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Oceanic Iron Ore Corp. Announces the Appointment of SGS to Lead Bench Scale Testwork on Hopes Advance Bay Project 0

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 07/26/11 — Oceanic Iron Ore Corp. (the "Company") (TSX VENTURE: FEO)(OTCQX: FEOVF) is pleased to announce the appointment of SGS in Lakefield to conduct bench scale metallurgical testing, including head assays, Wilfley table gravity testing and Davis tube testing, on some 800 samples from the Company-s Hopes Advance Bay project. This testing will provide an analysis of weight recoveries and concentrate grades which will be included in t

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Silver Quest Discovers Mineralized Vein Float on the 3Ts Project, BC 0

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 07/26/11 — Silver Quest Resources (TSX VENTURE: SQI) ("Silver Quest" or "the Company") is pleased to announce initial results from the 2011 prospecting program on its 3Ts Project in central British Columbia, located approximately 120 km southwest of Vanderhoof. For additional information please visit the Company-s website .The 3Ts Project covers an epithermal quartz-carbonate vein system within which 12 individual mineralized

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Sunridge Gold Announces New Drill Results From Gupo Gold Deposit, Asmara Project, Eritrea 0

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 07/26/11 — Sunridge Gold Corp. (TSX VENTURE: SGC) announces it has received more encouraging gold assays for the latest 25 reverse circulation drill holes from the recent program at the Gupo Gold deposit on the Company-s 100% owned Asmara Project, Eritrea. The 52 hole 4,500 meter drilling program appears to have successfully confirmed and possibly expanded the area of gold mineralization. The results will now be used to upgrade the resource as pa

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First Point Minerals Defines Nickel-Iron Alloy Drill Target on its 100%-Owned Klow Property in Central B.C. 0

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 07/26/11 — First Point Minerals Corp. (TSX VENTURE: FPX) ("First Point" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that based on regional exploration field work currently in progress on its 100%-owned nickel-iron alloy properties in central and northern British Columbia, the Company has successfully outlined a drill-ready target on the Klow property.First Point is planning an initial 2,000-metre drilling program to test this new

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Formation Metals Begins Earthworks Construction at Idaho Cobalt Project Mine Site 0

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 07/26/11 — Formation Metals Inc. (TSX: FCO) ("Formation") announced today that its 100% owned subsidiary, Formation Capital Corporation, U.S. (the "Company"), has been informed that mine site earthworks construction has commenced on its 100% owned Idaho Cobalt Project ("ICP").Portal bench mine site earthworks have commenced. The mine site access road upgrade segment of Stage II Construction is essentially complete wi

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Mineral Mountain Continues to Expand the Cook Zone to the Northwest and Down Plunge of Ashburn Lake 0

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 07/26/11 — Mineral Mountain Resources Ltd. (TSX VENTURE: MMV) -Highlights:Mineral Mountain Resources Ltd. (TSX VENTURE: MMV) ("Company") is pleased to report more positive assay results from 5 diamond drill holes (GH11-50 to GH11-54) from the ongoing drill program targeting the Cook Zone on Block A, a part of the Company-s extensive land package totaling 145 sq. km located in the heart of the emerging Shining Tree gold district. Drill h

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Geopulse in the Final Stages of Utah Potash Land Lease Program 0

ALBUQUERQUE, NM — (Marketwire) — 07/26/11 — Geopulse Exploration Inc. (OTCQB: GPLS) (OTCBB: GPLS) has submitted a sealed offer to acquire a large parcel Potash Property Lease in the State of Utah. The potash lease is located in a mining friendly jurisdiction with easy access. It is considered a highly significant asset for Geopulse Exploration.When successful, Geopulse is confident that the potential of this asset will be significant to the Company-s strategy of creating shareholder value. G

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Rockgate Intersects 0.55% U3O8 and 422 g/t Silver Over 2 Metres, Falea Uranium-Silver-Copper Project, Mali 0

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 07/26/11 — Rockgate Capital Corp. (TSX: RGT) (the "Company") is pleased to announce assay results from 13 infill diamond drill holes completed in the North Zone. Seven of the 13 holes lie along an east-west section between the Plateau Edge Structure (PES) and the Road Fault helping to define a new trend of high-grade uranium and silver mineralization from the Road Fault east across the PES. Highlights of the program are presented in Tab

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Alexis Provides Update on Surface Exploration Efforts at Its Aurbel Property Finding 62.3 g/t (Uncut) Over 1.2 Metres at the Beaufor West Extension 0

TORONTO, ONTARIO — (Marketwire) — 07/26/11 — ALEXIS MINERALS CORPORATION (TSX: AMC)(OTCQX: AXSMF) ("Alexis" or the "Company") is pleased to provide an update on its exploration efforts at the Aurbel property in the Val-d-Or mining camp. The program ran from September 2010 to April 2011 and 23 holes totaling 9,808 metres were drilled. Results are summarized in Table 1 below.The objective of the drilling campaign was to test different areas of the Bourlamaque batholith in

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Hathor Intersects 52 m at 2.40% U3O8, Including 9.5 m at 5.61% U3O8 and Confirms Potential for Far East Zone as Roughrider Drilling Continues 0

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 07/26/11 — Hathor Exploration Limited (HAT: TSX) is pleased to announce assay results from drill hole MWNE-11-700, the first complete set of drill hole assays received from the ongoing 2011 summer drill program at the Company-s Roughrider project in the Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan. Based on the success of drilling to date, the program, originally planned for 7,500 m to be completed over six weeks, has been extended to target 10,000 metres and is

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