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Weststar Retains Apex to Commence Phase One Exploration at La Paloma, Mexico 0

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 09/28/11 — Weststar Resources Corp. (TSX VENTURE: WER) (the "Company" or "Weststar") is pleased to announce that it has retained the services of APEX Geoscience Ltd. ("APEX") to design and execute exploration programs at its recently optioned La Paloma Property (the "Property"). The Property concessions are located in the State of Jalisco, Mexico and comprise 160 hectares. The Property lies at the very sout

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Mercator Minerals Installs Last Major Component for Phase II Expansion at Mineral Park Mine 0

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 09/28/11 — Mercator Minerals Ltd. (TSX: ML) ("Mercator", or the "Company") is pleased to announce the commissioning of the second crusher at its wholly-owned Mineral Park Mine in Arizona. The crusher, commissioned September 22, 2011, has been ramping up production with full capacity expected by the end of September 2011.Bruce McLeod, President and Chief Executive Officer, comments, "This is the final piece required to com

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SEMAFO Applies for Secondary Listing on NASDAQ OMX 0

MONTREAL, QUEBEC — (Marketwire) — 09/28/11 — SEMAFO (TSX: SMF) today announced the Corporation-s decision to apply for a dual listing of its common shares on the NASDAQ OMX Stockholm exchange in Sweden. The listing is expected to be on or about October 20, 2011, subject to regulatory approvals.No new shares will be issued as part of the secondary listing, but current shareholders will be able to convert their shares traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange to shares traded on NASDAQ OMX Stockho

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Venerable Ventures Ltd. Receives Exploration Permit and Updates Exploration Progress for Trout Property 0

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 09/27/11 — Venerable Ventures Ltd. (TSX VENTURE: VLV) ("Venerable" or the "Company") is pleased to announce it has received a Mines Act Permit for the Trout Property issued for the period beginning August 22, 2011 and ending December 31, 2012 for mineral exploration.The Trout Property comprises nineteen contiguous mineral tenures with a total area of 69 sq. km (6929 hectares), located 70 km southwest of Vanderhoof in central B

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Queenston Closes $25,000,000 Financing 0

TORONTO, ONTARIO — (Marketwire) — 09/27/11 — QUEENSTON MINING INC. (TSX: QMI)(FRANKFURT: QMI) ("the Company" or "Queenston") is pleased to announce that it has completed its previously announced private placement financing of 3,333,333 flow-through common shares at a price of $7.50 per share for aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $25 million, which included the exercise in full of the over-allotment option.Primary Capital Inc. acted as the agent in connection with

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Latin American Minerals Delineates New Rare Earth Elements Targets at Its Chirigueloniobium/REE Project in Paraguay 0

TORONTO, ONTARIO — (Marketwire) — 09/27/11 — Latin American Minerals Inc. (TSX VENTURE: LAT) (the "Company") announces selected interim results from 2011 ground exploration program at the Chiriguelo Project, located in northern Paraguay near the border with Brazil. Recentrock and soil samples have detected a second Rare Earth Element (REE) target. Previous exploration at the project had delineated a significant niobium (Nb) target and the original Chiriguelo Rare Earth Element tar

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Waymar Announces Assay Results From the Initial Drill Program on Anza Property 0

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 09/27/11 — Waymar Resources Ltd. (TSX VENTURE: WYM) ("Waymar" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the assay results from the initial phase of drilling at its Anza property, Antioquia Department, Colombia. Minera Anza S.A. Sucursal Colombia ("Minera Anza SA"), the Company-s Colombian subsidiary, has completed the first 10 diamond drill holes totalling 3,185 metres. The holes- statistics are as follows:Five of the

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Champion Minerals- Drilling at Fire Lake North Includes Three Intervals of Over 150 m Grading 35% Total Iron; Updated NI 43-101 Mineral Resource Estimate to Be Announced Oct. 3, 2011 0

– Remaining Assays from the 84 Hole, 26,221 m Drilling Program Recently Completed at Fire Lake North Project Confirm Long Intervals of High-Grade Iron Mineralization

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General Metals Corporation President Issues Letter to Shareholders and Investment Community 0

RENO, NV — (Marketwire) — 09/27/11 — General Metals (OTCBB: GNMT) provided the following letter to the stakeholders from its President, CEO and CFO, Daniel J. Forbush.September 26, 2011Dear Shareholders and Friends;With the Annual General Meeting of the Shareholders just concluded on Friday, September 16, 2011, it-s time for an update.Since my appointment as President in December 2010, we have been focused on building the foundation necessary to achieve significant, sustainable shareholder

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Bannerman Continues Hanlong Discussions 0

PERTH, AUSTRALIA — (Marketwire) — 09/27/11 — Bannerman Resources Limited (TSX: BAN)(ASX: BMN)(NSX: BMN) ("Bannerman" or the "Company") advises that, following the acquisition proposal received from the Sichuan Hanlong Group ("Hanlong") in July, further meetings have been held with senior representatives of Hanlong and its advisers, and discussions are continuing.Bannerman has been advised by Hanlong that recent action by the Australian Securities and Investment

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