(NYSE MKT: AAU) is pleased to report that Mr. Doug McDonald has been appointed Vice President of Corporate Development for Almaden. Mr. McDonald will work with Almaden–s growing team to lead the Company–s global corporate development activities, including institutional shareholder relations, capital market strategy and corporate development opportunitie
CALGARY, ALBERTA — (Marketwired) — 09/22/14 — Manson Creek Resources Ltd. (TSX VENTURE: MCK) (the "Company") and partner Guatavita Gold Corporation are pleased to report assay results from the first Phase of drilling at the Guaman Project, Yukon Territory.All drill holes intersected anomalous values of silver and zinc throughout the sulphide bearing shale units and in the contact zone above the underlying volcanic units. The table below highlights the intervals with anomalous grad
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwired) — 09/22/14 — Savant Explorations Ltd. (TSX VENTURE: SVT) ("Savant") has received a permit to drill its Frazier Creek Property in Nevada. The initial drill program is scheduled to start in mid-October.Frazier Creek PropertyThe Frazier Creek property is underlain by intensely silicified and hydrothermally dolomitized limestone extending over a 1.8 km x 0.8 km area that carries widespread anomalous copper and molybdenum values, grab samples
LUXEMBOURG, LUXEMBOURG — (Marketwired) — 09/22/14 — Northland Resources SE (OSLO: NAUR)(FRANKFURT: NPK)(OMX: NAURo) – (together with its subsidiaries "Northland", "NRSE" or the "Company") announces the number of warrants exercised in September 2014.The deadline for the Company–s warrant holders to exercise their warrants in September 2014 has now expired. The Company has received no exercise notices in September 2014.The total number of outstanding shares will
BURLINGTON, ONTARIO — (Marketwired) — 09/22/14 — GTA Resources and Mining Inc. (TSX VENTURE: GTA) is pleased to announce that a program of prospecting and drill core sampling is in progress on its Ivanhoe Property located near the town of Foleyet in northern Ontario. The 100 sq. km. (616 claim units) property is located between Probe Mines Limited–s new gold discovery at Borden Lake and the prolific Timmins Gold Camp.Geologically, the Ivanhoe Property is located in the western portion of t
ST. JOHN–S, NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR — (Marketwired) — 09/22/14 — Altius Minerals Corporation (TSX: ALS) is pleased to announce that it has entered into an option and royalty agreement concerning its Telkwa coal project (the "Project") with a private company, Telkwa Coal Ltd. ("TCL"), being funded out of Australia. Altius acquired the Project in May of this year as part of its acquisition of the Carbon Development Partnership ("CDP").The terms of the agreemen
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwired) — 09/22/14 — NioCorp Developments Ltd. ("NioCorp" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE: NB)(OTCQX: NIOBF)(FRANKFURT: BR3) is pleased to announce an updated NI43-101 resource estimate for the Elk Creek niobium deposit.Commencing in May, the Company initiated a three phase technical infill drilling program, with multiple goals of enhancing the classification of the resource; producing geotechnical and geochemical analysis of the deposi
TORONTO, ONTARIO — (Marketwired) — 09/22/14 — Primero Mining Corp. ("Primero" or the "Company") (TSX: P)(NYSE: PPP) today announced the appointment, effective as of September 29, 2014, of Ms. Wendy Kaufman as Chief Financial Officer, reporting to the Chief Executive Officer. Ms. Kaufman, a Chartered Professional Accountant, comes to the Company with 20 years of financial management experience in the mining sector. She has served in a variety of senior executive positions
LIBERTY LAKE, WASHINGTON — (Marketwired) — 09/22/14 — Hunt Mining Corp. (the "Corporation") (TSX VENTURE: HMX) is pleased to announce assay results from the Corporation–s 2014 drilling on the La Valenciana Project located in Santa Cruz, Argentina. This was the first drill program undertaken by the Corporation at La Valenciana and consisted of 42 holes totaling 3,000 meters, designed to partially test four separate targets: Principal, 19 holes totaling 1,315 meters; Valenciana, 6