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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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Barkerville Gold Mines Ltd.: New Zone on Cow Mountain Now Reaches 152 m in Strike and 311.75 m in Depth and Assays Include 11 m of 12.5 g/T Gold-Drilling Continues 0

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 07/26/11 — Barkerville Gold Mines Ltd. (TSX VENTURE: BGM)(FRANKFURT: IWUB) (the "Company") reports further assays from the new discovery zone on Cow Mountain in central British Columbia. The drilling continues with four drill rigs currently running. Drill assays will be announced as they are received. Some highlights include (also see table attached):The new zone is adjacent to (striking NE), outside of the perimeter of, and now interse

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Goldstone Announces Additional Encouraging Key Lake Drilling Results 0

Highlights: Near Surface Grading 1.19 g/t Au Over 45.5 m; Deeper Gold as High as 420 g/t (12.25 oz/t) Over 0.38 m; 229 g/t Over 0.50 m

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Orezone Reports Higher Gold Grades and Improved Continuity at Bombore 0

OTTAWA, ONTARIO — (Marketwire) — 07/26/11 — Orezone Gold Corporation (TSX: ORE) is pleased to announce additional positive drill results from an ongoing 170,000 m infill and expansion drill program at its 100% owned Bombore Gold Project in Burkina Faso, West Africa. Results include 265 reverse circulation (RC) holes (13,914 m) and 34 core holes (5,387 m), from the southern 5 km of the 11 km Bombore resource. The objectives of the program are to expand and upgrade sulphide resources with cor

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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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Esperanza Updates Cerro Jumil Project 0

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 07/26/11 — Esperanza Resources Corp. (TSX VENTURE: EPZ)(PINK SHEETS: ESPZF) is pleased to provide this update on its Cerro Jumil, Mexico project. Over 4,000 additional meters of drilling has now been completed for a total of over 45,000 meters. The current program is designed to evaluate areas adjacent to the known resources and to fill-in those areas now classified as inferred resource. Highlights of the drill results include:Complete results ar

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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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