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Pretium Resources Inc.: Brucejack Drilling Continues to Intersect Bonanza-Grade Gold at Valley of the Kings Zone; High-Grade Gold Identified at Gossan Hill Zone 0

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 07/27/11 — Pretium Resources Inc. (TSX: PVG) ("Pretivm") is pleased to report that drill results from its Brucejack Project continue to demonstrate the continuity of high-grade gold mineralization in the Valley of the Kings Zone, and drilling has also identified at least one high-grade gold structure in the Gossan Hill Zone. (See Table 1 for the 2011 results from all zones drilled to date.)Valley of the Kings ZoneThe Valley of the Kings

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Alexco Announces Initial Resource Estimates for Lucky Queen and Onek 0

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 07/27/11 — Alexco Resource Corp. (TSX: AXR)(NYSE Amex: AXU) is pleased to announce initial mineral resource estimates for the Lucky Queen and Onek deposits, located within the Keno Hill Silver District in Canada-s Yukon Territory. Alexco President and Chief Executive Officer Clynt Nauman said, "The results from Lucky Queen and Onek significantly expand Alexco-s resource base within the Keno Hill Silver District, giving us additional strategi

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Santa Fe Metals Corp.: Work Program Now Underway on Don Indio Claim Zone at „Cuatro Cienegas“ 0

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 07/27/11 — Santa Fe Metals Corp. (TSX VENTURE: SFM) ("the Company") is pleased to report that work is now underway on the Don Indio claims copper/silver/lead/zinc property located in Coahuila, Mexico. Systematic channel sampling is in progress on both limbs of the large anticline and follows the copper-silver rich contact between the contact of San Marcos and Cupido formations. Lead-zinc mineralization is also found within -San Marcos W

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China Minerals Announces Grant of Options 0

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 07/27/11 — China Minerals Mining Corporation ("China Minerals" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE: CMV)(PINK SHEETS: HWTHF) announces that it has granted incentive stock options to certain directors and officers of the Company to purchase up to 2,100,000 common shares in the capital of the Company (the "Shares") pursuant to an approved share option plan. The options are exercisable at a price of $0.12 per Share, have a t

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Breakwater Announces Extension of Nyrstar Offer 0

TORONTO, ONTARIO — (Marketwire) — 07/27/11 — Breakwater Resources Ltd. (TSX: BWR)(TSX: BWR.WT.A) ("Breakwater") today acknowledges notice of the announcement made by Nyrstar NV ("Nyrstar") that the expiry time of the offer (the "Offer") by Nyrstar Canada Resources Ltd. ("AcquisitionCo"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Nyrstar (AcquisitionCo and Nyrstar, collectively, the "Offeror"), to purchase, upon the terms and subject to the conditions des

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Tectonic Receives Conditional Approval for Qualifying Transaction 0

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 07/26/11 — Tectonic Minerals Corporation (the "Company") (TSX VENTURE: TEK.P) is pleased to announce that it has received TSX Venture Exchange (the "Exchange") conditional approval for its qualifying transaction (the "Qualifying Transaction"), the details of which were previously announced on February 3, 2011.The Qualifying Transaction will be effected through the Company-s acquisition of all of the issued and outsta

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North American Palladium to Host Second Quarter 2011 Results Conference Call and Webcast on August 11 0

TORONTO, ONTARIO — (Marketwire) — 07/26/11 — North American Palladium Ltd. ("NAP") (TSX: PDL)(NYSE Amex: PAL) will host a conference call and live webcast with its management team, including William J. Biggar, President and CEO, Jeffrey A. Swinoga, Vice President, Finance and CFO, and Greg Struble, Vice President and COO, on Thursday, August 11, 2011 at 2:00 p.m. ET to discuss NAP-s second quarter ended June 30, 2011 financial and operating results.NAP will issue its 2011 second q

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Silverado: Clarification & Retraction News Release Nolan Creek Sb-Au Project Amended NI 43-101F1 Report 0

SURREY, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 07/26/11 — Silverado Gold Mines Ltd. (OTCBB: SLGLF)(FRANKFURT: SLGL) () (the "Company" or "Silverado") – The British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC) has been working with Silverado since its January, 2011 Cease Trade Order in British Columbia. As a result, the Company has filed an amended Nolan Creek Technical Report, dated July 9, 2011, on SEDAR. The Company also retracts the following additional resource estimates, reserv

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Newcastle Completes First Tranche of Private Placement 0

VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 07/26/11 — Newcastle Minerals Ltd. (TSX VENTURE: NCM) is pleased to announce that it has closed the first tranche of its previously-announced non-brokered private placement as to 4,300,000 flow-through shares at a price of $0.06 per share and 4,600,000 non-flow-through units at a price of $0.06 per unit.Each non-flow-through unit consists of one common share and one warrant. Each warrant, in turn, entitles the holder to purchase an additional comm

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Eskay Announces Proposed Units Offering of Up to $550,000 and Provides Update 0

TORONTO, ONTARIO — (Marketwire) — 07/26/11 — ESKAY MINING CORP. (TSX VENTURE: ESK)(FRANKFURT:878 985)(BERLIN:878 985) ("Eskay" or the "Corporation") wishes to announce that it is offering up to 5,000,000 units (the "Units") priced at $0.11 per Unit for gross proceeds of up to $550,000 (the "Offering"). Each Unit consists of one (1) common share (the "Common Share") and one-half (1/2) of a share purchase warrant (a "Warrant"). Each

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