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Oceanic Iron Ore Corp. Provides an Update on 2011 Drill Program and Fast-Track PEA Process and Reports March 31, 2011 Year End Results 0

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 08/02/11 — Oceanic Iron Ore Corp. (TSX VENTURE: FEO)(OTCQX: FEOVF) (the "Company") is pleased to provide an update on the Company-s 2011 drill program and fast track PEA process and to report the Company-s March 31, 2011 year end results.Progress to Date2011 Drill ProgramWhen the Company-s new senior management were appointed in January 2011, the board and the management team made a conscious decision to focus significant resources on f

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Avion Gold Djambaye II Zone, Tabakoto Project, Mali, Returns High Grade Intercepts of 7.56 g/t Au Over 7.0 Metres and 26.39 g/t Au Over 3.0 Metres 0

TORONTO, ONTARIO — (Marketwire) — 08/02/11 — Avion Gold Corporation (TSX: AVR)(OTCQX: AVGCF) ("Avion" or the -Company-) is pleased to announce the results from an additional 72 drill holes totaling approximately 6,467 metres completed over a 3.2 kilometre section of the Djambaye II zone 2011. Drilling continued to test the Djambaye II zone both along strike and to a maximum depth of 100 metres. The Djambaye II zone remains open along strike and to depth. Management expects that th

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Jean-Pierre Chauvin Joins Board of PC Gold in Support of Development Push at Pickle Crow 0

OTTAWA, ONTARIO — (Marketwire) — 08/02/11 — PC Gold Inc. (TSX: PKL) is pleased to announce that Mr. Jean-Pierre (JP) Chauvin, B.A.Sc., P.Eng., has joined the board of the Company. Mr. Chauvin brings to PC Gold a strong operations background with companies such as Noranda and Battle Mountain, and past involvement in the start-up of several mines. Serving as Chairman of the Company-s newly-established Technical Committee, Mr. Chauvin will provide technical oversight, guidance and assistance t

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Bellhaven Expands Mineralization Footprint at the La Mina Project with New Gold-Copper Intercepts at the Middle Zone and Filo de Oro Prospects 0

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 08/02/11 — Bellhaven Copper & Gold Inc. (TSX VENTURE: BHV) ("Bellhaven" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that diamond drill-hole LME-1031 at the Middle Zone yielded multiple gold-copper intercepts starting at surface. These new intercepts expand the Middle Zone approximately 90 m to the southwest of the closest prior intercept (94.0 m averaging 0.76 g/t Au, 0.39% Cu contained in DDH-12).Highlights of the LME-1031 d

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Colossus Minerals Appoints Antenor Silva and Mel Leiderman to its Board of Directors 0

TORONTO, ONTARIO — (Marketwire) — 08/02/11 — Colossus Minerals Inc. (the "Company" or "Colossus") (TSX: CSI) is very pleased to announce the appointments of Mr. Antenor F. Silva Jr. and Mr. Mel Leiderman to its Board of Directors. The appointments were effective on August 1, 2011 and as a result the Company-s Board of Directors is now comprised of eight board members.Mr. Silva is currently the President and Chief Executive Officer of MBAC Fertilizer Corp., a producer of

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Search Minerals Continues $4.1 Million Exploration Program in Port Hope Simpson REE District, Labrador 0

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 08/02/11 — Search Minerals Inc. ("Search" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE: SMY) is pleased to announce that it will continue detailed exploration programs on six REE prospects and surrounding areas in the Port Hope Simpson REE District, located in South-East Labrador. These programs will focus on prospects discovered in the 2010 exploration program including the Foxtrot Prospect in the Fox Harbour volcanic belt, the Piperstock

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Treasury Metals Reports Pico Machay Gold Project Acquisition Update 0

TORONTO, ONTARIO — (Marketwire) — 08/02/11 — Treasury Metals Inc. ("Treasury Metals" or the "Company") (TSX: TML) announced today that the Company and Pan American Silver Corp. ("Pan American") have agreed to amend certain terms of the previously announced proposed acquisition by the Company of the Pico Machay Gold Project in Peru (the "Transaction"). In particular, the parties have agreed to amend the terms of Definitive Agreement dated May 18, 2011

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Silver Bear Announces Appointment of Vice President of Exploration and Provides Exploration Update 0

TORONTO, ONTARIO — (Marketwire) — 08/02/11 — Silver Bear Resources Inc. ("Silver Bear" or the "Company") (TSX: SBR) is pleased to announce that effective August 1, Mr. Nick Fox has been appointed Vice President, Exploration of Silver Bear. Mr. Fox was educated as a Geologist in South Africa and graduated from the University of Cape Town. He has spent most of his 28 year geological career with AngloGold Ashanti. Most recently, Nick spent the last five years in Russia, muc

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Canaco Drills 31.3 Metres Grading 3.11 Grams per Tonne Gold at Magambazi Main Lode and Extends Western Lodes with 17.5 Metres at 2.95 Grams per Tonne Gold 0

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 08/02/11 — Canaco Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE: CAN) ("Canaco" or the "Company") is pleased to announce new assay results from diamond drilling at the Magambazi gold discovery on the Company-s Handeni project in the United Republic of Tanzania.Seven diamond drill rigs are currently drilling at Magambazi, where the focus is on delineation and extension of known mineralization at the Main, Western, Southern Gneiss and Cave Lode p

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First Quantum Shareholders Approve Five-For-One Stock Split 0

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 08/02/11 — First Quantum Minerals Ltd. ("First Quantum" or the "Company") (TSX: FM)(LSE: FQM) today announced that at the special meeting of shareholders held on July 29, 2011, shareholders of record as at the close of business on June 17, 2011, passed a resolution approving a subdivision of the Company-s issued and outstanding common shares on a five-for-one basis. The record date for the stock split will be August 11, 2011.F

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