CHICAGO, IL — (Marketwire) — 08/09/11 — Tara Minerals Corp. (OTCBB: TARM) (BERLIN: 6T3) is pleased to announce that the Company has entered into a Definitive Agreement for the start-up of the mine and mill operations at the Don Roman grouping located in the State of Sinaloa, Mexico. Carnegie Mining and Exploration, Inc. (CME) will invest $13 million to earn an undivided fifty percent (50%) interest in various high grade gold, silver, zinc, lead and iron ore concessions.A preliminary assessme
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 08/09/11 — Rye Patch Gold Corp. (TSX VENTURE: RPM)(OTCQX: RPMGF) ("Rye Patch" or the "Company") is pleased to update the status of the Company-s 100% owned Garden Gate Pass (GGP) project.HIGHLIGHTS:Permits have been received and drilling will commence on the Company-s 100% owned Garden Gate Pass project. The property covers almost 1,300 hectares located immediately south of Barrick Gold-s Cortez Hills gold mine and ET Blue gol
Year-to-date Results Motivate Mana Exploration Budget Increase of $8.5 Million
TORONTO, ONTARIO — (Marketwire) — 08/09/11 — Estrella Gold Corporation (TSX VENTURE: EST) ("Estrella" or the "Company") is pleased to announce initial drilling results from the Colpayoc gold project, 12 km southwest of the Yanacocha gold mine in northern Peru. The Colpayoc property contains 5,774 hectares (57.7 square kilometers) with gold and silver mineralization in three areas. The Company has completed 8 holes, totalling 1,093.7 meters of core drilling on the Daylig
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 08/09/11 — Southern Arc Minerals (TSX VENTURE: SA) ("Southern Arc" or "the Company") has halted drilling activities at its West Lombok project in Indonesia while the Company works with local authorities and community leaders to resolve local unrest.On August 8, a group of demonstrators arrived at Southern Arc-s Mencanggah property and set fire to three drill rigs before proceeding to the Company-s Pelangan property, where an a
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 08/09/11 — Search Minerals Inc. ("Search" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE: SMY) is pleased to announce it has signed an agreement with Votorantim Metais Niquel S.A. and Votorantim Novos Negocios S.A., operating subsidiaries of Votorantim Participacoes S.A. ("Votorantim"), a privately owned Brazilian conglomerate headquartered in the city of Sao Paulo, Brazil, pursuant to which Votorantim will undertake testwork on the
SASKATOON, SASKATCHEWAN — (Marketwire) — 08/09/11 — Great Western Minerals Group (TSX VENTURE: GWG) (OTCQX: GWMGF) ("GWMG" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has appointed John Selby as a monazite / radiation / environmental consultant to its team at the Company-s Steenkampskraal rare earth mining project in South Africa.Mr. Selby was most recently with Richards Bay Minerals of South Africa where he assumed increasingly senior positions through to being nam
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 08/09/11 — Lumina Copper Corp. (TSX VENTURE: LCC) (the "Company") is pleased to announce the results of 6 new holes drilled as part of the ongoing exploration and development program at its 100% owned Taca Taca copper/gold/molybdenum deposit located in Salta province, Argentina. The results are highlighted by holes TTBJ11-19, 20, 21 and 26 that intersected longer than expected (greater than 450 meters) intervals of higher grade copper m
New high grade intersections of 16.23 g/t Au over 10.00 m and 15.00 g/t Au over 11.25 m
TORONTO, ONTARIO — (Marketwire) — 08/09/11 — Probe Mines Limited (TSX VENTURE: PRB) ("Probe" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has contracted SGS Mineral Services to begin metallurgical scoping studies on its Borden Lake gold discovery, near Chapleau, Ontario. The Company has drilled a twin hole to BL10-10, on the discovery section, which has been submitted and will be used for the metallurgical tests. The scoping study will focus on the geochemical and mi
